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  1. C

    Funding while studying GDL/LPC

    This is really helpful, thank you and thank you for responding!!!! I probably wouldn't take the course without firm sponsorship as I really don't want to take out any kind of loan, but it's helpful to know that you have do enough time to work. I hadn't actually thought about tutoring... I work...
  2. A

    Is anyone else just burnt out at this point

    Hi @astra3127 I don't have sage words either except that you are doing really well getting as far as you have. I wonder if you need to consider re-applying to some of your near misses too? It's really important to separate out 'they don't like me' from 'they don't like my answers'. The first...
  3. H

    Can I continue my current career if I accept an offer for Training Contract commencing in 2022/23?

    Hi there I am what’s considered as a ‘career changer’- currently working in Canary Wharf in financial services (M&A, partnership management) and looking to retrain as a solicitor. I am looking to undertake the academic study that’s required for conversion- either the GDL and the LPC or the...
  4. AvniD

    Ask TCLA's New Community Managers Anything!

    Hello everyone! My name is Avni and I am delighted to join @George Maxwell and @James Carrabino as a Community Manager here at TCLA! I am originally from India and moved to the UK in 2015 to pursue my undergraduate education in Law with Politics from the University of Manchester. Moving to the...
  5. Camilla

    Can I continue my current career if I accept an offer for Training Contract commencing in 2022/23?

    Hi Hollie The GDL and the LPC are both year long courses, unless you do the accelerated LPC which is about 6 months long I believe. I haven't studied either, but I think it would be difficult to work full time until your TC starts as the courses are pretty full on from my understanding. Also...
  6. George Maxwell

    City firm has offered to interview me for a TC immediately after a Vac Scheme offer.

    Hey @ChicoAnon, Thank you for posting this question as this really is an interesting one. I think that @James Carrabino has made some great points here. To add my own thoughts: I think that James' suggestion of reaching out to GR and being honest about the conundrum that you find yourself...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    What are your uk grades
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    It will depend on the work you are doing now, your seat choices, and where you want to qualify into. If you are working on matters that a trainee at a top tier firm would be working on, it will be a lot easier. If you aren’t, it will be very tricky. People do move but they tend to get “in...
  9. N

    Don't Let Rejections Dishearten You, Everyone Gets Them- With a Future Trainee at Trowers & Hamlins LLP

    Welcome back everyone. In our second article today, we hear from a future trainee at Trowers & Hamlins LLP. 1. Who is your training contract with? Trowers & Hamlins LLP 2. Are you a law or non-law candidate? Law 3. Which university did you attend? University College London (UCL) 4...
  10. Alice G

    Can I continue my current career if I accept an offer for Training Contract commencing in 2022/23?

    Hi there! I entirely agree with @Camilla. If you were looking to do part time, either by self funding or if the firm you are offered a TC with is willing to allow this, I imagine part time study would be doable with the full time job. I can vouch, the PGDL I am doing right now is intense...
  11. whisperingrock

    PGDL at BPP is awful

    To touch on your first point, people were unhappy about not being given materials because it was something the university had promised them at the beginning of term before enrollment, and then had exams be open book without actually giving students the books needed. From a diverrsity and...
  12. L

    How hard is it to pass the LPC?

    You are absolutely right - the application of the law to the facts is what gets you the marks but I personally found that the legacy notes were like cheat sheets of what facts to pick out and apply! What I found during the course was that the material was all OK and the workshops were very...
  13. J

    SQE1 – FLK1 and FLK2

    This is an excellent summary - thank you. As an "old" lawyer it does trouble me that three years of studying law (or a one year's conversion course) is now simply these SQE1 multiple choice questions. At the end of my 3 year LLB I knew huge amounts of law, case names, statutes, dates which even...
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    Prospects of a TC in London?

    Hi all! I've never posted here before so apologies for being so soppy in my first thread! I would just like some insight on the likelihood of me obtaining a legal career after years of hopeless applications to law firms in London. My first batch of applications were appalling, but have been...
  15. DonnieDarko

    Feeling like I'm 'past it'/waning enthusiasm

    sorry to hear you are struggling but perhaps a few things to pause and reflect on, especially given all the stress we are under collectively. - How badly do you want to become a solicitor? There are countless examples of people who either paralegal for ages and apply cycle after cycle before...
  16. S

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I know, but I feel that sometimes you have to tell yourself some hard truth. I can be the best paralegal but if i do not have the grades so chin up and move on. . Thank you so much and I should start working on my CV over the next few days. I can send you my CV as an example. Watching and...
  17. Jaysen

    Linklaters Interview 2019 - 2020

    Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. August 2020 Please specify what the interview was for. Training Contract (following the Vacation Scheme) Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 1-hour Interview with a Managing Associate and an Associate Please...
  18. James Carrabino

    SQE1 – FLK1 and FLK2

    Congratulations @Jon_Er for this excellent post which has won you a TCLA Starred Thread Award :)
  19. A

    SQE1 – FLK1 and FLK2

    This is insanely helpful. Thanks so much!
  20. Jaysen

    How I secured four training contract offers - with Patricia K

    Welcome to the first in our series of interviews with future trainee solicitors. Today we delighted to hear from Patricia K, TCLA's project manager, who successfully secured four training contract offers. 1. Who is your training contract with? Allen & Overy 2. Are you a law or non law...

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