• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →

TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

londonlawyer

Esteemed Member
Dec 17, 2024
92
89
Hi @Andrei Radu @Abbie Whitlock, I'm quite unsure as to how I should approach the question "Please give details of computer skills rating?". There is no specified word count, but all the other questions have a 250 word limit. I'm not sure whether they are looking for us to go into dept about the various software programmes I've used in my internships/VS and then ultimately make a self-assessment.
 
Reactions: Abbie Whitlock

pfoapplicant

Valued Member
Dec 7, 2020
114
31
Hi guys,

I hope all is well! I'm currently going through the Taylor Wessing application form, and I had one small query about the section where we're supposed to enter our university module results. As ever, if anyone has any ideas, I'd be hugely grateful! :)

Basically, candidates are asked to give a "letter grade", and a "number grade" for each module. The letter grade part is pretty obvious (you put down whether you've got a First, a 2.1, etc in that module), but I'm wondering what to put down under the "number grade" section! The problem here stems from the fact that my university gives marks out of 200 (not 100) for each module - for instance, if I got 70% in a particular module, then I received 140 marks out of 200. The problem is that the "number grade" box doesn't let candidates write down "140/200" (because the slash symbol isn't a number), nor does it let candidates enter, say, "70%" (because the percentage sign isn't a number).

At the moment, I'm planning on just writing down the score out of 200 I got (e.g. if I got 70%, just writing down "140"), as any potential confusion should be obviated by the fact that (a) I'm able to specify whether I got a First or a 2.1 for each module, and (b) because the application form allows me to attach a CV, which enables me to clarify that the university module marks are out of 200. Basically, I'm hoping that, when the application form asks me to type in a "number grade", it's not necessarily asking me to give my results as a percentage out of 100!

Does this sound like the right thing to do?
 
Reactions: Abbie Whitlock

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.