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    Please be brutally honest, should I give up on becoming a solicitor at a MC/Top Uk law firm

    Hi there, thought I'd give my two-cents on this. Firstly, your law career hasn't ended – your grades are fine. Your extenuating circumstance does matter, so do mention it in your application. Secondly, please don't beat yourself up or count yourself out. If anything, believe in yourself...
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    Commercial awareness sources

    Hi, I'm not sure if anyone has started a thread on this before (if so, sorry!). One of the main difficulties when I first started developing my commercial awareness was figuring out what sources I could use, where I should start, or even what news I should even be reading. So I want to make a...
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    How difficult is it to get a VS being mid 20s and already qualified in another country?

    Hi @ninadeoliveira, hope I'm not too late to this but I have met career changers who started their training contract in their 30s. I have friends who got their TC offer in their mid-to-late 20s, so age is definitely not an issue for getting vacation schemes and training contracts. If you...
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    Volunteer working

    As for paralegal roles, you can have a look at openings on LinkedIn, and getting in touch with paralegal recruiters at recruitment agencies like Ryder Reid, Larbey Evans, Robert Walters, etc. You can also signup with FlexLegal for paralegal roles, or with firms directly (eg, Dentons LDC, Pinsent...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi @Ghassen @M0M007 @zizszhplum I'll add onto the information provided by @laurabeaumont and @OB that you can also reach out to someone who currently works at the recruitment agencies via LinkedIn to directly ask about a paralegal position (or ask if they have any openings), and send over your...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    As @Jessica Booker said, firms simply do not have the resources to filter hundreds of paralegal candidates. I spoke to a recruiter at an agency before and the way that paralegal recruitment works (as they explained it to me) was that the firm goes to the agency with a paralegal position, the...
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    Paralegal Work

    Hi there, I think both firms do consider people with little to no experience. I'd recommend applying and see what happens.
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    Paralegal Work

    Are you looking for paralegal remote jobs in the UK? If so, I personally know of two firms which offer remote paralegal work – Pinsent Masons Vario and Dentons Legal Delivery Centre. You can also go on to LinkedIn and have a look at paralegal opened posted by from recruiters (eg, Ryder Reid...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Congrats on securing some work experience! I don't recommend it, because I don't think it'll be beneficial – you haven't done the experience yet so there's nothing about it you can talk about.
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    a confused law student's TC journey :)

    Commercial awareness is a very broad term, so it depends on how you define it. How I define it is a way of thinking and understanding business and stuff happening around the world. In this sense, I did use it in my tasks and in conversation during my VS – I also didn't do a corporate seat. But I...
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    Pinsent Masons Vacation Schemes

    They're running the scheme pretty late this year then and I assume they didn't tell you when you should expect a response. Since it's only been a week or two, I'd say give it another two weeks or so before you drop an email. You can also check on LinkedIn to see if they've given any responses by...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    I don't think the question is not asking you why commercial awareness makes a good lawyer at FF – IMO, if they wanted to ask you that they would have. I think you're overthinking this. In my view, what the question is really asking you is: what role does commercial awareness plays in the context...
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    a confused law student's TC journey :)

    Woohoo! You're crushing it, keep it up! Sharing my favourite news sources which I used to prep, in case you're interested: FT Lex FT Due Diligence FT Asset Management (just interesting reads for me, not strictly necessary) The Daily Upside FT Unhedged Just so happen to come across this on a...
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    Vacation Scheme Prep

    Just to tack on to the great advice that @laurabeaumont provided, the sort of work you will be doing also depends on how busy your department is and what sort of work your supervisor is willing to let you do. But just to give you an example of the sort of work you might be doing (pulling from my...
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    Planning to complete the SQE? Introduce yourself here.

    Anyone doing the LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) at ULaw in Manchester this coming September? I'm looking cobble together a study group to review the core law stuff and get a head start before the course starts. Feel free to DM me if you're interested.
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    Pinsent Masons Vacation Schemes

    When did you do your interview and SWOT? Last year, interviews and SWOTs for the vacation scheme were done in February and replies were given by March, so you should have heard by now because the vacation schemes happen between June and July, if I recall correctly.
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    a confused law student's TC journey :)

    I didn't do a vacation scheme at Eversheds, but I did do a VS at one of its competitors (where I secured a TC). I also felt really incredibly nervous and unprepared in the days leading up to my VS. But looking back, there's no need to feel nervous or unprepared at all. You already went through a...
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    Placement salary

    Just to clarify, by placement, you mean a vacation scheme?
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    Planning to complete the SQE? Introduce yourself here.

    你好! I secured a TC last year and will be starting my SQE in September this year with ULaw. Very nervous for the exam as I have heard it is actually quite difficult. So I would love any insights or advice for exceeding in it, or just general chat to vent frustrations.
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    '23-'24 International/Foreign/Mature/Career changers/Non-Traditional

    Hi there! Most firms will not provide sponsorship for vacation schemes - I imagine it would be quite difficult (if not impossible) for a firm to sponsor a worker visa for what's effectively a one to two-week internship. As for remote vacation schemes, there could be firms which still do them...

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