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  1. givemeaTCalreadyT^T

    Is this a mitigating circumstance? How do I put it across in applications?

    Longtime lurker looking for advise: I’m applying for TCs and not studying in the UK. I entered university after a significant gap after high school and only have around 70% at my school leaving exams. This is due to my city having experienced geo-political tensions during my exams, resulting in...
  2. Jessica Pearson - Managing Director

    My ongoing training contract journey...fingers crossed I get one this year

    Hello everyone, Hopefully this will serve as a documentation of how I was able to get a successful TC. It is a bit late in the cycle to start this but I am going stir crazy waiting for responses and updates from firms. So far I have received 5 PFO's (heartbreaking) but we move. Currently waiting...
  3. 1

    One Last Shot - My 25/26 TC Journey

    I thought, as many others do, to start this thread as a way to keep myself accountable. I certainly haven't done it due to being unemployed and bored... My background: I just graduated from a good RG (Durham, KCL, Warwick) with a law degree. I finished strong in my final year with a very high...
  4. optimistic_undergrad

    My Hopeless TC Journey :')

    Hello to everyone reading this! After reading a few TC journeys, I am somewhat convinced that I should post a thread of my own. So please bear with me T_T. I have been applying for VS and TC since last fall. It was my step towards a world of struggle that I was completely unaware of at that...
  5. R

    Trowers & Hamlins Direct Training Contract Interview Questions

    Hello all, I would be grateful if anyone has any advice on the interview process and or any insight on the types of questions Trowers ask during the TC interview.
  6. Izzy1026

    Manifesting a TC: An international non-law's TC journey

    Another day with no news from all my direct TC apps and not gonna lie it is making me a little disillusioned at the whole process. But looking back, I feel I have come so far and it would be a shame to give up now so I am going to start a thread to record my progress in my TC applications...
  7. Rebeccal

    Career change: Teacher to law

    This is my first post on here. I've read through some threads on here and I've been taken back by how supportive this forum is. A brief history of me, I am 29 years old and currently a Head of subject at a secondary school. Before teaching, I did a years research after achieving a first class...
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  8. R

    Slaughter and May 2026 TC

    Hey has anyone recently interviewed with Slaughters in the past week or two. The post-interview wait is absolutely agonising.

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