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What TC applications are still open?

As a second year non-law too, my experience is that you cannot apply for most TCs at the moment. I think that you generally apply in your final year. Some firms do allow non-law penultimates onto their vacation schemes, which of course you could try to convert. Other people might be able to tell you if any of these are still open.

I also know that some firms don't allow you to apply for vacation schemes until your final year as a non-law, and then only recruit from that. I'm not sure how that'd work as a non-law grad given you'd have graduated, so I'd appreciate some insight here too.
 
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As a second year non-law too, my experience is that you cannot apply for most TCs at the moment. I think that you generally apply in your final year. Some firms do allow non-law penultimates onto their vacation schemes, which of course you could try to convert. Other people might be able to tell you if any of these are still open.

I also know that some firms don't allow you to apply for vacation schemes until your final year as a non-law, and then only recruit from that. I'm not sure how that'd work as a non-law grad given you'd have graduated, so I'd appreciate some insight here too.
Thank you!! I'm going to do a lot more research into this too and will leave comments here for you to communicate if i've discovered anything new! ❤
As a second year non-law too, my experience is that you cannot apply for most TCs at the moment. I think that you generally apply in your final year. Some firms do allow non-law penultimates onto their vacation schemes, which of course you could try to convert. Other people might be able to tell you if any of these are still open.

I also know that some firms don't allow you to apply for vacation schemes until your final year as a non-law, and then only recruit from that. I'm not sure how that'd work as a non-law grad given you'd have graduated, so I'd appreciate some insight here too.
Please check out my other post - it's the only other one on my page -I apologise I'm not so familiar with how to tag on here yet :(

But the comments section is great!! So many people offering advice for non-law second year students and I definitely think it'll be beneficial for you too! :)
 
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