Hey how did you find it? What did they askHas anyone done the Howard Kennedy VI before? Any tips would be really really great - I am not sure what to expect!
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4
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I found it a bit tricky, to be honest. It was mainly competence-based questions, and I prepared more for motivation-type questions. Good luck, I hope yours goes better than mine did!
Thank you so much. So sorry you felt it didn’t go as planned, fingers crossed! Did it give you set time to prepare or was it the usual 30 seconds and starts recording?
Anyone heard back from Shoosmiths? Even though the email gives a date of 10 June, I thought they would have started the PFO's and AC offers this week.
Someone said last year that they didn’t let them know until the deadline given.
I’m a paralegal at Shoosmiths, and last week they had the solicitor apprenticeship assessment centre so Emerging Talent will be busy with that right now.
Have people been getting video interviews already? I thought there had only been rejections
bclp pfo an hour ago lol (after test)
Simkins interview invite! it will be my first in-person interview for a firm and I would be very grateful for any advice 🙏
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I would always ask your supervisor first - going off and working for another department without asking is rarely a good idea, as for all you know your department may have something to give you. I think it also risks you not showing an interest in the team you are allocated to.
Instead of asking for work from another department, you can just arrange a coffee catch up at the start/end of the day or close to lunchtime. You don't have to work for other departments either - there is not an expectation for you to do this unless you are in a firm that is known for this approach where trainees are not really allocated to a department and have to find their own work.
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If I had already completed the bar course would I still need to do SQE 1 & 2 or just SQE 2?
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If I had already completed the bar course would I still need to do SQE 1 & 2 or just SQE 2?
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Assuming you mean the bar course in England & Wales, then there are no exemptions for the course alone.@Jessica Booker
If I had already completed the bar course would I still need to do SQE 1 & 2 or just SQE 2?
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Hi all. I applied for a September 2025 TC role and have been offered a TC commencing September 2026. Although I'm really pleased by this, the wait is longer than I would like (I have completed my LPC and am currently a paralegal). Do you think its worth it to ask if I can start earlier or is there no point? I don't want to come across as ungrateful. Thank you!
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There is no harm in asking. I suspect if you applied for a 2025 opportunity but have been given 2026, they have already taken this into consideration, but there is absolutely no issue with asking if there are any opportunities to start earlier. The worst that is going to happen is that they say no, but that puts you in no different a position than you are in now.
Congrats btw, that's amazing!
Has anyone else gotten anything yet? Starting to get a bit worried...
are they non-rolling firms? if they are, you are unlikely to hear until after the deadline
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