General Discussion Thread 2020-21

[TCLA Community Assistant]

@Jessica Booker can I take about position of responsibility and achievement in this question "Please tell us about your extracurricular activities and any positions of responsibility you've held as part of these"?

yes

 

[Daniel Boden]

@Jessica Booker can I take about position of responsibility and achievement in this question "Please tell us about your extracurricular activities and any positions of responsibility you've held as part of these"?

Yes that would make sense to include here

 

[Reg]

It will be two weeks tomorrow...when did you submit yours? Hopefully we hear back soon!

same! I was thinking maybe this week if not next but I guess they have to go through the applications now as well.

 

[Castelli99]

I have some incoming VSs, but was wondering if it is still worth applying for TCs - does anyone have to hand not just the firms that are still open for TC applications, but the ones that actually take a 'reasonable' amount of people from TCs compared to VSs? Thanks!

 

[AlRJ]

hey , I haven’t heard back from those two either. Am I correct in thinking those two take applications on a rolling basis?

Hi there

I don't know if they have changed their recruitment strategy for this year, but when I applied last year for a direct TC ( end of March) I didn't hear back until mid July.

 

[Jenna]

Anyone heard from Dentons post WG? I completed mine beginning of April.

 

[SLKEJRWOI97]

Just a heads up that Freshfields, Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Weil and Slaughter and May are open for direct TCs!

 

[S87]

Just a heads up that Freshfields, Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Weil and Slaughter and May are open for direct TCs!

Slaughter and baker not open to graduates tho! But thank you so much

 

[Reg]

Slaughter and baker not open to graduates tho! But thank you so much

I’m pretty sure bakers is, if you click on it, it says above the “this application is for penultimate...”

 

[Helena]

Bakers is penultimate law students - not graduates- that window closed in April.

 

[Reg]

Final year law and non law students and graduates are eligible to apply for this vacancy.

The Training Contract is open to penultimate year students. Please confirm that you are a penultimate year student.*
No
Yes

Copied and pasted from website, hope this helps

 

[Dannys]

Final year law and non law students and graduates are eligible to apply for this vacancy.

The Training Contract is open to penultimate year students. Please confirm that you are a penultimate year student.*
No
Yes

Copied and pasted from website, hope this helps

Really confusing. If you take a look at the attached pic, it seems to only be open to penultimate and not graduates/final year law.

Also, why would they ask you to confirm that you’re a penultimate student if it’s open for graduates as well?

Very confusing...

 

[Reg]

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Really confusing. If you take a look at the attached pic, it seems to only be open to penultimate and not graduates/final year law.

Also, why would they ask you to confirm that you’re a penultimate student if it’s open for graduates as well?

Very confusing...

ohh that is confusing, I just went by what the application said. Maybe worth emailing to clarify?

 

[h2020]

Yes that would make sense to include here

yes

Thank you both

 

[dosblancos7]

Just got a high 2:2 for one essay module! I also have a 63 in my another essay module done earlier this year. Will this be an issue for firms? I got 70% last year(first year) with one 2:2 and had interviews for vac schemes, though the results mentioned are my second year grades (so far)

 

[WMA]

Just got a high 2:2 for one essay module! I also have a 63 in my another essay module done earlier this year. Will this be an issue for firms? I got 70% last year(first year) with one 2:2 and had interviews for vac schemes, though the results mentioned are my second year grades (so far)

Every recruiter is different, but if it makes you feel any better, my friend got 47% (misinterpreted the Q) in one of her second year essays and still secured a pupilage (she even joked about it in her interview). She worked hard on pulling the rest of her application up and it worked. Hope this helps but as I say, that's just one recruiter's take

 

[dosblancos7]

Every recruiter is different, but if it makes you feel any better, my friend got 47% (misinterpreted the Q) in one of her second year essays and still secured a pupilage (she even joked about it in her interview). She worked hard on pulling the rest of her application up and it worked. Hope this helps but as I say, that's just one recruiter's take

Thank you! I am referring to commercial law firms, but your friends pupilage stories, despite their grades, gives hope

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Just got a high 2:2 for one essay module! I also have a 63 in my another essay module done earlier this year. Will this be an issue for firms? I got 70% last year(first year) with one 2:2 and had interviews for vac schemes, though the results mentioned are my second year grades (so far)

One module per year is unlikely to be a problem for the vast majority of firms

 

[dosblancos7]

One module per year is unlikely to be a problem for the vast majority of firms

Thank you for the reassurance!. As you worked at Freshfields before, would this be too problematic for applications to them regarding a singular 2;2? Thanks Jessica!

 

[thecorporatelawyer]

Hi all, just a random question. But I'm assuming even though you mention a brief description of a work role in your work experience section, we're still allowed to go into more detail i.e. the skills we acquired, etc. in other sections of the application and it's not considered "repeating" as we're not explicitly saying the same things just speaking of the same role?