TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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Love the party hats! The site keeps crashing for me now though 
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Love the party hats! The site keeps crashing for me now though
I tried to change it from the hearts but sadly it crashes the site. I think we are stuck with it!
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Thanks for flagging - is it better now the hearts are back?Love the party hats! The site keeps crashing for me now though
I think they’re cute!
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Hmm… great question… I was thinking maybe it could be something like: 👀😂😂
Haha - I can do 70% off the first month of a new subscription as it's 7 years. Only valid for today and tomorrow!
Oh that's smarter actually, I forgot about that email I was looking at their website
has anyone heard back from browne Jacobson or womble bond/ has any idea when we can expect to hear back?
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Hiya @a1024
Well done on getting to the video interview! I'm not sure if it's still the same process, but I was successful when I applied several cycles ago and the video interview was actually a virtual interview with several people from their legal team. I wanted to just mention a bit about my experience here alongside the excellent feedback already shared by @Amma Usman. I'd also just note that I think it's important to approach it like any other law firm interview. I found that approaching it this way was really helpful in preparing for the video interview with their legal team.
During my preparation, one key area I focused on was why I was particularly interested in experiencing legal work from an in-house perspective rather than at a City firm. This is important because the role of an in-house lawyer can be quite different, and often involves working closely with various non-legal business teams, thinking about the needs of your particular organisation, and often playing a more strategic, risk-management role rather than purely executing legal transactions. Being able to articulate why such work was appealing to me (and how I was suited to it) was something that I knew I needed to be prepared for.
I also made sure I could build on what I had written in my application when answering “Why AmEx?” and also why I was interested in financial services. I'm assuming this question is still asked in their application form, but we had no more than 100 words to answer the question during my cycle. I think having a more detailed/considered understanding of why you'd like to be at AmEx for the summer can really allow you to stand out. It will also allow you to show that you've had more to say since you submitted your application. I'd encourage you to have a think about specific aspects of AmEx's legal work, its in-house culture, and also why working in the financial services sector more broadly is appealing to you.
Finally, I did a bit of preparation for competency-based questions, particularly around problem-solving, teamwork, and handling legal challenges in a business environment. The STAR method was generally quite helpful here, and I think having concrete examples in mind helped me give structured answers.
Please just bear in mind that the structure of the video interview might have changed since the cycle in which I applied. That being said, I hope this helps and best of luck!
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Love hearts on here or is it just eye floaters?
It’s love hearts to celebrate TCLA’s 7th birthday which is tomorrow! 🎂
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Hi @lawstudent2 to boost your CV and general experiences, consider the following:Does anyone have advice for what I can do this summer / time until the next application cycle to boost my cv and general experiences?
This was my first application cycle and am still waiting to hear back from one AC but am not hopeful so I want to get ahead with adding stuff to my CV for the next cycle, especially law related as I don't really have any legal experiences.
I have a summer job, play a sport, volunteer weekly, and attend quite a few online events/complete forages, is there anything else I can do to improve myself for the next cycle or something I'm missing? Any advice very much appreciated as I really want to put my best foot forwards next time. Thanks
- Apply to/reach out to any smaller/local law firms and practitioners to see if there is any opportunity for an internship, paralegal, or shadowing work experience available. Browsing LinkedIn and sending emails, texts, and having cold calls for this purpose can definitely be a time-consuming enterprise, and there is no guarantee of success, but I have seen multiple people manage to do it.
- Complete Forage Virtual Work Experiences: this is one of the easiest way to prove interest in a given firm, a practice area, and to simultaneously improve your commercial awareness.
- Attend online firm events: even though events in the summer are a lot more rare than during the normal cycle, a number of smaller firms will still host them, particularly around late July/start of August.
- Complete online commercial law/business-related courses: platforms like edX and Coursera offer low-priced courses that can really improve your commercial awareness and can then be referenced in an application or interview.
Does anyone have any tips for the Hill Dickinson VI - I can offer insight into Reed Smith, Foot Anstey and HFW. (Any tips/ advice would be highly appreciated).
@Jaysen @Jessica Booker @Ram Sabaratnam
I am looking for some practice draft email tasks and negotiation tasks with model responses/ feedback, is this something that is included in the Bronze or Gold Premium membership please?
I am looking for some practice draft email tasks and negotiation tasks with model responses/ feedback, is this something that is included in the Bronze or Gold Premium membership please?
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