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Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
Hi there, and first of all, well done for submitting an application so early in the cycle - keep this up :) ! To your question, I don't think one or two typos will lead to an automatic rejection at any firm. I remember some recruiters mentioning a 'three strikes and you're out' rule for grammar...- Andrei Radu
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A Guide to Building a Winning Application Strategy
Introduction This post is meant to serve you as a definitive guide to crafting your optimal application strategy. As it is quite lengthy, I have divided it into five subsections for you to navigate according to your interests: Why do you need an application strategy? How many law firms should...- Andrei Radu
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Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
Glad you've found some of my input useful :)! As for your question about starting your answer from a particular characteristic of commercial law, I can broadly think of 2 structures you may employ: Option A: Firstly, you can begin by explaining a relevant concrete experience using the STAR...- Andrei Radu
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Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
Hi there, and thanks for the questions! For you Why Law question, while I don't think there is a single right way to go about structuring this answer, the approach that made most sense for me was to firstly (though of course, this depends on the word count limit), split my answer between a 'why...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Hi there! As @Jessica Booker mentioned, you have a lot of freedom in deciding how to approach this, and it doesn't need to be BCLP or law-firm specific. If anything, I'd advise you to avoid trying to shoehorn firm-specific/legal industry examples to more abstract points which could be better...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I actually did not make any winter scheme applications for this reason, but in retrospect I think this was a mistake. I ended up in this exact situation with one of the spring scheme offers I had (because of my own oversight, I had not realised the scheme was happening in the last week of my...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
While Latham does have an employment & benefits practice in London, it is definitely one of their smaller ones. As with other top US firms, its role is probably to generally service clients on the employment-law elements of a deal the firm's transactional departments leads on, rather than...- Andrei Radu
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Applying for vac schemes at two offices at the same time
No worries, and best of luck with your applications :)!- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
The question as to the ideal number of applications is a rather controversial one, and I don't think there is a right or wrong answer to it. Some top recruiters and top applicants advise to be 100% focused on producing the highest possible quality of applications and to therefore only choose...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
While your total wordcount may be on the lengthy side, I don't think it is necessarily overkill. When I was applying for a firm with no word count limit on the cover letter and some other questions, I think I wrote in total over 2500 words, to which I added roughly another 1000 in the work...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I think it depends on the specific of the work experiences you have and on what you have included in the cover letter. My strategy was to start by focusing on writing the best possible cover letter, and then write my work experience section while taking into account the information I had already...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
This is most likely so - whenever I was applying for both open days and FYS/VS at firms, I had to make two different applications. This is because the open day and VS/TC application forms will generally have different questions and a different application process. Since VS/TC applications are...- Andrei Radu
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
89th percentile is a very good score, and this will definitely not hold back your application. While different firms have different policies for assessing WG scores, anecdotally the highest cut off points do not seem to ever go beyond the 70-75th percentile. However, while your score sits at a...- Andrei Radu
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Commercial Issue Application Question
No worries, and good luck with the application :)!- Andrei Radu
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Commercial Issue Application Question
Hi Alexandra! I do not think you need to find a more unique topic than this. In my successful applications and interviews last year, for basically every commercial news question I discussed the Inflation-High Interest Rates story, and I never received negative feedback for it - despite the fact...- Andrei Radu
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Applying for vac schemes at two offices at the same time
Hi there! I have not personally been in your position, so take everything with a grain of salt, but here's my thoughts on the issue: I am not aware of there being a general policy of either allowing or disallowing this across law firms. Thus, the answer to your questions will depend on a...- Andrei Radu
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Hi all!
Hi Mehek, I'm Andrei - it's great to meet you, and welcome to the TCLA community 😄! Wishing you the best of luck in your applications this year, and please feel free to post any and all queries on our forums - we'd love to help!- Andrei Radu
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Could Someone Give me Advice as in What Category Should I Post Into?
Hi there, and welcome to TCLA :)! We're really glad you like our community, and definitely do not worry about posting on the wrong forum! If you have a general application-related questions, you cannot go wrong by posting on the Applications Discussion forum, while if you have a general...- Andrei Radu
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Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
Hi there, it's nice to meet you too, and thanks for first questions! What did I do differently in my 2nd cycle that led me to success? I would say the biggest differences in my approach between my 1st and 2nd cycle have been the following: Amount of dedicated time: in my first cycle, while I...- Andrei Radu
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Ask 4 future trainees ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*
Hi everyone! My name is Andrei, a current third year law student at UCL and future trainee at Davis Polk. I’m excited to be joining @Ram Sabaratnam, @Kay Aston, and @Amma Usman as one of TCLA’s Community Assistants for this year. I just wanted to introduce myself and share a bit about my...- Andrei Radu
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