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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    You just need a little patience- I completed an insight scheme (not a VS) at HSF back when I thought I wanted to be a corporate lawyer and the trainee there started her TC at 29. I know another solicitor who started her TC at Mishcon when she was 31. You have the option to target a smaller...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I completely forgot about my Farrer application until I got a PFO (written application stage). I have a TC at one of their competitors so I think it goes to show how luck is a big factor in this process … keep going, you got this !!
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I think so- I got invited to first round interview on the same day I submitted my application, interviewed before the application deadline and got invited to ac while others were still doing first round interview. The firm wasn’t BCLP, but I definitely think being early gave me an advantage that...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Hi everyone- I cant believe I’m writing this, but I’ve been offered a TC at a TME and private client firm (not sure if I can say where yet)!!! 🥳 Might be cliché, but I will say that it’s so important to keep persevering. I’ve engaged in so many widening participation schemes and volunteered at...

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