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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    How do you guys brush up on contract law before an interview, are there certain aspects you look at which come up more often? OR, do you just go over the whole module brushing up on areas you don't know as well? It's over a year since I studied it for the law conversion and with AC season coming...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Do you have any idea when we will hear back post WG?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I think the start of a meeting is the conventional time to shake someone's hand yes. I would shake their hand when greeting them when I have just entered the room and before I sit down. I would then shake their hand at the end of the interview when thanking them for their time. But...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I would always lean in for a handshake at the end when bidding farewell, yes. edit: you're leaving on a friendly note that way, and this is their final impression of you.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hey, thanks for your input, I did in the end as well!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    On a scale of 1 (run-of-the-mill, normal VI questions), to 10 (what the hell are these questions, no one could ever prepare for these), how would people who have taken the Dechert VI rank it?
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Not for Direct TC it isn't.
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    In the first batch (earlier this week)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Pretty sure you can re-record as many times as necessary with V&E, well at least that used to be the case...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Does Freshfields keep on inviting people to complete WG in batches until they have the requisite number of candidates for their AC, or do they invite people to ACs in batches? Just wondering how long it will take to hear back post-WG
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Has anyone done a Watson Glaser on the GFB platform on an Ipad before with ease? My laptop screen has stopped working, and as I'm away from my flat I do not have access to an external monitor.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Summer
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Dechert VI + Written Exercise invite, applied on 25/01
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    To anyone who has applied/is applying to Orrick. What did you put in your cover letter? I have answered the other questions, I'm just at a loss with what to do with my cover letter. I have two skeletons and both don't feel right...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Covington had to piss on my Monday of good news off two other firms, didn't they... Oh well c'est la vie
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I applied on 17th January :)
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Freshfields WG for Direct TC
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hey @Jessica Booker, For Orrick, the questions on the form are: Why have you decided to pursue a career as a commercial lawyer working in an international law firm? What factors and influences have affected your decision? Why specifically are you interested in training at Orrick? What makes us...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I realise some people have received AC invites for Weil and some PFOs since taking the VI. Is anyone else in the same position as me, having not received a PFO or an AC invite? I did VI on 07/01.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Nice one, thanks!

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