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

[RkRk0681]

Have you done the VI? How did you find it, and any tips? I've got one at the end of this week

Feel free to message me

 

[RkRk0681]

I've been invited to an Eversheds AC!! If anyone has any guidance or tips they'd be willing to share, that would be greatly appreciated

 

[letmeintolaw]

What do i have to wear for ACs? I hate corporate clothes

 

[SOAS22]

I think for CRS, it depends on the office to my experience. Last year they did it really slow to send out VIs.
Which office are you applying to?

Guildford, you?

 

[sxw517]

Anybody know what the critical reasoning test at HFW assessment centre is?

University societies are not employment so wouldn’t be checked. Anything that is employment will be though (and as throughly as can be).

Employment references are dates employed, job title and that you weren’t found to have committed anything related to misconduct.

When you say as thoroughly as can be - some of the dates on mine may not be exact. Are the screening companies overly pedantic about this sort of thing?

 

[rose0904]

I've been invited to an Eversheds AC!! If anyone has any guidance or tips they'd be willing to share, that would be greatly appreciated

I did it last year if you wanted to drop me a message!

 

[A92167!8]

has anyone got any advice for a Pinsent Masons AC / swot analysis please

 

[CF12345]

What are useful things I can do in a gap year to boost my applications?

 

[rose0904]

has anyone done AS's headstart into vacation schemes? was it useful? i had a look at it but for summer schemes the two workshops are actually during my vs so i won't be able to attend, wondered if anyone had ever asked if they could do the one in march for a summer scheme?

 

[NaimK]

"The deadline to complete this task is midnight on Thursday 10th February 2022."

Just clarifying....does this mean basically until 23:59 on Thursday rather than 23:59 on Wednesday?

 

[Abii]

Don’t know if anyone can advise on this…

What are your options if the 10k maintenance grant for the GDL won’t be sufficient for you to live in London? That could just about cover rent…
I have a job offer already so was considering working along side it but don’t know if it’s realistic?
I could go home but I am not from London so may have to do the online version, which would make me v sad and lonely lol

Whether or not it is realistic is very much dependant on you. Some people can work alongside studies down can’t. I’m very jealous of those that don’t need to work whilst studying! I worked almost full time alongside a full time LLB, 25 hours a week alongside a full time LLM and now 50-60 hours a week alongside the part time LPC. So it can be done but whether or not it should be is an entirely different question. I did this because I live/study in london, am not from london and left home very young so had to rent year round. I also hate house sharing so for my own sanity it’s better to work a lot of hours and pay circa 1500 rent for a one bed than it is to have spare time and housemates.

As for it just about covering rent remember the GDL is an academic year not a full calendar year so 9 months and you can rent a room in zone 2 for say 600/700 a month so the maintenance grant would cover that and low end living costs - you would be house sharing and won’t have much spare cash but it’s doable if you can be frugal.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Don’t know if anyone can advise on this…

What are your options if the 10k maintenance grant for the GDL won’t be sufficient for you to live in London? That could just about cover rent…
I have a job offer already so was considering working along side it but don’t know if it’s realistic?
I could go home but I am not from London so may have to do the online version, which would make me v sad and lonely lol

You can’t work full time and study full time. At best one of them will need to be part time and even then it will be tough going. Most people top up the GDL to an LLM and then apply for PG funding.

 

[antisocial applicant]

What do i have to wear for ACs? I hate corporate clothes

Rock up in a tracksuit in all seriousness, I think it's expected that your wear corporate clothes, like how you would dress at a formal job interview in-person

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Anybody know what the critical reasoning test at HFW assessment centre is?

When you say as thoroughly as can be - some of the dates on mine may not be exact. Are the screening companies overly pedantic about this sort of thing?

It depends what the rationale is for them not being accurate. Sometimes they can be very pedantic about this - it really depends on your rationale though.

 

[sxw517]

I cant remember the

It depends what the rationale is for them not being accurate. Sometimes they can be very pedantic about this - it really depends on your rationale though.

I have been in work since the age of 16, I am now in my mid twenties. surely its pretty irrational of a firm to expect me to know the exact date I started working in a job nearly 10 years ago?

 

[jamesbaillie]

Anyone still waiting from Clyde & Co following VI? And waiting from Hogan Lovell post WG test? And withers following the online test? And BCLP? Pls can you let me know if you have progressed on any of these?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I cant remember the

I have been in work since the age of 16, I am now in my mid twenties. surely its pretty irrational of a firm to expect me to know the exact date I started working in a job nearly 10 years ago?

They are unlikely to ask for employment from over 7 years ago.

An exact date isn’t going to be as important for casual work, as long as an approximate date is reasonable.

 

[Zania Putri]

There’ll be a portal (this is the case with vero) and you log in and input all the info of where you’ve lived, your jobs etc

Does a 2-day unpaid insight scheme count as employment or no? I heard that some people didn't have to include it

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Does a 2-day unpaid insight scheme count as employment or no? I heard that some people didn't have to include it

Generally they won’t follow up on these as you weren’t employed.

 

[Zania Putri]

Generally they won’t follow up on these as you weren’t employed.

Thanks! Would I have to list them down alongside other open days?