TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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😬 I don’t want grad rec to know me as someone who pesters (particularly as it’s probably a first impression). A Macfarlanes Associate once told me that to get a TC, “you need to be the kind of person who’ll get it anyway”. I feel like badgering graduate recruitment doesn’t help.
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I had a thought recently: do you think graduate recruitment do not take mitigating circumstances seriously anymore because most candidates who do not meet the grade threshold probably cite such reasons as the cause? Without a doubt, many candidates have mitigating circumstances... but I have a feeling a lot of candidates exploit this section. I wonder if recruiters can distinguish the real from the fake.
I think I did two years ago. Said they had many applications and will get back asap. Has anyone who searched through this forum found last years' timelines? Someone said here that last year people were getting responses in late August? What about other years? When were first positive email sent?
Interested in responses to this. I have autism which I think means the WG is almost impossible for me to do very well in, cf. Arctic Shores. I wonder if a firm may be inclined to look for other reasons to reject you if you rely on mitigating circumstances. The reason I don’t use them is because I worry that you may be seen as someone who makes excuses and might be a liability to the firm. I’d like to know how much neurodiversity there is at Trainee, Associate and Partnership level. I get attitudes and policies towards this stuff was different when the current Partners were trainees or articled clerks or whatever, but I worry it counts against you.
Really interesting points... I would be surprised if they look at you as someone who makes excuses because there are people who genuinely have mcfs and so it would be unfair to judge them in that manner. As for neurodiversity, I think awareness is rapidly increasing - a lot of firms have neurodiversity networks.
For last year it was somewhere between 1st and 20th August. For previous years I have no idea. Is there a possibility W&C fills all spots from VS?
VS dates for 2023/24 to be announced 11/9.
Direct applicants should hear in the next two weeks.
If you get rejected pre-VI, you can apply for the VSs. If you’re binned after this, you’ll have to wait a while.
Has anyone still not received a reply about their TLT Training Contract application? I think the deadline was 31 May so I’m assuming that I wasn’t successful bur I’ve not heard anything. And I can’t find a graduation recruitment email to follow up.
Hello 
came across this and thought some people might be interested - I think it is for those who have already completed their LPC/SQE (or will receive results by Jan 2024). The TC will commence Jan 2024, the application form is not too daunting (I don't know the firm but a friend sent it over)
crowellmoring.applytojob.com
came across this and thought some people might be interested - I think it is for those who have already completed their LPC/SQE (or will receive results by Jan 2024). The TC will commence Jan 2024, the application form is not too daunting
(I don't know the firm but a friend sent it over)
Crowell & Moring | Training Contract - January 2024 - Crowell & Moring - Career Page
Apply to Crowell & Moring | Training Contract - January 2024 at Crowell & Moring in London, United Kingdom.
Does anyone know when King & Spalding's TC opens and if it's rolling? Also not sure if it's for second years only
I think it will open again in a few months. It is non rolling and open to second years onwards. Happy to answer any more questions over message.
there were definitely ppl hearing back in september last year, so nobody should worry just yet. good luck!
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