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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #24: Embracing Your Identity is out! Our guest in this episode is Azumah Cofie, a future trainee at Covington & Burling. In this episode, Azumah openly talks about how he overcame fears that his stammer didn’t make him suited to commercial law. He also explains how he...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #23: Leveraging Small Opportunities and Specific Interests is out! Our guest in this episode is Gordon Chung, a future trainee at Baker McKenzie. In the first half of this episode, Gordon explains how taking advantage of small opportunities helped him get to where he is...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #22: Using Initiative as an International Student Our guest in this episode is Monika Gagat, a future trainee at Squire Patton Boggs. In this episode, Monika discusses her journey as an international student attending a non Russell Group university. We begin by talking...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Have you listened to our latest episodes? Trainee Talk Episode #21: The Psychology of Interviews Our guest in this episode is Banu Hammad, a future trainee at Ashurst. In this episode, Banu walks us through her inspiring journey, from entering the UK as a Kurdish asylum seeker to dealing...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #20: Coming to Law as a Second Career is out! In this episode, we are joined by Jan L. Alessandrini, PhD, a first-seat trainee at DAC Beachcroft. Jan came to law as a second career, after an established career in academia. He shares with us the reasons he decided to change...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #19: A Journey to the City is out! In this episode, we spoke to Omotomiwa Adeyefa, a future trainee solicitor at Clifford Chance. Tommy speaks about his upbringing and journey into commercial law whilst dropping some nuggets for those looking to pursue the same path. This...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Did you miss our latest episode? Trainee Talk Episode #18: Leveraging your Life Experiences to Secure a Training Contract is out! Our guest in this episode is Liz Barrett, a future trainee at Mishcon de Reya. In this episode, you’ll hear how Liz still had the conviction to pursue commercial...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #17: Not Taking No For An Answer is out!! Our guest in this episode is Yousif Alawoad, a future trainee at Clifford Chance. In this episode, Yousif candidly shares the challenging circumstances he and his family faced as political refugees, as well as his determination to...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #16: It's All About Effective Preparation And Luck is out! Our guest in this episode is Arun Wagle, a future trainee at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Arun came from a non-Russell Group university and, during his applications, didn’t know anyone applying to the same firms...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #15: Perseverance and Resilience Is The Most Important Thing is now up!! In this episode, Luke Chouhan, a future trainee at White & Case, has plenty of actionable advice on different aspects of the application process. We learn how he went about writing effective...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #13: Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone to Secure a Training Contract is live! Emma Burton, a future trainee at Baker McKenzie, explains how being an introverted person isn’t a barrier to securing a training contract, and how pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #12: What is a Training Contract Really Like? is live! Our guest in this episode is Ali Siddiqui, a fourth-seat trainee at Accutrainee. In this episode, we explore Accutrainee’s unique training contract structure, which involves trainees being seconded to different law...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #11: Leveraging your Unique Selling Points is now live! We're sorry for the wait... In this episode, we spoke to Harry Clark, a future trainee at Baker McKenzie. Harry walks us through his journey to securing a training contract, as well as his advice for writing strong...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Trainee Talk Episode #10: How to Stand Out as Trainee Solicitor- Passion and Proactivity is now live! In this episode, we spoke to Rahul Gandhi, a second-seat trainee solicitor at CMS with a passion for esports. Further to this conversation, Rahul was awarded 'Best Trainee Lawyer in the TMT...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Hi Helena I understand from friends who are going through the qualification process and also from working in law firms that normally you can submit more than one choices (I.e. apply for an NQ position in tech and media and an NQ position in corporate- of course this means you will have to...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Episode 4 of Trainee Talk is out! :D In this episode we interview Nasteho Muse, a future trainee at Clyde & Co. We talked about the importance of developing a clear strategy when applying for training contracts, what the application process for Clyde & Co was like for her, and how she used her...- Yee Rou Quah
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Paralegal position in London
Yes it is! Let me PM you- Yee Rou Quah
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Training Contract Success Stories
Such a great thread!! Is anyone interested in sharing their story via our podcast? If so please let me know! I'd love to interview you!- Yee Rou Quah
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help! Paralegal - can i take time off for vac schemes / assessment days?!?
I used to take days off for interviews and assessment days as well as vac schemes. I didn't tell my supervisor that I was interviewing elseswhere though, mainly because I was also applying for a TC at the firm I paralegalled at. Usually they won't ask more if you keep it vague. Don't worry...- Yee Rou Quah
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Thanks Kelvin! As in if they've done seats in those practice areas and what the experience of that was?- Yee Rou Quah
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