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My Training Contract Journey
Fourth year of applications... perhaps my final year?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lumree" data-source="post: 17705" data-attributes="member: 1532"><p>Your application looks strong and you’ve done incredibly well to get to so far in the process.</p><p></p><p>Your A-levels may stop you applying to a few firms but, clearly, you’ve made it beyond the application stage on numerous occasions so it’s not holding you back there. You can check out Chambers’ guide which breaks down each firms requirements: <a href="https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/getting-a-training-contract/application-and-selection-criteria" target="_blank">https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/getting-a-training-contract/application-and-selection-criteria</a></p><p></p><p>You may also find this page useful as it details the length of the VS: <a href="https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/vacation-schemes/vacation-schemes-compared" target="_blank">https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/vacation-schemes/vacation-schemes-compared</a>. You’re right that more firms are recruiting from VS, and I recognise your difficulty with applying for them when you’re working (I am in that position too). However, I</p><p>still think it’s worth applying as you could always negotiate with the VS provider to do a week less to reduce the amount of time you have to take off.</p><p></p><p>It’s also worth mentioning that a lot still take direct applications and given your experience and previous VS, you’re in a strong position to apply for those. Unfortunately, I can’t find a list of firms that take from direct TCs - but I expect there’s one somewhere, possibly even on TCLA.</p><p></p><p>So don’t be disheartened, keep applying for both VS and TCs if you can!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lumree, post: 17705, member: 1532"] Your application looks strong and you’ve done incredibly well to get to so far in the process. Your A-levels may stop you applying to a few firms but, clearly, you’ve made it beyond the application stage on numerous occasions so it’s not holding you back there. You can check out Chambers’ guide which breaks down each firms requirements: [URL]https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/getting-a-training-contract/application-and-selection-criteria[/URL] You may also find this page useful as it details the length of the VS: [URL]https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/vacation-schemes/vacation-schemes-compared[/URL]. You’re right that more firms are recruiting from VS, and I recognise your difficulty with applying for them when you’re working (I am in that position too). However, I still think it’s worth applying as you could always negotiate with the VS provider to do a week less to reduce the amount of time you have to take off. It’s also worth mentioning that a lot still take direct applications and given your experience and previous VS, you’re in a strong position to apply for those. Unfortunately, I can’t find a list of firms that take from direct TCs - but I expect there’s one somewhere, possibly even on TCLA. So don’t be disheartened, keep applying for both VS and TCs if you can! [/QUOTE]
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