TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[bibss]

The waiting game post CC AC is a struggle

 

[futuretrainee202X]

How long on average does HL take to send their WG test after submission?

 

[os98]

Finally heard back from Linklaters - AC invite!

 

[Cryingtiger]

Finally heard back from Linklaters - AC invite!

Hey! Congrats! When did you apply?

 

[Cryingtiger]

How long on average does HL take to send their WG test after submission?

I waited 2 weeks!

 

[os98]

Hey! Congrats! When did you apply?

Thank you! I applied end of November

 

[Zaidoz10]

Do law firms send acceptance emails to all successful candidates at once, or can successful candidates hear back at different times?

 

[jnice]

Do law firms send acceptance emails to all successful candidates at once, or can successful candidates hear back at different times?

Successful candidates will hear back at different times - post-AC for one firm, I heard back the same day, for another firm I heard back three days later. For that second firm, I know someone else who heard back the next day.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Do law firms send acceptance emails to all successful candidates at once, or can successful candidates hear back at different times?

I would expect it to be staggered for most firms. Some may do blocks of offers, but considering they will have people decline the offer, they will typically need to top those offers back up once people have declined.

 

[Zaidoz10]

I would expect it to be staggered for most firms. Some may do blocks of offers, but considering they will have people decline the offer, they will typically need to top those offers back up once people have declined.

Thank you for your response. What about when hearing if you have made it to the AC or not? Is it staggered or do they send the AC invites at once?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Thank you for your response. What about when hearing if you have made it to the AC or not? Is it staggered or do they send the AC invites at once?

Again, most likely to be staggered for the same reasons - some people won't book in for interviews/assessment centres and they will need topping up.

 

[aleo]

Did everyone get that email from Slaughter & May apologising for not getting back to them already? Assuming it was a generic email

I didn't get this email, when was it sent to you?

 

[sxw517]

I'm currently filling out the Vinson & Elkins application form, for their Direct Training Contract, and one of the requirements is 60 and over in all 1st-year undergraduate modules.

I satisfy this criterion... I completed a four-year course and I have now graduated, however, in one of my final year modules, I received a rogue 59.

To me, this requirement seems as though they may place importance on 60 and above in later years if they do in the first year.

Has anyone had success progressing through to the VI stage with the firm with one anomaly of 2.2?

P.S. I scored 67 overall in my degree, so a solid 2.1, I'm just wondering whether I would be spending time on an app that may go nowhere.

 

[milliejeyes]

I didn't get this email, when was it sent to you?

23rd January

 

[Momo]

Can anyone access the Baker Mckenzie London TC application form on their portal? I cant seem to find the option for the London TC.

 

[Legal_rawn]

Can anyone access the Baker Mckenzie London TC application form on their portal? I cant seem to find the option for the London TC.

It closed yesterday I think

 

[Momo]

It closed yesterday I think

Ah, Im confused cause on their webpage it says the application opens on 1st Feb and closes on 1st April: https://uk-graduates.bakermckenzie.com/programmes/training-contracts/

 

[Legal_rawn]

Ah, Im confused cause on their webpage it says the application opens on 1st Feb and closes on 1st April: https://uk-graduates.bakermckenzie.com/programmes/training-contracts/

Apologies I read that as Mayer brown!

 

[Deleted member 21782]

Can anyone access the Baker Mckenzie London TC application form on their portal? I cant seem to find the option for the London TC.

I can't find it either. If it is not on there by tomorrow I think it would be worth emailing them.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Ah, Im confused cause on their webpage it says the application opens on 1st Feb and closes on 1st April: https://uk-graduates.bakermckenzie.com/programmes/training-contracts/

I think you can apply via this link: Baker McKenzie Job Board (cvmailuk.com) - although the vacancy isn't listed there. If it isn't there by Friday, I would contact them. I might just be they need to set it up.