TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

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hey guys and @Jessica Booker , I'm completing an application and they're asking for a referee.
Is it better to put down
1- one undergraduate law professor
2- a partner from a french firm I internshipped in last summer
3- my current manager BUT from my hospitality work

I'm aware options 1 & 2 look more prestigious but they're more removed in time and I haven't spoken to them in a year
thank you!
I think any of them are fine to use. If the firm isn’t being clear who the referee should be, then I would put the law firm partner just because they are most closely related to the work unless the internship was more than three years ago, then I would go with your current boss.
 

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Bit of a silly question but is there much of a distinction between an admin assistant role (at a law firm) and a legal assistant role?
An admin assistant might not be in a legal team. It could be in a business services department like risk, compliance, HR or finance.
 

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Sorry, I meant in terms of would a legal assistant role be valued more than an admin assistant one, in the grand scheme of things?
It depends on what team the admin role is in really. If it is in a legal team then it’s just a slightly different job title - legal assistant/admin assistant would be a very similar role, while an admin assistant in risk would be very different.
 
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Baker McKenzie DTC AC post VI!! I didn’t think the VI went well at all so this has really caught me off guard honestly. 😅

This was my first ever DTC application and will be my first DTC AC. Does anyone know how much different this would be to a VS AC? 🥲

Best of luck to everyone who is currently waiting post VI! I genuinely thought mine was atrocious so don't lose hope just yet! 🙂​
 
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