TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

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Jessica Booker

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Can we put down mitigating circumstances even if we haven't reported them officially to the university? I have never mentioned this on my applications because I didn't have it on my academic record, but I gave myself a second-degree burn before my final exam for a module and was sent by 111 to urgent care immediately after. I couldn't get a doctor's statement to make a claim in time, but I think it affected at least one of my exams.
Be mindful you may need to provide medical evidence if your university was not aware.
 
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Just wondering whether anyone's in a similar position to me and still waiting to hear from CMS post-WG? I haven't even heard about VI yet but I emailed grad rec to ask and they just said they had lots of applications to get through (but not a rejection)?
Hi, if it's any reassurance I didn't get my CMS VI until the 9th of Jan last year
 
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Hello everyone,

I have a question with regards to ACs. I'm waiting to hear back from a few firms post-VI about ACs, however as I'm taking the SQE1 in 2 weeks, I'm a little worried that if I get an AC it will be the week before/week of the assessment. I am wondering if anybody has faced a similar situation, and if is anything I can do (such as informing the firm that I'm doing the SQE and asking to do the AC at a later date)?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
 
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    Has anyone received PFOs for CMS post-VI for London TC? (not including the people who received ACs yesterday)
    I've not heard back yet, still waiting. But it seems people are getting responses this week. So far I have only seen people from London and Bristol mention they got a PFO or an invite, so they must still be going through them. I applied to the Sheffield office and have not seen anyone post that they got an invite or a PFO. If anyone has applied to Sheffield/anywhere but Bristol and London, please let us know if you've heard back! :)
     
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    I reached W&C's AC stage last year and have decided to reapply to the firm after receiving encouragement on my feedback call to do so.

    However, when I've checked the firm's website in regards to reapplying, it states:

    If you are unsuccessful, we ask you to wait one recruitment year before reapplying to us.

    I can't find the definition of one recruitment year anywhere, but given I applied for the 2023 SVS, would this make me ineligible for this one as it's the following recruitment year? Could you clarify please @Jessica Booker?
     

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    should we be capitalising the first letters of Training Contract and Vacation Scheme in our apps? Similarly, what about positions, for example Senior Associate Jane Doe?
    Capitalisation is only needed if it is in a heading like a job title in a work experience entry:

    Summer Vacation Scheme - Joe Bloggs LLP (July 2023)

    But not if you are writing it generally like:

    As a vacation scheme student at Joe Bloggs LLP, I learnt more about the firm’s work in the finance sector.

    Similarly for job titles:

    After speaking with Joanna Bloggs, a trainee at the firm, at the law fair.

    This article is really good about when to capitalise job titles:

     

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    I reached W&C's AC stage last year and have decided to reapply to the firm after receiving encouragement on my feedback call to do so.

    However, when I've checked the firm's website in regards to reapplying, it states:

    If you are unsuccessful, we ask you to wait one recruitment year before reapplying to us.

    I can't find the definition of one recruitment year anywhere, but given I applied for the 2023 SVS, would this make me ineligible for this one as it's the following recruitment year? Could you clarify please @Jessica Booker?
    I would take it that they are recruiting for a different intake - eg if last year the vacancy was for 2026 and for this year it is 2027, that is fine.
     
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