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  1. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It will depend on your university term time and when the schemes run. Many international students find winter schemes difficult as their term time runs to just before Christmas but the schemes run in either November or early December.
  2. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I don't think there is an actual number (know this is not the most helpful response) due to the number of variables that could happen. For instance, doing 5 over 5 years is very different to doing 5 over one cycle. Its also very different if they are also all very recent rather than some many...
  3. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Do you mean in general or if you don't convert them?
  4. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    That is very much a commercial story, so you are okay to use this.
  5. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Unfortunately we don’t allow any promotion of products or services via the forums where the individual will financially benefit from the transaction.
  6. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Most firms will offer permanent contracts to NQs, but fixed term contracts are still used especially when the department is going under change. For instance, I have seen firm offer FTCs when they have people on maternity/paternity leave or on sabbaticals/secondments but are due to come back, or...
  7. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You can ask but most firms are moving to the SQE as the old training system has far more regulation and structure that they have to comply with that they don’t have to with the SQE. There is no harm in asking, but I would expect that in most instances there is a significant chance they will say no.
  8. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    If you didn’t do anything in that year, it would be a bit of a red flag but as long as you are doing some form of work or self-development in that year (even if it is something like travelling), that is fine. It doesn’t have to be an SQE prep course, but that could also be something to consider...
  9. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Do you mean the post study visa? If so, it is very common for international candidates to stay in the U.K. on this visa and work/study whilst still pursuing a TC. It would not be an issue for most firms who sponsor visas and may only be an issue for firms who look for people to do their TC on...
  10. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I love posts like this! Congratulations on all your hard work. Sometimes the perseverance really pays off, especially to get you to your dream firm!
  11. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Amazing news! Congratulations!
  12. Jessica Booker

    LLM SQE1 BPP part time or full time?

    If you are going to study part time you will have capacity to potentially build up other experience while you do it (like you have said with the volunteering) and so I don’t see why you’d be at a disadvantage compared to someone else applying for a 2028 training contract. Remember some people...
  13. Jessica Booker

    Skadden cancelling their TC ?

    Yeah was stated on Legal Cheek and Reddit around the same time this thread started). Just strange for it to be resurrected a few weeks later by a new member…
  14. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    My view is you don’t have to disclose this.
  15. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    This only applies from the time you start a TC, so it is not an issue while you hold an offer or receive any funding in terms of a maintenance grant or SQE sponsorship.
  16. Jessica Booker

    Skadden cancelling their TC ?

    That is what I thought. It’s been a rumour going around for a few weeks now, but I haven’t seen or heard anything that actually confirms it. I hope this is not a malicious rumour going around - I am always slightly cautious when the post comes from a completely new member with no post history...
  17. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Try the Withers application! Theirs are only 60 words!
  18. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    These things are always horses for courses. For every person who hates a short application, another hates writing longer answers/statements. For everyone who likes a video interview, there is someone who despises them. With applications, it’s rarely about the just the application questions...
  19. Jessica Booker

    LLM SQE1 BPP part time or full time?

    I wouldn’t say a GDL is doing several years studying in one year. It’s only focused on key modules which means it is a year’s worth of content (albeit fairly intense where it’s a brand new subject) and the vast majority of people manage to complete it in a year with no issues.
  20. Jessica Booker

    Skadden cancelling their TC ?

    Does anyone have any proof of this that they can send me in a private message? I am keen to ensure we are not causing any anxiety/worry if this is speculation or rumour rather than anything confirmed.

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