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    PGDL exact start date

    Can anyone who started the PGDL in September last year (or will be doing it this September at the University of Law in London) tell me the exact date (roughly) that it will start in September? The website just says 'September' everywhere.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    CLIFFORD CHANCE 2024 TC OFFER!!!!!!!!
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Same, can't do any work but they probs won't even call till later in the week! V frustrating
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Anyone heard back from CC yet? I know they said they'd probably start ringing people this week.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Has anyone heard back from Simmons & Simmons post VI?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I presume all the legal engagement stuff I would mention needs to be linked back to the development of a specific skill rather than a 'learning' being discovering e.g. more about X practice area or anything particularly legal? I read this question as being equivalent to the 'why you' section of...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hi everyone! For A&O's first application question, "Please describe the key learnings/skills you’ve gained through work experience, positions of responsibility, personal experience or extracurricular activities", would you include what you learnt from legal engagement like shadowing, insight...
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    Re-applying for Vacation Schemes

    I got rejected before interview for a vacation scheme last year, and plan on reapplying to the same firm this year; should I make a new account with a different email to the one I used last year so that they don't see that I was previously rejected, or is this just a waste of time?

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