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  1. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It’s polite to let firms know you won’t be taking their recruitment process further if you have accepted your top choice firm.
  2. Jessica Booker

    Applying for LLMs and deferring a training contract

    Graduate recruitment teams are quite used to getting these requests in March/April each year as Masters courses start to give offers out. If you have multiple course options (you are applying to a high number of courses) you may want to ask upfront but expect to potentially have time out if you...
  3. Jessica Booker

    Bad A-level grades

    This is spot on advice from someone who is supposedly an expert (although I am never quite sure I am!).
  4. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes - its fine to PM, I can always explain if I can't respond to that question via PM.
  5. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    No matter what the circumstances, I would always try to update and refine the application do it is the most up to date reflection of your candidacy now rather than back then. It is not that everything needs to change, but always try to update other sections of your application form outside of...
  6. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    With the SQE you don't need to do the GDL before starting it, and so ultimately if something is more integrated it will be a more efficient use of time. It is difficult if the course fees are higher though, and so is a difficult consideration.
  7. Jessica Booker

    International Students right to work during the Winter/Spring vacation scheme

    It is another option to move to a later vacation scheme or alternatively a direct TC process, but they don’t have to offer this and I have seen some firms just say you won’t be able to go ahead with the offer. Other firms have also changed the scheme so it’s effectively split over two weeks (eg...
  8. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    There is not necessarily a difference - it can just be the job title that firms like to use, but they are often interchangable. What area is your legal work experience in? If that aligns with the topics this role would cover or if its in a similar public sector organisation, it might be worth a...
  9. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Its not a negative, but at the same time you don't necessarily need to rush it. Applying in the first two-thirds of an application window is usually more than sufficient to be ahead of other applicants. If your application is ready then go for it though - being prepared so early is never a...
  10. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    As someone else has mentioned, just leaving a job isn't necessarily the answer though. That could bring more pressures, particularly financial. The common denominator you have actually identified is applying to the wrong type of vacancy. There is little point applying to something you can't...
  11. Jessica Booker

    training contract internatioanl students

    I wouldn't say it is a binary as US vs UK firms. For instance, at least two of the MC firms do not have any A-level criteria (Freshfields/Clifford Chance). Of those that do, some also have a contextualised recruitment process as well. Some US firms will be strict on their A-level requirements...
  12. Jessica Booker

    Self-funded SQE Course Provider - does it matter???

    It really won't matter where you study for the SQE. The firms only send their sponsored students to BPP/ULaw as the get preferential rates and it is cheaper for them to do so than letting people study anywhere. They will not select people on where they have done a prep course.
  13. Jessica Booker

    It really does not matter where you study the SQE - it will not impact your chances when...

    It really does not matter where you study the SQE - it will not impact your chances when applying for a TC
  14. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    The professional project won’t really be a selling point when applying. It might provide an interesting opportunity, but it isn’t going to stand out to employers as something unique or compelling. Do the firms you are aiming for also sponsor a conversion course? If so, it could be the case you...
  15. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I’d stress that good candidates who try again are not just trying with the same set of skills/knowledge. Good candidates are ensuring they are focused on their self development and working out what to do to improve themself and their chances, and then making sure they accomplish that. That...
  16. Jessica Booker

    Winter vs Spring vs Summer Vacation Schemes

    The only difference could be how quickly you get a TC offer from the scheme, as this is likely to be in the weeks after the scheme has concluded. Nothing else is a better/worse chance as it comes down to variables you will never know about (eg how many applications a firm receives for one...
  17. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Perfection does not exist - for any lawyer, let alone a trainee or a vacation scheme student. There is not a “standard” though - these things are not cookie cutter approaches to assessing, because even if you are all given the same task, people will approach that task in different ways and it...
  18. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    As I have said previously, you can use personal answers - they can work well. You are less likely to make the interviewer uncomfortable if you are not labouring the detail of the circumstances. It’s often the case that when people really get into the (usually unnecessary detail) of the...
  19. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I wouldn’t say you could “bomb” something but you could underperform slightly. Ultimately when they say they will look at things holistically, they will weigh up various bits of evidence and consider that collectively. That does allow slightly lower performance in one assessment to potentially...
  20. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You don’t have to avoid it. It can work well in interviews.

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