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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2026-27

Real talk. Is there a specific reason why all law firms decided to either introduce A Levels grade requirements or increase their existing requirements? 🫪
One of the firms at a law fair the other say said firms are introducing/re-introducing requirements because they’ve seen a correlation between better grades and better performance at the SQE. Whether that’s true or not it feels like a massive step back 🤦🏼‍♀️
 

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