• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)
    29 Oct 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TV
    Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!

    📺 Join Event

Reaching out to grad rec

Callumw123

Well-Known Member
Gold Member
Premium Member
Oct 5, 2023
21
9
Hi,

There's a firm I'm really interested in who I want to build my research on over the summer. However, as a repeat applicant, I'm no longer eligible to attend the first-year event that they're running over the summer; I attended it last year though. Would it be appropriate to reach out to them and ask if they can point me in the direction of people i can speak too who usually make themselves available for grad rec events?

Thanks!
 

TCLA Community Assistant

Legendary Member
TCLA Moderator
Gold Member
Graduate Recruitment
Premium Member
Forum Team
Aug 1, 2019
15,526
21,762
I personally would just recommend reaching out to trainees or associates on LinkedIn rather than asking the Graduate Recruitment team to connect you with others, especially if you have met people at the firm through other means.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Callumw123

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Newsletter

Discover the most relevant business news, access our law firm analysis, and receive our best advice for aspiring lawyers.