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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I think Chambers Student and RollOnFriday are two underrated sources that go a long way at not only describing firm's practice but the trainee experience at each law firm. However, I think there are limits to what you can research. Not every major deal a law firm makes is on headlines and I've...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    PFO Mills and Reeve. Another dehumanising experience. If I ever get a TC, I will never be loyal to any of these firms or forget how I was treated throughout this whole process.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Do internships even matter? They are worse than Vacation schemes! Even if you get a competitive internship with a firm, you don't get considered for a training contract or any advantage when applying versus thousands of other applicants. It's an absolute joke. I know cause I completed one for...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Oxon should give you a leg up, consider applying for US firms. I also have a low 2.1(RG) but a low 2.1 from Oxford is probably worth more. It's a rigged game, you just have to learn how to play it. I actually abhor the whole recruitment process but this is what firms are forced to do as...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Congrats. Could you discuss your interview strategy and how it went on the day? Were there competency questions?
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    You run out of patience and hope after receiving so many rejections. You start to wonder whether your law degree is worth anything. I can't even secure paralegal work as a temporary job, so I'm considering a career change at this point. Horrifically bad market right now.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Define ‘people skills’ then?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    The partner interview is discrimination and the best way to get an offer is to have a partner like you. It becomes a lottery based on who your interviewer is and how they perceive you. There is nothing fair or objective about it.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    The legal recruitment process is excruciatingly bad. I’ve also yet to secure an offer after 4 assessment centres with different firms the last 2 years. There’s just too much bias involved in interviews that people are rejected because they weren’t ‘liked’. They shouldn’t allow partners or...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Here's the thing I've already screwed up assessment centres with Freshfields and Hogan Lovells so I'm not so confident here. I need to get polished like the other candidates by getting interview prep otherwise nothing changes.😅
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Summer Placement
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I can't remember like late December?
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I just got an Arnold and Porter interview and I'm freaking out.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Have Gateley sent all their decisions by now? Haven't heard back since February but assuming bad news at this point
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    It seems odd to ask for a TC so I'll just have to see how it goes and hope that they do. It was pretty competitive(only 2 places) and I was interviewed but it would be different from their formal recruitment process with an AC or an online test.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Would a paid week placement with a law firm that is technically not a vac scheme still be converted into a TC? Especially if their vac schemes are also one week? What would be the difference?
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    Should I delay TC applications until after 3rd year because of poor 2nd year grades?

    Thanks, I definitely would get a 2.1 but I would rather have a high 2.1 or first given how inflated grades are with some universities handing out 80%+ for certain modules which never happens at my uni. I have applied for VS this cycle and got a couple of ACs but I am not sure if it would be...
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    Should I delay TC applications until after 3rd year because of poor 2nd year grades?

    Alright but there is basically no hope of a first since given my average in second year even if I average a first in my final year it would have to be a really high first(75%+) to make up for my poor results and my uni doesn't hand out super high firsts either. I did pick modules that have a...
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    Should I delay TC applications until after 3rd year because of poor 2nd year grades?

    I want to clear up some confusion here, I am not applying for TC right now, I mean during my final year or waiting until after I complete my final year? Some TC deadlines would be as early as March and I would have to include my second-year grades which could hurt my chances. I am confident I...
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    Should I delay TC applications until after 3rd year because of poor 2nd year grades?

    Yes, you are right but it wasn't just applications I also had two committee roles in my second year and missed out on most lectures. Would this mean applying during my final year as next year's TC application would be in July as well but it's possible that I could get my grades before applying?

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