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    recruitment agency training

    Thank you very much, Jessica, I am really happy that I asked this question here.
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    recruitment agency training

    Thank you for telling me this, PMed you.
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    recruitment agency training

    Thank you for your reply. I was also thinking about these.
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    recruitment agency training

    Hi everyone, I am being offered solicitor shadowing and training by a recruitment agency for an amount of money. After the shadowing, there will be a final interview, if I am successful I will be offered a permanent job as a trainee paralegal at the client firm. This is the first time that I am...
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    feeling ashamed

    Thank you Dheepa for your message. I think I could not justify myself for getting help especially as it meant taking up someone else's place. Now I have overcome that. Thank you.
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    feeling ashamed

    Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well. I am back again on the forum after a long break (1.5 year) and kind of missed the vibe of this forum. I became a mother 6months ago and did a masters degree juggling with my part-time job to self-fund it. I had received lots of help from TCLA (was given...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Huge congratulations, Alice! You deserve it!
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    Training contract journey of an international student

    Finally coming back to TCLA after 2 months of exam season, being at the hospital and other personal issues... I received my final rejection last week. Honestly, I don't feel devastated as I was not able to do my best. (I realised I secretly missed TCLA) Now I am starting to give my final shots...
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    Non-law struggling to apply

    We are so afraid of failing and we dont feel good enough to apply. I say apply. Either you win or you learn for the next year!
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    Which firms provide for stipend, accommodation,airfare, visas to international vac schemers?

    I know firms require that you have visa to do the vac scheme. I have no much knowledge about the accomodation though.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I remember I wrote narratives for work experience section. Double check
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    CC rejection for me as well. I had more hope on this app as it was my best ever app so far
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    Training contract journey of an international student

    Dear Helena, thank you soooo much, and your support means a lot to me! I feel much more pressured not just because of the exams, but I have to get a TC offer if I am to stay in the UK or I need to continue my education doing masters which is really expensive. I felt relieved reading your...
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    Training contract journey of an international student

    Good morning, everyone. Hope you are doing well with your applications. I am having a hard time to motivate myself to keep going after receiving several rejections now. I cant find energy inside to write applications rather than focusing on my exams and courseworks due in January. How do you...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Maybe it is a good news for you as I was rejected FYI
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    This was the turnaround for me and several other applicants.
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    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    I got 22nd percentile sadly, but scored 29/40
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    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    Do you have to ask for WG result via email or do they normally send it themselves? I did the tests a week ago, I got my CAPP result but not the WG.

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