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    Pre-employment Check / Disclosing a firm with which a Training Contract is Signed

    Hi! Been scrolling the forums a little bit and thought it'll be great to register and ask. In pre-employment background checks (for VS/TC), does the background check company go to the law firms with which I did vacation schemes before and confirm my TC offer status? In my circumstances, I...
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    TC Offer accepted - have read that firm is in merger talks. What should I expect?

    Hi all, What it says in the title. Offer has been received and accepted. Final contract won't be sent and signed until nearer my start date. Have read firm may be in merger talks. What can I expect if the merger goes ahead? Am I at any risk of losing the TC, or anything like that if it does...
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    Help - considering reneging on my TC

    Hi! So I accepted a TC offer last August and started the LPC at the end of August this year. I’m finding the LPC (pretty much every aspect of it) incredibly dull, and it’s causing me to have significant doubts about whether I want to finish the course, do the TC, and become a solicitor. If the...
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    Leveraging multiple tc offers

    Wondered whether there is scope for asking one firm to sweeten the deal in light of another firm's offer. I'd be interested to know if anyone has done this before and what the outcome was.
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    Asking for a TC in a different office?

    Hi all, I've got a VS lined up this summer at a firm's Bristol office. When applying, I thought I wanted to be in Bristol but I have since changed my mind and would like to be in London. What do you think is the best way (in the event of me receiving a TC offer) of saying "I'd really like a TC...

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