Hi all!
This forum is for sharing information regarding the Irwin Mitchell Vacation Scheme & Training Contract (2024) application process.
The purpose of this thread will be to:
share updates on status of applications;
share insight re: Application / VI / AC; and
encourage and motivate one...
Hi all!
This forum is for sharing information regarding the Kennedys 2023 Training Contract application process.
The purpose of this thread will be to:
share updates on status of application process;
share insight re: Application / SST / VI / AC
encourage and motivate one another throughout...
Hi,
I'm interested in the energy sector, and can potentially shape my entire TC around energy by completing seats in energy-focused practice areas such as Energy Finance, Corporate Energy, Energy Disputes, and a secondment at an energy client. I assume that by the end of the TC, I should become...
Hi all, would appreciate some insights in the matter.
I have previously completed some vacation schemes at international law firms, but did not convert them into any training contract. I am quite sure in the coming HR and/or graduate recruitment panel interviews, the interviewers will be quite...
Hi, I'm a final-year law student currently applying for TCs. I stumbled upon an application where the only real 'application question' concerned me as a person and what I have achieved in 600 words. Nothing implied of writing about why I want to work with them specifically, why I want to become...
Graduated with a first from a good university. Have a vac scheme, open days, insight scheme and brand ambassador role under my belt but never managed to get any other vac scheme or direct TC ACs, which might have had to do with me not polishing my apps due to a slight uncertainty whether law is...
Hello! I was wondering if anyone has heard anything from Howes Percival?
I’ve applied for their TC starting 2023 in the Norwich office.
Their application was the 20th June and the assessment centers run in late July/early August.
Has anyone been invited to the AC yet? Or know when we can...
Hi,
Several Vacation Scheme/Training Contract applications ask for work and academic references. I was wondering, does the designation of your reference make a difference to your application? i.e. if you have a reference from a Partner, does that give more weightage to your application than a...
Introduction
The pathway to a training contract at a commercial law firm can be bumpy. More often than not, candidates will make multiple applications, to multiple firms, usually across multiple application cycles. With that in mind, understanding whether one should consider applying for a...
Hi everyone,
I'm a non-law graduate and I have a (virtual) VS with MdR (one of my absolute dream firms) next week. I'm quite new to all this (I did my first vacation scheme last week and it seems a very different 'vibe' to the MdR VS), but I'm so keen to make the most of the scheme. I know we...
Hello,
I am 25 years old.
I graduated top of my class (LL.B.) from a low-ranking UK institution from 2016-2019
I then attended a Russell Group university for my first LL.M. and graduated with a Distinction 2019-2020.
After, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions I decided to take a further...
Hi guys!!! So I’m in need of some serious help. I felt like I have lost all my motivation this year after what has happened with the pandemic, constantly being rejected for paralegal roles and my mental illness.
I am currently in the process of applying for a TC because I missed vacation scheme...
Hi guys, I'm quite new around here and I'd really appreciate some guidance.
I'm a second-year Law student on a 3-year course. Admittedly, I did apply to the vac schemes late but I sent in a decent amount of applications, rejected from 4 so far, and not feeling that confident about the rest, at...
I am on my second application cycle now and am really disappointed to say that I have just been rejected from the firm I applied for this cycle (Eversheds). Feeling really upset and in need of some advice.
My question is regarding Travers Smith.
Is it easier to get a training contract, or in...
I'm new to TCLA, so have no idea really how to use this. I'm on my second application cycle now and really disappointed to say that I didn't get into the firm I applied to and really liked (Eversheds).
My question regards the next application.
Is it easier to get a training contract, or into...
On Withers' application, they ask for you to tell them about a time you delivered 'client focus' but I'm not really sure what that is? Would working in a supermarket be an example? Would using another example for my time working in a supermarket be repetitive because I can't think of anything...
Introduction
Something we’re very proud of at TCLA is the vast breadth and depth of advice that candidates have contributed to the forum. That doesn’t necessarily suit everyone, though – indeed, it can even be somewhat intimidating to those who are new to the world of commercial law. Maybe...
A question for one of my vac scheme applications is:
Please provide details of your main extracurricular interests and achievements. How have these interests and achievements helped you to develop the skills that you will need as a commercial solicitor?
What's the best way to approach this? Is...
Hi everyone!
I am a non-law (Australian) citizen looking to apply for Vac Schemes/TCs in the UK. I was wondering whether anyone has a list compiled as to firms that are willing to sponsor students seeking to move to the UK despite studying in a non-UK university?
I note that it's been...
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