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I am posting here because I am hoping to get honest opinions on my chances of getting a Vacation Scheme in London this year. Being a bit of an outsider, it is quite hard for me to estimate whether it is worth the effort at all. Also quite hard to figure out how my education would be...
Hi everyone, I'm Jiya.
This year I am trying to improve my commercial awareness and success at AC's as these are the areas I fell down on last year. I will achieve this by:
Completing at least one lecture of the courses offered by TCLA each day to have a continuous top-up of general...
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I am planning to apply for vac schemes in September and I just finished the year two of my bachelor degree. My grades this year are not good (I'm expecting low 2:1) but its largely because I got COVID twice during my revision and exam period. Both times I had really disruptive...
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Firstly, I wanted to express how grateful I am to the TCLA community as I found the forum incredibly helpful in this application cycle and was fortunate to secure VS for this summer! I really hope I will be able to convert it as this might be my last year of applications before I...
Hi all!
This forum is for sharing information regarding the Irwin Mitchell Vacation Scheme & Training Contract (2024) application process.
The purpose of this thread will be to:
share updates on status of applications;
share insight re: Application / VI / AC; and
encourage and motivate one...
Hi all, I am currently writing an application for a sports law firm VS. The application has a question as follows: "What do you see as the biggest legal issue currently facing sport?"
I have done some initial research and come up with issues relating to European sports governance, disputes...
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I am applying for a vac scheme, where the question asks my greatest achievement to date. I am using a sporting achievement, and one aspect that I mention is fact that it required a lot of resilience, as I had to eat a lot, but had just recovered from an eating disorder. Is this...
Hi! I just wanted to know whether it was easier to get into winter vac schemes rather than summer ones in general?
I have the impression that more people apply for the summer (and spring) ones given that winter deadlines are really early into the year - so in terms of numbers, wouldn’t it be...
This question in the CMS Academy application form is bothering me:
In your own words, explain one key strategy that CMS is implementing to become the leading relationship law firm. (200 words)
I do feel like it's being deliberately vague, and there's various different things it could be...
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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Several Vacation Scheme/Training Contract applications ask for work and academic references. I was wondering, does the designation of your reference make a difference to your application? i.e. if you have a reference from a Partner, does that give more weightage to your application than a...
Hi , I am a litigating advocate in India and enrolled in the bar council here. My brother is a British citizen and i am thinking about moving to UK myself. What little research i have done, indicated that, now for any person to qualify as a lawyer in UK has to clear the new solicitors...
Introduction
The pathway to a training contract at a commercial law firm can be bumpy. More often than not, candidates will make multiple applications, to multiple firms, usually across multiple application cycles. With that in mind, understanding whether one should consider applying for a...
Hi I am attending the Winston and Strawn Vacation scheme in July 2021 and wondered if anyone had any advice on what to expect? I have not been to a vacation scheme before, i'm in my final year of a non-law undergraduate degree and the scheme will be virtual.
Hi everyone,
I'm a non-law graduate and I have a (virtual) VS with MdR (one of my absolute dream firms) next week. I'm quite new to all this (I did my first vacation scheme last week and it seems a very different 'vibe' to the MdR VS), but I'm so keen to make the most of the scheme. I know we...
Hello,
I am 25 years old.
I graduated top of my class (LL.B.) from a low-ranking UK institution from 2016-2019
I then attended a Russell Group university for my first LL.M. and graduated with a Distinction 2019-2020.
After, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions I decided to take a further...
I'm finalising filling out the onboarding form the firm gave me for my upcoming vac scheme but I ran into a bit of a problem. There's a section asking about my employment since 6 April for tax purposes. It's asking me to choose one of three options, though only 2 are really relevant since the...
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