TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[Leightoncass]

Have you heard back yet? I haven't heard either way.

Hi! Anyone heard back? Preparing for AC?

 

[Goose]

when you're supposed to fill out vac scheme documents to send back, how do people usually go about sending them? Mail them physically, take a picture of the signed documents, use a scanner?

 

[TC fiend]

when you're supposed to fill out vac scheme documents to send back, how do people usually go about sending them? Mail them physically, take a picture of the signed documents, use a scanner?

Scan them

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

when you're supposed to fill out vac scheme documents to send back, how do people usually go about sending them? Mail them physically, take a picture of the signed documents, use a scanner?

Usually scanned these days. The firm will inform you if they need to see any documents in person (like your passport).

 

[Goose]

Thanks guys!

 

[ssolicitorz]

Baker McKenzie PFO post VI.

 

[Anon9]

Awaiting reply from Bakers post VI - they said I'd hear back 12 May latest... shall I assume a PFO?

 

[JadeWadey01]

Has anyone heard back from Womble Bond Dickinson? I saw them upload a post about video interviews today so I'm wondering if they have started handing them out?

I just heard back

 

[Legalmel_99]

Awaiting reply from Bakers post VI - they said I'd hear back 12 May latest... shall I assume a PFO?

I’d wait till tomorrow it’s a big firm they’ve probably separated it into 2 days

 

[Hope4aVS]

Has anyone done the video interview for the Essex county council legal scheme?

 

[Miki3999]

Hi guys, i have a banking paralegal interview with Dentons, specifically within derivatives. If anyone has any insight into the world of derivatives, the types of work trainees within this practice area would do, or any general insights, this would be really appreciated!!

Wouldn't this involve corporate finance and possibly debt shifting (as companies often rely on the bias towards debt in the majority of tax systems as well as on interest deductibility in order to minimise their income liabilities, i.e. payments on interest can be deducted from taxable profits while payments on equity, such as dividends, cannot, and companies often rely on debt financing for tax purposes. Likewise, derivatives are used by corporations for financing/tax planning strategies: there are certain derivatives, such as warrants or subordinated debt, that have the characteristics of both debt and equity and therefore tax systems do not really know how to tax them (tax systems have certain prescribed "cubbyholes" into which intruments would typically fall, but this is not usually the case when it comes to certain derivatives, as they blur the traditional legal distinctions on which tax systems rely). Moreover, derivatives can mimic the economic substance of other underlying financial assets (they can "convert" debt into equity and vice versa), again for tax planning purposes. I don't know what trainees in banking would specifically do, but it might be related to the above.

 

[letmeintolaw]

WBD AC

 

[Scandi]

Has anybody heard back from

• Orrick post written exercise?
• Browne Jacobson post telephone interview?

 

[jess_does_law]

Has anybody heard back from

• Orrick post written exercise?
• Browne Jacobson post telephone interview?

Still nothing from Orrick for me, I emailed about two weeks ago but no reply to that either. I guess they're just taking their time

 

[GXA123]

Does anybody know of Bird & Bird allow for my locker to be linked? I cannot find the link on my home page.

 

[John Travoni]

Has anyone heard back from MJ Hudson post AC?

 

[Adrian_S]

Has anyone heard back from Dentons after telephone interview? Just wondering how long they usually take to get back to people - my interviewer had been quite vague about when they’d get back so thought I’d ask here

 

[Jooooopp7]

Does anyone know whether MoFo will be changing to the SQE for the 2023 or 2024 cohort?? can't seem to find anything about it online!

 

[S87]

Does anyone know whether MoFo will be changing to the SQE for the 2023 or 2024 cohort?? can't seem to find anything about it online!

I think that most of the firms will

 

[shennind]

Hi all, Just wanted to know if anyone has done the CRS vacation scheme recently. I would be so grateful for a rundown on what the scheme entails and involves and how they found it personally? I'm doing mine in June and am nervous as it is my first vac scheme. Any advice and help related to CRS will be greatly appreciated!