TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

[hannah04]

Did anyone else get an email from WFW to resubmit their VI due to a browser submission issue?

 

[pri]

Got offered Freshfields TC today!! in complete awe and disbelief - thank you everyone on here for the support and advice. TCLA has been an invaluable and motivational community. There's light at the end of the tunnel after all!

Happy to help anyone in any way, particularly can give insight into Slaughter and May, Freshfields and Travers Smith

Got offered Freshfields TC today!! in complete awe and disbelief - thank you everyone on here for the support and advice. TCLA has been an invaluable and motivational community. There's light at the end of the tunnel after all!

Happy to help anyone in any way, particularly can give insight into Slaughter and May, Freshfields and Travers Smith AC 😊

That is incredible! I am so happy for you. I am also interested in applying for Freshfields, do you have any good advice on how to get a TC without doing a VC with them beforehand? I am an international student, I study law and am currently trying to gain legal experience through interships. What do you think was the reason you got the TC? What parts of your cv do they value the most? education, experience...? I'll be so grateful if you answer!

 

[charlotte1704]

Has anyone paralegalled for Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett? Bit worried about the work-life balance news stories I read online, just wondering if it is as bad as it seems?

I have a few friends who have/ still paralegal there - the money is amazing for the job (plus you get overtime), but the hours are truly insane.

 

[jmak]

Has anyone heard from WFW or contacted them?

I heard from them but I had to login to my AllHires page. There is an update on your application there from Tuesday. It didn't come through email

 

[Zaidoz10]

I heard from them but I had to login to my AllHires page. There is an update on your application there from Tuesday. It didn't come through email

Mine hasn’t updated yet. Just says Finished next to Training Contract Video Interview 2024 under the Tests section.

 

[erderlylars]

Any news for boodle Hatfield?

 

[Lawlawlaw2]

Mine hasn’t updated yet. Just says Finished next to Training Contract Video Interview 2024 under the Tests section.

Same

 

[Mads91837]

Anyone heard from RPC following the WG test?

 

[Zaidoz10]

Anyone heard from RPC following the WG test?

Haven’t even heard back post app🤣

 

[Lovelaw2]

Anyone heard from RPC following the WG test?

Not yet, I’m thinking we may hear back early next week.

 

[Mads91837]

No yet, I’m thinking we may hear back early next week.

Hopefully !

 

[jwantsatc]

Bit of a mini rant here that I feel like others can relate to - but why is it so darn hard to get a TC ?! I understand that getting a job in today's market is difficult no matter what field you are in , but it seems like these days so many people are applying for vacation schemes and training contracts. It is what it is, but i'm genuinely curious about why there seem to be a billion people (and it seems to be more each year) that are trying to get into commercial law - and obviously there isn't enough room for everybody. So, does anyone know why everyone and their mother wants a training contract?!

 

[AS24]

Does anybody work as an analyst and would be happy to help me with my CV?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Bit of a mini rant here that I feel like others can relate to - but why is it so darn hard to get a TC ?! I understand that getting a job in today's market is difficult no matter what field you are in , but it seems like these days so many people are applying for vacation schemes and training contracts. It is what it is, but i'm genuinely curious about why there seem to be a billion people (and it seems to be more each year) that are trying to get into commercial law - and obviously there isn't enough room for everybody. So, does anyone know why everyone and their mother wants a training contract?!

A few reason why I think it is actually a little more competitive these days (but only slightly - it’s always been competitive):

- SQE making the qualification process more open - this is making some people consider the career who might have been put off by the GDL

- Redundancies is other key sectors such as Finance and Tech - makes people more to more stable sectors, of which law has always been much more stable in terms of graduate vacancy numbers

- AI / ChatGPT - has increased application numbers. People are applying to more firms as they are finding it quicker to do so due to AI.

I don’t think it’s wildly different or more competitive than previous years though - it’s always been competitive. The only time I know it was less competitive was pre social media but back then some firms were still asking for hand written and posted applications!

 

[A worried graduate]

A few reason why I think it is actually a little more competitive these days (but only slightly - it’s always been competitive):

- SQE making the qualification process more open - this is making some people consider the career who might have been put off by the GDL

- Redundancies is other key sectors such as Finance and Tech - makes people more to more stable sectors, of which law has always been much more stable in terms of graduate vacancy numbers

- AI / ChatGPT - has increased application numbers. People are applying to more firms as they are finding it quicker to do so due to AI.

I don’t think it’s wildly different or more competitive than previous years though - it’s always been competitive. The only time I know it was less competitive was pre social media but back then some firms were still asking for hand written and posted applications!

It seems that the paralegal market has fell off a cliff though.

 

[user254]

Hi everyone - if you miss a firm’s call following an AC and you have tried calling them back after they left a message and couldn’t get through, should you try again a few hours later or wait for them to call/email? Don’t want to spam them but also would reallllllly like to know the outcome of my TC app 😅

 

[bluebell]

Does anyone know which dates the WFW AC runs on - when I logged on there were only 2 options to book (neither of which really work for me) - Are those the only two dates or were there more which have now been booked up? Not sure if worth emailing GR..?!

 

[CP2000]

Hi everyone - if you miss a firm’s call following an AC and you have tried calling them back after they left a message and couldn’t get through, should you try again a few hours later or wait for them to call/email? Don’t want to spam them but also would reallllllly like to know the outcome of my TC app 😅

I’d call again and leave a message, unless they said they’ll call you again in their voicemail. Good luck 🤞🏼

 

[Izzy1026]

Been a month since my VI for WFW, time to take it as a PFO 🫥 Judging from the thread responses last year they do not seem to give Acs in batches

 

[Zaidoz10]

Been a month since my VI for WFW, time to take it as a PFO 🫥 Judging from the thread responses last year they do not seem to give Acs in batches

Wouldn’t lose hope just yet. Someone told me yesterday that they have yet to do their VI. Might be different this year