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Are GDL Course Notes useful?
Thought I'd update this with my experience. From the UoL perspective (obviously cannot speak for how it helps BPP people, since I was not at BPP), the core guide is slightly patchy, but on the whole good. Some topics it is weak on (Land, some parts of Tort), but the rest of it is pretty good...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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GDL results and TC applications
As a general rule, graduate "professional" qualifications (not just in law but elsewhere too) are just viewed as being less prestigious than academic achievements. Not least because many professional qualifications - and especially the GDL - are really just a box-ticking exercise that can be...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)
They mean native English speaker, as in English is your first language. Aussies, Canadians, Kiwis (for example) all have English as their first language, but aren't "native English people". It isn't a very common requirement, but I've definitely seen it on firms' websites before.- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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On working in the US
The other option (expensive and time-consuming) is applying to American law schools after completing your undergrad degree here. You need money (or a scholarship) and amazing grades (don't even bother if it's an offer from a law school outside the top 14, no hope in hell that a US firm will...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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How on earth do some people have 3 TC offers and further Vac Schemes lined up?
People have given you good reasons. The only one I would add are that some candidates come with the considerable advantage of having family or friends already in commercial law or banking. That means they already have a fairly good idea of how to write application answers, how to prepare for...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
For me it was within 48 hours (albeit last year).- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
They're held separately.- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Failing Situational judgment test (SJT)
Just be careful with this one. Although firms don't want slackers and lazy trainees, equally they don't want people over-committing themselves and taking on more work than they can manage - which itself leads to more problems down the line. Some SJT questions are deliberately geared towards this...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Nominate Members for a £35 Amazon Gift Card!
I'd nominate: @Karin @Haf @Ricky- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: TCLA General News
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Career changer - straight to TC?
The only problem with that is that quite a few firms restrict vac scheme eligibility to undergrads, or those who have graduated within the last couple of years. That therefore prevents a potential candidate who graduated a longer time ago from applying to vac schemes, which means for those firms...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Would it be possible to study Law in the US?
Wouldn't I be able to apply for permanent residence another way? Do all people who are sponsored by a company in the US HAVE to work for them forever Well yes, most people on H1B visas (or the equivalent ) have them extended, and if they are on such a visa long enough may be able to apply for...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Would it be possible to study Law in the US?
What ways do I have of doing this? Learning a language? Improving my skills as a computer science graduate, as engineering is a specialty occupation that is in high demand in the US. What else could I do to increase my chances of a firm sponsoring me? Engineering/compsci is indeed a specialty...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Would it be possible to study Law in the US?
@Kablahc’s advice is good. However, I’d just add on one or two warning notes. Law school in America is not cheap at all - a couple of years of it will easily bring you into a six figure debt. Once you’re applying to US firms (or US offices to be precise) you’ll have the trouble that you don’t...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
From memory, it can mean anything. It can mean they're still reviewing your application, or it can mean your application has been flagged up for some reason (eg you selected the option that you don't have/are not studying for a degree). It really doesn't tell you anything particularly...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? (2020-21)
Thanks - have changed the info!.- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCs abroad
Read the terms and conditions, but as Jessica said, most of the foreign TCs are for native/completely fluent Arabic/Mandarin speakers. Visas generally aren’t an issue because the firm will arrange them - your main problem is you don’t speak the required foreign language fluently. It’s also...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Yup, that's right, they do. The justification is that your interviewer has that information, and may ask you about one of those bits. It forces the candidate to pick wisely, thus saving the interviewer the trouble of having to read every single piece of work experience a candidate has had...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Remote assessment centre prep
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/burges-salmon-assessment-day-2019.1800/ To add on to what @Karin said - make sure your desk is free of obstructions and distractions. You may want to use a couple of books underneath your computer so that the camera is roughly at eye level...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Remote assessment centre prep
Since you haven’t named the firm in question, no one will be able to give you anything more than the most basic, perfunctory advice. Firms vary hugely in terms of their AC written exercises/presentation content, so if you don’t want to name the firm (which is fine!), then I’d suggest checking...- Adam Gilchrist
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Asking for Work
Play it by ear. First of all, have a look at how much work you have been given by your supervisor(s) to complete. Make sure that you complete that to a good standard before asking for any more work. If you don't leave time to do your original tasks well, then at best you get marked down on those...- Adam Gilchrist
- Post #5
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion