TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[ssolicitorz]

Is it true that while many paralegalling opportunities ask for previous paralegalling experience/LPC, most are extremely flexible to those requirements and you should apply even if you don't have experience or haven't completed the LPC?

 

[Rob93]

Is it true that while many paralegalling opportunities ask for previous paralegalling experience/LPC, most are extremely flexible to those requirements and you should apply even if you don't have experience or haven't completed the LPC?

Yes absolutely.

 

[Asil Ahmad]

Freshies WG just came through!

Applied on deadline, app updated 05 August

Mine was updated om 22nmd July an d no reply.

 

[NaimK]

FF WG

@Scandi you better post that crystal ball every time!

 

[Future_lawyer_somewhere]

It says 'passed the initial screening', so that suggests no (especially because of the time in between application and WG)

Where does it state the status of your application? Mine just has the code of the application next to it🤔

 

[Abii]

Is it true that while many paralegalling opportunities ask for previous paralegalling experience/LPC, most are extremely flexible to those requirements and you should apply even if you don't have experience or haven't completed the LPC?

Yes. My first paralegal role required the LPC and previous experience - I will caveat I had transferable skills from my uni job and a 3 month paid legal internship but no LPC.

 

[Adrian_S]

Farrer & Co - invitation to final interview. Whew, that was a quick response.

 

[Scandi]

Farrer & Co - invitation to final interview. Whew, that was a quick response.

Well done! Sending you some luck🍀

 

[antisocial applicant]

Farrer & Co - invitation to final interview. Whew, that was a quick response.

Best of luck!

 

[Adrian_S]

Best of luck!

Well done! Sending you some luck🍀

Thank you, friends! I'll need all the luck I can get xx

 

[Adrian_S]

Thank you, friends! I'll need all the luck I can get xx

At one point today, they asked me what my favourite park in London was. I said "Hampstead Heath because it's beautiful and not just because I'm a raging homosexual." (They laughed, but what the hell is wrong with me )

 

[Jessica Booker]

Is it true that while many paralegalling opportunities ask for previous paralegalling experience/LPC, most are extremely flexible to those requirements and you should apply even if you don't have experience or haven't completed the LPC?

I wouldn’t say that most are extremely flexible. Many are, but to say most are is probably a little over exaggerated.

The market is pretty buoyant at the moment though (not sure how long this will last) and many firms/organisations are having to be more flexible, especially if they can’t offer flexible working/hybrid working.

I’d look carefully at the wording of the job description. If they say a candidate must have something, I’d take that as pretty certain. If they say they would prefer someone to have something, then they are more flexible.

 

[Jessica Booker]

At one point today, they asked me what my favourite park in London was. I said "Hampstead Heath because it's beautiful and not just because I'm a raging homosexual." (They laughed, but what the hell is wrong with me )

I love this answer! It gets your personality across and that’s a good thing to me.

 

[Bradley Draper]

Farrer & Co - invitation to final interview. Whew, that was a quick response.

Good luck, you'll smash it!!!

 

[Adrian_S]

I love this answer! It gets your personality across and that’s a good thing to me.

Jessica Booker - I would be a god awful mess without you!

 

[zizszhplum]

Would anyone be able to provide guidance on Stephenson Harwood's written case study?

Hey congrats on reaching that stage! Just wondered when did you do your WG? I did mine on the 3rd and havent heard since so not sure what to think...

 

[JadeWadey01]

Jessica Booker - I would be a god awful mess without you!

Good luck!!

 

[Brandon93]

Hey congrats on reaching that stage! Just wondered when did you do your WG? I did mine on the 3rd and havent heard since so not sure what to think...

You still have time, I did mine on 18 July so I wouldn't worry.

 

[rollss]

Hey guys! I was just wondering if anyone had any insight in how to answer the question: 'How would you advise your client for things to look out for in a business acquisition?'

My train of thought goes to due diligence, market research etc. Would that be what the recruiter is looking for?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hey guys! I was just wondering if anyone had any insight in how to answer the question: 'How would you advise your client for things to look out for in a business acquisition?'

My train of thought goes to due diligence, market research etc. Would that be what the recruiter is looking for?

To me things like due diligence and market research are more the processes you would undertake rather than the things you would look out for. I am not commercially aware, but I suspect it’s more things like the specifics of the business. Operating costs, appointments of key staff (and whether you would retain them), debt, pension liabilities etc are the things that immediately come to mind.