all these months of applying and I only just clocked that it's called a TC in part because of the actual contact that's signed between you and the firm.... 🤦♀️
I feel like this has been said before but it really depends on what the firms say, probably best to just wait to hear back from direct TC then go from thereI have a question if anyone can help... I have 3 VS coming up in the summer but am in the final round for a direct TC. If i was offered the TC, do/can I still do the Vac Schemes? Or would I have to make the decision if I am accepting before the Vac Schemes? Equally, Can I accept the offer and then withdraw if I was to be offered a TC from a Vac Scheme at a firm I ended up preferring? TIA🙏
It depends on the terms of both your VS offers and your TC offers.I have a question if anyone can help... I have 3 VS coming up in the summer but am in the final round for a direct TC. If i was offered the TC, do/can I still do the Vac Schemes? Or would I have to make the decision if I am accepting before the Vac Schemes? Equally, Can I accept the offer and then withdraw if I was to be offered a TC from a Vac Scheme at a firm I ended up preferring? TIA🙏
there's a longer historyall these months of applying and I only just clocked that it's called a TC in part because of the actual contact that's signed between you and the firm.... 🤦♀️
OMG this is why my parents friends always ask me when i'm doing my articles!!!The agreement was indented, which meant cut into two halfs in serrated pattern, to be kept by the two parties to guard against forgery, this is more generally called an "indenture of apprenticeship" (an articled clerk was simply a specific form of apprentice, although it was usual to refer to "articles of clerkship" for solicitors & notaries, and indentures of apprenticeships more generally).
The 'articles' referred to in the term "articled clerk" are the terms of the contract, and it was thus sometimes referred to as a "contract of clerkship".
The articles/contract were eventually regulated by the Law Society under the various Solicitors Acts. In the 1990 Training Regulations made under s 2 of the Solicitors Act 1974, the Law Society changed the name from 'Articles' to 'Training Contract'
OMG this is why my parents friends always ask me when i'm doing my articles!!!
specifically I'd highlight the positives of getting the the VS and what you learned from it and not mention the implied that you didnt convert.I was unable to convert my VS into a TC this cycle. How should I approach mentioning/speaking about this in applications + interviews (if at all)?
I'd stress that the number of offers made do not mean the number of places taken. People turn down offers even for high profile firms like Milbank.Hi, I'm new here so I'm not sure where to post this! I have a friend who completed the Milbank Spring Scheme, and she mentioned that a few training contracts have already been offered. For context, I think they give 8 general TCs and 4 LevFin track ones. I'm due to do the Summer Vacation Scheme for the LevFin track, and she told me there are only two LevFin TCs left — and that's before the summer cohort even starts. How do I stay positive when it feels like I'm working towards such a small chance? And is there a chance I'd be offered a general TC if I was good enough, even if I just sit in LevFin during my scheme?
That’s fantastic news! CongratulationsStanding Been offered a Linklaters training contract following a vacation scheme! Thanks all for the support on this forum
Have you heard back yet? I have not heard anythingDid anyone get a VI from Fox Williams? How was it?
Ur cooked doing the LevFin route. I know someone on that Vac Scheme and they were in until like past midnight almost every dayHi, I'm new here so I'm not sure where to post this! I have a friend who completed the Milbank Spring Scheme, and she mentioned that a few training contracts have already been offered. For context, I think they give 8 general TCs and 4 LevFin track ones. I'm due to do the Summer Vacation Scheme for the LevFin track, and she told me there are only two LevFin TCs left — and that's before the summer cohort even starts. How do I stay positive when it feels like I'm working towards such a small chance? And is there a chance I'd be offered a general TC if I was good enough, even if I just sit in LevFin during my scheme?