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Hi all,
This post was recently circulated via our newsletter. I thought I'd share it here and add share some more information about what it involves.
Our biggest announcement yet
Since we launched TCLA, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how I could add a lot of value to aspiring lawyers. I wanted it to be something more than just advice on the application process. I wanted some way of truly helping students to secure a training contract.
After a lot of brainstorming, gathering feedback and fine-tuning, I think I have the answer. Well, answers. It comes in the form of two initiatives: TCLA Premium and a Commercial Awareness Discussion Group.
TCLA Premium gives you access to high-level resources, support and advice. It's a service for me to share everything I've learned from my own applications, working at a law firm, and from personally training hundreds of students over the last four years.
Expect:
The Commercial Awareness Discussion Group is a weekly interactive class. Each session will run for 1 hour and take place on Skype with a group of three other students.
The aim of these sessions is to develop your understanding of key "commercial awareness" topics. I have identified topics that I expect will come up during assessment centres and interviews over the upcoming 2018-19 academic year.
These sessions won't be easy. They will require active participation and a lot of preparation. But they will, in my opinion, help you to ace commercial-awareness-focused interviews.
Each week will focus on a different topic. Here are the topics for the next six weeks:
w/c 17 September 2018 - Private Equity
w/c 24 September 2018 - Tariffs and the trade war
w/c 1 October 2018 - GDPR and data regulation
w/c 8 October 2018 - The financial crisis
w/c 15 October 2018 - Mergers and Acquisitions
w/c 22 October 2018 - Brexit
For the time being, please note there are only 12 slots available each week.
I will consider opening more in the future if I can manage the time, but for now, I encourage you to book quickly if you are interested. I anticipate they will be over-subscribed.
Finally, a quick note from me about subscriptions. For the last eight or so months, I have been against charging students for a service at TCLA. I have, however, had a change of mind. I wanted to explain the thinking behind TCLA Premium.
A subscription service will give me the means to continue working on TCLA full time, doing something that I love, while allowing me to help as many students as I can. I am confident that these initiatives are of a very high value and a subscription will allow me to continue adding more.
I have deliberately kept the price low so as to not disadvantage any students, however, if you are of a low income means, please drop me an email at [email protected] and we can work something out.
This post was recently circulated via our newsletter. I thought I'd share it here and add share some more information about what it involves.
Our biggest announcement yet
Since we launched TCLA, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how I could add a lot of value to aspiring lawyers. I wanted it to be something more than just advice on the application process. I wanted some way of truly helping students to secure a training contract.
After a lot of brainstorming, gathering feedback and fine-tuning, I think I have the answer. Well, answers. It comes in the form of two initiatives: TCLA Premium and a Commercial Awareness Discussion Group.
TCLA Premium gives you access to high-level resources, support and advice. It's a service for me to share everything I've learned from my own applications, working at a law firm, and from personally training hundreds of students over the last four years.
Expect:
- Access to our private TCLA Premium forum
- Access to our weekly business & legal news summary
- Access to our weekly "commercial awareness" analysis
- Access to our weekly application guidance
- Access to our exclusive AMA thread
- Access to new law firm insights
- Access to two new case studies based on real written exercises
- A premium member badge in the TCLA forum
- One application review available every month (rolling)
- Access to our private vacation scheme forum
The Commercial Awareness Discussion Group is a weekly interactive class. Each session will run for 1 hour and take place on Skype with a group of three other students.
The aim of these sessions is to develop your understanding of key "commercial awareness" topics. I have identified topics that I expect will come up during assessment centres and interviews over the upcoming 2018-19 academic year.
These sessions won't be easy. They will require active participation and a lot of preparation. But they will, in my opinion, help you to ace commercial-awareness-focused interviews.
Each week will focus on a different topic. Here are the topics for the next six weeks:
w/c 17 September 2018 - Private Equity
w/c 24 September 2018 - Tariffs and the trade war
w/c 1 October 2018 - GDPR and data regulation
w/c 8 October 2018 - The financial crisis
w/c 15 October 2018 - Mergers and Acquisitions
w/c 22 October 2018 - Brexit
For the time being, please note there are only 12 slots available each week.
I will consider opening more in the future if I can manage the time, but for now, I encourage you to book quickly if you are interested. I anticipate they will be over-subscribed.
Finally, a quick note from me about subscriptions. For the last eight or so months, I have been against charging students for a service at TCLA. I have, however, had a change of mind. I wanted to explain the thinking behind TCLA Premium.
A subscription service will give me the means to continue working on TCLA full time, doing something that I love, while allowing me to help as many students as I can. I am confident that these initiatives are of a very high value and a subscription will allow me to continue adding more.
I have deliberately kept the price low so as to not disadvantage any students, however, if you are of a low income means, please drop me an email at [email protected] and we can work something out.
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