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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    PGDL Jan 2022 at Ulaw vs SQE

    You shouldn’t need to do the PGDL - it is ultimately only a SQE prep course for you in this situation as you won’t be eligible to take the LPC route to qualification. As a qualified lawyer in India, you only need to take the SQE assessments to become qualified - you have no work experience...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Quite a lot of variables here to say how difficult it is. There are enough people who do it upon qualification though, either because they want to move away from the firm they trained in or because they aren’t offered a NQ role. But how likely it is will depend on the firm you train with, the...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I’m not talking about open days there, I am talking about careers events.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    These events are there to help you make your applications, not actually build out your applications. A bit like my comment above about Forage, you should only be attending them to get something out of the event (eg learn) rather than thinking it will make your application successful. A bit like...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Perfectly reasonable thing to do. They aren’t compulsory in anyway and should only be done really if you feel it will build your skill set or knowledge. There’s plenty of other ways to show a commitment to the firm.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Attending a careers fair is very different to completing a forage programme or attending an open day. Forage will require a 5-6 hour commitment of training - a careers fair is just you chatting to some people.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Not really - it’s just an event that 100s/1000s of people will attend. You might have a conversation at the event that could be very briefly referenced, but I think that is about the extent to what you could say, unless you are explicitly asked to list the careers events you have been to.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    You’d need to complete them all if you can. The alternative is to upload your transcript (if you can upload a document) and make it clear you have only listed X number of modules in the actual application.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Legal Cheek’s first virtual law fair is next week and registrations are currently open: https://www.legalcheek.com/uk-virtual-law-fair-series/ I’d encourage you to sign up given the variety of firms attending. Gives you all a great opportunity to ask questions to the firms you want to apply to...
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    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    They are slightly different questions, although there is cross over. You could be an international lawyer in India, China, America, Australia etc, so the answer needs to be more focused on why specifically London. The question about London being an international hub isn’t asking about your...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Could be a range of reasons: - strong staff retention - less work through the London office (could be for positive reasons like outsourcing/technology efficiencies etc) - other talent routes (eg apprenticeships) - SQE providing more flexible options (eg less TCs but offering shorter periods of...
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    PGDL resits and chances of landing a TC in London

    A lot of firms will aim to have some kind of verification that the circumstances happened, but that does depend on the circumstances themselves. The easiest verification process is to ask the academic institution as to whether they knew the circumstances existed and whether they can comment on...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    What’s the difference in numbers?
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    In this case would an LLM really contribute much to my application

    I wouldn’t worry about this right now. You don’t even know whether you will enjoy your degree at this stage, let alone whether you will want to spend another year studying it An LLM at Oxford is also pretty competitive in itself. So much so, that you’d most likely already be a good applicant...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    The PFO will suggest they heard back and was unsuccessful.
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    That trainee will have been the exception. Trainees shouldn’t be making tea, unless it just so happens to be their turn (eg everyone in the department makes tea on occasion and are just polite in asking a other people if they would like one while they are up). Most firms have tea/coffee...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Go with the ones that have been the most challenging or for the longest period of time. It doesn’t really matter if they were paid or not, and actually doesn’t matter if they are legal or not (although I’d probably try and include some legal entries). The main thing is picking the experiences...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Personally, no. I would expect someone has more interesting work experience to include than this. I would try to include this elsewhere in the application if I could. It is difficult to say where it could be included without knowing the structure of the application form. However, I see them...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    You don’t have to experience something to understand why you might enjoy/not enjoy something. Interns in the UK aren’t give a lot of responsibilities either, so I don’t think that is any different to what you have experienced. It is just simply talking about what you are also looking forward...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Yes. They are both relevant points to make. But you should understand that life in practice will be very different to these experiences too, and leverage those differences to explain what you are looking forward to, not just explain what you have done.

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