Do let us know if you hear back! I've seen people are getting PFOs so no news may just mean good news. Fingers crossed...
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
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will let you know! i'll probably have an answer on monday though. and yes fingers crossed!
I applied for their Spring VC and got a WG I think a week or so after I applied. And then I did the WG and have heard nothing for weeks now
The firm are known to really take their time. I got the VI from them a couple of weeks ago and still haven’t heard back from them post VI.
Hi all - for DLA Piper's question "Which business news story has interested you the most in the last 12 months and why? (Maximum 1500 characters / approximately 250 words)", does anyone have any key tips for how to structure and approach this? do we have to link our answer back to the firm and does it have to be particularly relevant to their practice areas, or can it really just be anything? I didnt progress last year so would appreciate any guidance! Thanks alot
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You don’t have to link it to the firm in your answer, but I would choose something the firm would also be interested in. That doesn’t mean it has to be something directly they work on or a practice area strength - it could just be something that impacts their client base or even how they work as an organisation.
The key with these type of questions is picking something you are truly interested in and that you can talk about with confidence as if you do get an interview you might just be asked about it more at that stage.
I got the WG on 11th Nov, had applied a few days earlier but not heard from them since!
it shows on the job board next to the submission date
A few weeks ago, I was put on the reserve list for AS’s commercial awareness competition semi final. There were some spaces available and I competed to now be told that I have been put on the reserve list for the grand final! It seems like reserve lists and I are inseparable lol. Given what I thought was an awful performance, this outcome is actually quite a nice surprise if a little bitter sweet!
They're probably looking for you to choose one of the 6 key areas they've identified and give a credible explanation of how/why this strategy will achieve that objective. Elements to discuss could include: how can the firm implement this/what does it really mean on the ground; how does this add value for clients; what problem does this solve or what need does it meet; how does this build off of the firm's existing strengths. You could bring up things the firm has already done in pursuit of whichever strategy you choose to discuss, but I'd probably try to attach that point to an appraisal of outcomes or next steps - so might depend on how much information is available.
These kind of 'law-as-business' commercial awareness questions can be a huge pain, as most applicants are, of course, outsiders to the business of law. If you have time it might be worth pulling together some ideas in the next few days then asking some questions at the legal cheek law fair next week to try and tease out more detail & sense check whether you're on the right track - alternately if CMS has any of its own virtual events coming up, but it seems like most firms have wound up, or are winding up, their event series.
No, of course you would not have to do the tests twice. The same issue happened to me when I received the Reed Smith SST. GR will have noticed this issue and will email you in due course. In the meantime, just complete one of the required tests and GR sort out the rest.
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