TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

[Jessica Booker]

Hello @Jessica Booker just a follow-up question here. Can we talk about M&A and Commercial Contracts in this answer or are these two areas overlapping and I should probably pick another one instead of CC? I am genuinely interested in both these areas and if possible, I would like mentioning both but since I am only going to be referring to these two areas, I am a little confused.

Thanks.

I don’t know the specifics of BCLP so can’t really advise on this. It’s probably worthwhile trying to get your head around how seats are structured at BCLP - for instance I don’t know whether commercial contracts would fall into a particular department or be it’s own entity.

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

I don’t know the specifics of BCLP so can’t really advise on this. It’s probably worthwhile trying to get your head around how seats are structured at BCLP - for instance I don’t know whether commercial contracts would fall into a particular department or be it’s own entity.

Is it okay to just mention M&A in this question? Or does the question "What do you find attractive about Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's sectors/ departments and which area(s) are you interested in having exposure to in your Training Contract and why?" require atleast two practice areas? I can see that they've worded the word area in such a way where even one practice area can work but I see people write about atleast 3 areas for this question. What would you suggest?

 

[ds]

is it worth doing the LPC LLM rather than just the LPC? There is no extra cost and i have secured a TC with a firm that will allow me to do the LPC.

 

[AlexJ]

is it worth doing the LPC LLM rather than just the LPC? There is no extra cost and i have secured a TC with a firm that will allow me to do the LPC.

If you have not done a masters already then you would be able to claim the masters loan if you do the llm (about 11k)

 

[Jessica Booker]

is it worth doing the LPC LLM rather than just the LPC? There is no extra cost and i have secured a TC with a firm that will allow me to do the LPC.

Only value is really the ability to apply for a postgraduate student loan (assuming you haven’t already utilised this).

There is no value for your career in all honesty, although some people choose to do their LLM top up research project/assessment on a topic they hope to qualify into, with the hope it may influence seat choices, which in turn may help qualification - but I don’t think you can say it will definitely help.