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  1. Jessica Booker

    Clifford gave me a Chance (A now SQE Journey)

    Multiple offers! Congratulations!!
  2. Jessica Booker

    TC offer - looking for advice

    When is your TC due to start or when are you going to start any sponsored law school/SQE courses or assessments?
  3. Jessica Booker

    communication with firm

    Call them. You can explain you have spoken to other people in your intake who have received communication and so you are concerned that things are not being sent to you. Sometimes future trainees don’t update their contact details, especially if their application used their university email...
  4. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Congratulations! That is fantastic news!
  5. Jessica Booker

    magic circle cases and deals

    Legal 500 or Chambers & Partners will have these details. For instance: https://chambers.com/department/clifford-chance-llp-investment-funds-real-estate-uk-1:828:11805:1:83 https://www.legal500.com/firms/679-clifford-chance-llp/104-london-england/
  6. Jessica Booker

    Telling VS firm I've had VSs elsewhere?

    Yes, I would check what updates they are looking for. You may want to reference work experience specifically though - eg
  7. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    There is no right or wrong approach here. You could choose either and it sounds like it could be relevant to the firm. I would choose something that interests you but just be mindful that if there is lots of other evidence of this interest in the rest of your application, this question provides...
  8. Jessica Booker

    Telling VS firm I've had VSs elsewhere?

    If the form is explicitly asking for more general details/updates rather than specifically just asking for updated academic results, then I would include it. I think it is important to show how active you have been in pursuing your career and highlighting other schemes is in 99% of cases going...
  9. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I think your approach is the right one. Depending on the other evidence in your application, you may need less of the "why law" (for instance, this doesn't necessarily need a lot of focus if you have studied law and worked in the profession before, compared to someone who may have not studied...
  10. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Spend some time really reflecting on your time on the scheme: - what’s been the most enjoyable? - what’s been the most challenging? - has the time on the scheme surprised you in anyway (good and bad)? - what do you think you have learnt the most? - has the scheme changed your opinions of the...
  11. Jessica Booker

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

    You will need to speak to someone in your faculty office. Be aware very few universities do this - as I mentioned they are worried they will be audited on their student visa licence.
  12. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Yes - you can still ask them for the feedback. It is something firms will be used to getting requests for.
  13. Jessica Booker

    Is non-commercial legal experience beneficial for applications?

    They are good things t have in an application and can show good transferable skills. I wouldn’t say they would significantly boost an application form, but they would be a good way to add another dimension to many people’s applications.
  14. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Please feel free to PM me. I can advise if I can respond once I have seen your message.
  15. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Which firms do you mean?
  16. Jessica Booker

    Baker Mckenzie + Barbri/PGDL?

    Not having the GDL will not impact your career - it’s is not a requirement for the career and it has only been a regulatory hurdle to obtain rather than anything firms value. You may want to reach out to future or current trainees at Bakers who have done this route to get their thoughts. I know...
  17. Jessica Booker

    Failed first year - what do I do now?

    The first thing to stress is a third is not a fail. If you had failed the year, you would be retaking it rather than progressing to your second year. When your at a uni at Oxford, you get into a little competitive bubble where supposedly everyone is doing all the flash internships in their...
  18. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    😂 Congratulations and well done!
  19. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    2 pages is fine for paralegal roles too.
  20. Jessica Booker

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    This post maybe helpful. https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/using-a-subject-access-request-for-law-firm-feedback.3292/ I always stress that before putting in the SAR contact them one last time and explain you will seek a SAR but you would prefer if the feedback can be...

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