TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

[legallyells]

hill dickinson AC (London) for insight day and tc!!!!!!
(business services)

 

[Tintin06]

Does anyone know what’s going on with K&S? They got back to applicants by this time last year

No news is good news (hopefully).

 

[TC_or_not_TC]

hill dickinson AC (London) for insight day and tc!!!!!!

Which streams are you allocated to?

 

[legallyells]

Which streams are you allocated to?

i’m business services for london!

 

[MaryAra299]

Has anyone heard back from mayer brown after application? I haven't received the automatic test yet and idk why? Is there anyone e who applied on 20th March like me or later and received the test invite?

 

[RS Sanjanaa]

hi, I was just applying to Farrer and I am a bit confused about the work experience entries. There is a segment to type in our work history and then there is a separate question asking for our legal work experience with a limit of 350 words. What is the difference between the two and how do I go about it? can anyone help me out on this?

 

[trainee4u]

hi, I was just applying to Farrer and I am a bit confused about the work experience entries. There is a segment to type in our work history and then there is a separate question asking for our legal work experience with a limit of 350 words. What is the difference between the two and how do I go about it? can anyone help me out on this?

the first one is boilerplate copy-paste identical to all your other applications on allhires.

for example

2024-2025 "McDonalds, Blackpool" "Developed customer service skills, dealing with drunken customers"

(etc.) You'd list your jobs and bullet points for the skills developed and notable achievements. There doesn't need to be anything specifically law related here (although if you've done legal work experience you'd definitely include it), and you wouldn't include anything law-related that's not actual work (so no open days, no "I took someone to court")

And the second one is an essay-type question asking you "Legal Work Exposure (eg. open days, vacation schemes, shadowing, or any other work to show your commitment to law)."

That says "exposure", which is more open than "work experience". Although it does say "work", it's clear from "open days", that it's not necessarily formal work, but could include things like commercial awareness events, which aren't work but do show commitment to law. In addition, I mentioned that I have previously successfully filed claims in the county court, helped someone in the employment tribunal, etc.

 

[RS Sanjanaa]

the first one is boilerplate copy-paste identical to all your other applications on allhires.

for example

2024-2025 "McDonalds, Blackpool" "Developed customer service skills, dealing with drunken customers"

(etc.) You'd list your jobs and bullet points for the skills developed and notable achievements. There doesn't need to be anything specifically law related here (although if you've done legal work experience you'd definitely included it), and you wouldn't include anything law-related that's not actual work (so no open days, no "I took someone to court")

And the second one is an essay-type question asking you "Legal Work Exposure (eg. open days, vacation schemes, shadowing, or any other work to show your commitment to law)."

That says "exposure", which is more open than "work experience". Although it does say "work", it's clear from "open days", that it's not necessarily formal work, but could include things like commercial awareness events, which aren't work but do share commitment to law. In addition, I mentioned that I have previously successfully filed claims in the county court, helped someone in the employment tribunal, etc.

thank you so much!

 

[James Wakefield]

hi, I was just applying to Farrer and I am a bit confused about the work experience entries. There is a segment to type in our work history and then there is a separate question asking for our legal work experience with a limit of 350 words. What is the difference between the two and how do I go about it? can anyone help me out on this?

I'm looking at the form now- where's the 350 word bit?

 

[RS Sanjanaa]

I'm looking at the form now- where's the 350 word bit?

there is a separate segment "training contract"

 

[James Wakefield]

Oh under 'Training Contract'. I see!

 

[👩🎓]

Does Hill Dickinson send AC invites in batches or if we haven't heard, should we assume a rejection?

 

[B101]

Has anyone had an AC for BCLP’s Direct TC or do they wait to hold them after their vac schemes have completed?

 

[Tintin06]

Anything today from Hogan Lovells post-WG? It's been almost six weeks now! Anyone asked for their scores yet? I'm not going to ask them. I got 77% in 2020 (rejected). Not sure if that was enough! Still, passed WG for CC recently. Don't know if it's same benchmark. Or if HL have a benchmark.

 

[Jolivem]

Any ideas on what the Ashurst online test contains ? Is it a sjt +wg and verbal reasoning (proofreading) ? Is there a numerical reasoning section ?
I believe that they switched to Cappfinity recently.

 

[cindywonghk2021]

Hill Dickinson AC (London) invite!!

 

[whywhy88]

Anything today from Hogan Lovells post-WG? It's been almost six weeks now! Anyone asked for their scores yet? I'm not going to ask them. I got 77% in 2020 (rejected). Not sure if that was enough! Still, passed WG for CC recently. Don't know if it's same benchmark. Or if HL have a benchmark.

They mentioned at a uni open day I went to in 2023 that they look for a score of around 30/40. But idk if this has changed since!

 

[RS Sanjanaa]

Anything today from Hogan Lovells post-WG? It's been almost six weeks now! Anyone asked for their scores yet? I'm not going to ask them. I got 77% in 2020 (rejected). Not sure if that was enough! Still, passed WG for CC recently. Don't know if it's same benchmark. Or if HL have a benchmark.

I had asked for my score and they said that they will not be releasing their scores for the WG. but instead they told me that they are at liberty to state if I have passed the test or not, and that I have passed.

 

[cindywonghk2021]

hill dickinson AC (London) for insight day and tc!!!!!!

which route did you apply to?

 

[RS Sanjanaa]

is it worth applying to Mayer brown DTC? how many trainees do they take by this route?