TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[lolita98]

Anyone heard from Orrick or Fried Frank for direct TC?

deadline for WG is today but haent heard back from fried frank or orrick

 

[Kodak123]

Has anyone heard back from Kirkland & Ellis after submitting Video Interview?

 

[Asil Ahmad]

Does Freshfields Personal Statement require a similar format to cover letter (e.g. starting off with "Dear Graduate Recruitment" and ending it with salutation) or is it okay to leave those things out ?

I was going to ask something related to this also. Does it need to have your sincerely and then your name at the end. I know it is not a cover letter but don't want to miss out on something in the application.

 

[cgc]

Anyone heard from Orrick or Fried Frank for direct TC?

I received an email to take the WG on Monday with a deadline of 9am this morning. They said they would be sending out invitations for interviews for week beginning 10 July based on the results.

 

[hollahollaholla]

I was going to ask something related to this also. Does it need to have your sincerely and then your name at the end. I know it is not a cover letter but don't want to miss out on something in the application.

Yes that's exactly what I'm wondering. Feels a bit odd to not start with "dear graduate recruitment" and to just end on a last sentence..

 

[CallumJR]

I received an email to take the WG on Monday with a deadline of 9am this morning. They said they would be sending out invitations for interviews for week beginning 10 July based on the results.

Is this for Fried Frank or Orrick?

Congrats & wish you the best of luck with the process!!!

 

[cgc]

Is this for Fried Frank or Orrick?

Sorry - FF.

 

[sxw517]

So no one on here has heard back from Orrick as of yet?

 

[cgc]

Is this for Fried Frank or Orrick?

Congrats & wish you the best of luck with the process!!!

Thanks a lot! I’m stressing a little bit waiting in hope for the follow up email! I completed it Monday, but they didn’t say when they would be sending emails inviting for interviews if you were acceptable, but I assume it must be in the next 48 hours.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does Freshfields Personal Statement require a similar format to cover letter (e.g. starting off with "Dear Graduate Recruitment" and ending it with salutation) or is it okay to leave those things out ?

No - it isn’t a cover letter so you can just start with your opening paragraph.

 

[Jessica Booker]

I was going to ask something related to this also. Does it need to have your sincerely and then your name at the end. I know it is not a cover letter but don't want to miss out on something in the application.

No - there is no need for you to include these cover letter formalities as it is a personal statement.

 

[Asil Ahmad]

No - there is no need for you to include these cover letter formalities as it is a personal statement.

Thank you very much for this.

 

[hollahollaholla]

How much should you talk about past vacation schemes in a personal statement if there is also a work experience section in the application? Right now I'm just drawing on it to back up my motivation for commercial law as well as specific practice areas. I don't go in much detail of concrete work I've done or skills I build, as it is in the work experience section. Not sure if the section is always read though, or if it's only read if the personal statement is deemed good. Thanks!!

 

[M0M007]

Hello, does anyone know how to prepare for the Flex legal test? What kind of content is being tested? Any tips will do. Thank you very much in advance

 

[CallumJR]

DWF PFO

 

[SaMi222]

Has anyone heard from Goodwins for their direct TC route yet? Thanks!!

 

[K2002]

Anybody head from withers after first interview?

 

[aspiringlawyerr]

I can’t quite believe I’m writing this… I have now received two Training Contract offers over the last week!!! 🤩🥳🥳 It feels completely surreal.

I want to say a massive thank you to the whole of the TCLA team, especially @Jessica Booker who has always been there to answer any questions or reassure me on a phone call. I also want to say thank you to anyone who has helped me along my journey, I couldn’t have done it alone!

The process of getting a TC involves (at least it did for me) plenty of rejection and disappointment, so my tips are to:

(1) Join lots of forums on TCLA and interact with as many people you can. I have had my nerves calmed/questions answered by countless people on this platform.

(2) Paralegal if you are a graduate. This might not be for everyone, but working for a law firm has taught me so much about the “work of a trainee”. It definitely helped my applications/interviews!

(3) Get TCLA Gold Membership. I remember thinking at the start, omg this is expensive / I’m not sure whether I should do it - but in the end decided that 5 hours working behind a bar was worth being able to view countless *successful* applications. And I was right! Even if you only subscribe for a couple of months, get on there and read what a successful application looks like. Have an application reviewed! This will help you more than anything else if you can’t get through that first stage!!

I’m always happy to answer any questions that anyone might have, just DM me!

 

[ssssstttt1]

Still nothing from withers post-AC?

 

[Ghassen]

I received an email to take the WG on Monday with a deadline of 9am this morning. They said they would be sending out invitations for interviews for week beginning 10 July based on the results.

Sorry but they review applications on a non-rolling basis (deadline 30th June) and you get progressed on the 3rd ?