TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

[crl227]

Has anyone heard back from Penningtons post app?

 

[Gday33]

anyone still not heard from Mayer Brown? been 6 weeks since I did the test..

Completed my test on 07/04 😂 heard nothing

 

[rn7]

Does anybody know when most firms will begin second-stage/in-person interviews for direct TC applicants? I have submitted about 10 applications and want to take a longish trip outside the UK for most of June. If I were to progress, is there a chance some of the in-person interviews would take place during the month of June?

 

[LillyandSilver]

Does anybody know when most firms will begin second-stage/in-person interviews for direct TC applicants? I have submitted about 10 applications and want to take a longish trip outside the UK for most of June. If I were to progress, is there a chance some of the in-person interviews would take place during the month of June?

I normally judge it based on when the last option to interview was plus a few weeks for a response and then a few weeks for a new date. Not always the best but sometimes it gives a rough idea. Also depends on if this is the final interview and if the firms run a vacation scheme. If you interviewed in early May it is quite likely you will be interviewing again in early/mid june. Also it gets quicker the further you progress and the fewer people there are.

 

[rn7]

I normally judge it based on when the last option to interview was plus a few weeks for a response and then a few weeks for a new date. Not always the best but sometimes it gives a rough idea. Also depends on if this is the final interview and if the firms run a vacation scheme. If you interviewed in early May it is quite likely you will be interviewing again in early/mid june. Also it gets quicker the further you progress and the fewer people there are.

Thanks for the input - to clarify, I have not heard back at all from any of the firms I submitted direct TC applications to. I assumed it is because most of them do run schemes, and so will not start assessing the direct applicants until after their summer schemes wrap up. The deadlines for most close later this month or in June, if that is of any help.

 

[rhea2]

If you did the Howard Kennedy Watson Glaser, did you get a confirmation email to say you’d completed it? I got nothing but an email when I started the test asking me to complete the test! :/

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does anybody know when most firms will begin second-stage/in-person interviews for direct TC applicants? I have submitted about 10 applications and want to take a longish trip outside the UK for most of June. If I were to progress, is there a chance some of the in-person interviews would take place during the month of June?

It will really vary from now through to September unfortunately.

 

[TC seeker]

Does anyone know whether the lower 2.1 modules would influence my application?

 

[A worried graduate]

Does anyone know if there is a way to edit a TC application for BCLP after I have sent it off?

 

[ifesanni]

any news from Withers recently post test?

Nope

 

[maya123]

Anyone heard from RPC, Mayer Brown, HFW, Stephenson Harwood, Orrick?

Yeh I got RPC!

 

[maya123]

Anyone heard from RPC?

Yeh!

 

[CallumJR]

Yeh!

For TC or VS? (I want them too)

 

[maya123]

For TC or VS?

TC x

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does anyone know whether the lower 2.1 modules would influence my application?

It is one of those things where it depends on many different factors, including:

• Which firm? Some are much pickier than others
• How many low 2.1 modules there are - if they are a majority this might be an issue more so than if there is just the occasional one module
• When they were - firms may look at first year grades with less scrutiny than final year grades
• Which subjects they are in? Some firms may look at Tort/Contract modules more closely than other subjects/modules

Generally though, a 2.1 is sufficient for most firms and a low 2.1 would not be an issue in many cases even with the above considerations.

 

[desperateTCseeker1998]

Does anyone know if there is a way to edit a TC application for BCLP after I have sent it off?

Never tried for Candid but usually you can add extra information (eg if you start a new job) but not edit what you've already written

 

[Gday33]

Yeh I got RPC!

Ooh when and how did they contact you?

 

[jenniferrrrrrr]

TC x

london office?

 

[icebear]

Yeh I got RPC!

AC for RPC?

 

[maya123]

AC for RPC?

TC x