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    Quitting LPC a month in for family issues - will firm come after me for tuition fees?

    Thank you for your helpful response. I am afraid I have to return permanently. If I need to produce some sort of evidence I guess second-hand reports from family friends are my best bet. I have heard of others who were far deeper into the course who didn't have to repay, but perhaps these are...
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    Quitting LPC a month in for family issues - will firm come after me for tuition fees?

    A family member has recently become very sick and there is no possibility I can continue on in London without being there for them. They live in Dublin and I cannot go back and forth to see them and do the LPC. I have not spent a dime of the maintenance provided and will return that in full...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Does anyone know if you need a separate "why me" section, if that has been implied throughout the cover letter? When I link the firm's capabilities back to my own motivations to why I want to train at it, I add that this would make me a proactive trainee at the firm, so I feel like I show the...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Same. Getting tired of this. Just reject me already.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I applied for HSF Spring Vac in October and have seen people who applied way later get both rejections and ACs. Does this mean anything? Should I email and ask for a follow-up?
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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Thank you!
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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Yes. Perhaps also worth mentioning that in my description of said work experience I wrote something along the lines of "worked in the same department in 2019 and was offered to return to work at the same company the next summer, following excellent reviews by supervisor". So it sort of implies...
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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Thanks, George!
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    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    Found this thread which seemed the most relevant to my enquiry so I'll post here. I erroneously put the dates of a summer job as a receptionist to be in 2021 instead of 2020 for a TC app. Should I rectify this immediately, or wait until I hear back, and then clarify later? The date in terms of...
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    Graduated from RG with a first and a vac scheme (did not convert) - is it crazy to do a one year course in economics?

    Thank you for your very insightful answers, @Jessica Booker and @HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh. I do realise my plan sounds very all over the place, and that it perhaps could be seen as unorthodox to want to do law but at the same time want to do something quite different. I guess on a deeper...
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    Graduated from RG with a first and a vac scheme (did not convert) - is it crazy to do a one year course in economics?

    I am working as a bartender in London while doing this course. I am also undertaking an internship at a boutique energy law firm in December. Would it be better to just not mention the economics course when applying then and saying I took a year out to work?
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    Graduated from RG with a first and a vac scheme (did not convert) - is it crazy to do a one year course in economics?

    Graduated with a first from a good university. Have a vac scheme, open days, insight scheme and brand ambassador role under my belt but never managed to get any other vac scheme or direct TC ACs, which might have had to do with me not polishing my apps due to a slight uncertainty whether law is...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    @Jessica Booker I applied to Slaughter for the direct TC in October and have yet to hear back. Some have suggested I email them and ask, but I am worried this might be seen as nagging and that it surely will not increase my chances of progressing. Do you have any opinions on this?
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    I applied to Slaughter TC in early OCTOBER - scared my application has been forgotten or something haha. Should I email and ask?
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    Ask Shearman & Sterling Anything!

    Hi Paul, How would you view an applicant who did an LLB for undergraduate studies, but then went on to do a master's in something non-law? I am committed to law and find it interesting, but I would love to take the opportunity of a year out after my LLB to explore something else, perhaps...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    The specifically stated all ACs would be next week and the week after. If the people who received invites got options to interview in those 2 weeks then that's all the spots taken I think
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Well that's definitely a PFO then. If I had an AC i don't see why they wouldn't have given me the option to choose dates at the same time as anyone else then.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Did they give you an option for which dates to do the AC?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Well, completed my Baker VI on 26 and still haven't received an AC invite for spring, so since people are receiving invites I'll take it as a PFO. That marks my 11th rejection this cycle, despite having an MC vac scheme, brand ambassador role, 2 first year schemes and a predicted first under my...
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    Slaughter and May VS 2021/TC 2023 application

    Applied for direct TC in early october but still haven't heard back, while others who have applied later than me seem to have been both rejected and have received AC invites. Strange!
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