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

[IceFloe]

What firm was this for?

Slaughters

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I submitted an application 30 minutes ago and just realised I made a grammatical error in my CV. I can't make changes to my application after submitting it and there's no option to withdraw.

Is immediately emailing graduate recruitment to withdraw this application, then re-applying with the corrected CV through a different personal email before the deadline tonight a stupid idea, anyone?

@Jessica Booker

Not a good idea - they will still see you have applied twice (even with a separate email) and will wonder why.

What was the mistake?

 

[IceFloe]

Not a good idea - they will still see you have applied twice and will wonder why.

What was the mistake?

@Jessica Booker

Forgot 'and' in a sentence:

Interpreted different levels of client knowledge adjusted my communication style accordingly.

Would calling graduate recruitment to explain the second application not be advisable?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

@Jessica Booker

Forgot 'and' in a sentence:

Interpreted different levels of client knowledge adjusted my communication style accordingly.

Would calling graduate recruitment to explain the second application not be advisable?

No - just leave it. It probably won’t even be spotted.

 

[OB]

@Jessica Booker

Forgot 'and' in a sentence:

Interpreted different levels of client knowledge adjusted my communication style accordingly.

Would calling graduate recruitment to explain the second application not be advisable?

Honestly the only thing you can do is hope they don’t notice it. Contacting grad rec is just going to alert them to your typo. I got through to an AC last year by naming a different firm in one of my answers so your typo isn’t too bad in comparison

 

[IceFloe]

Thank you all for your replies. Don't know what I would do without this forum.

 

[Dheepa]

White & Case VI for Winter VS - anyone know if its competency or scenario or more about the firm? Or a mix?

There’s also always one commercial question!

 

[ScrappyDoo]

How long does a CV need to be? @Jessica Booker

 

[M777]

Hahaha me too! It was so bad

me three

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

How long does a CV need to be? @Jessica Booker

No more than 2 pages

 

[Law2022]

me three

A disaster good luck to you all anyway!

 

[ScrappyDoo]

No more than 2 pages

Thank you, is there a specific way to style the CV. As I’ve seen templates on line with people’s face on it, assuming that’s informal

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Thank you, is there a specific way to style the CV. As I’ve seen templates on line with people’s face on it, assuming that’s informal

no need for a photo on a CV. Jaysen’s posted a general template somewhere a let me see if I can find it.

The post here might help:

CV templates

CV

www.thecorporatelawacademy.com

 

[PM2021]

Hey has anyone heard from Travers Smith for the Winter VS applications?

 

[ScrappyDoo]

no need for a photo on a CV. Jaysen’s posted a general template somewhere a let me see if I can find it.

The post here might help:

CV templates

CV

www.thecorporatelawacademy.com

Thank you @Jessica Booker !!

 

[Mxkry]

Will law firm's care about adjusting the margins to ensure that the cover letter fits on one page?

 

[John Travoni]

Will law firm's care about adjusting the margins to ensure that the cover letter fits on one page?

Yes, this is something they do consider. The same thing goes for making the text smaller than the required size so that you’re able to fit it all in. The margins shouldn’t be adjusted and the text shouldn’t be any smaller than Times New Roman 12

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Will law firm's care about adjusting the margins to ensure that the cover letter fits on one page?

If done too much, yes.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Yes, this is something they do consider. The same thing goes for making the text smaller than the required size so that you’re able to fit it all in. The margins shouldn’t be adjusted and the text shouldn’t be any smaller than Times New Roman 12

Font size 10.5 or larger is fine with some fonts (doesn’t need to be TNR).

 

[lawgal101]

Can anyone who has done the Clyde & Co video assessment, share how long we get to prepare for each response? & also, how long it took you to do the overall assessment?