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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
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in an application is it fine to say that you want to become a solicitor by mentioning how you enjoyed debating in secondary school? even if secondary school was a while ago (as Im a postgrad) it would just be the opening sentence and then the rest of the answer wouldnt go into any more detail about it
Honestly, I've referred to work experience from almost 10 years ago as what 'spurred my interest in the law' and it hasn't stopped me from progressing. As long as you can write a plausible narrative around your debating experience and what more you've done to explore the interest, you should be fine.
I think it definitely is but be careful with how you explain it because it needs to be clearly linked to the work a solicitor does as debating links to a barrister’s role as well and you need to demonstrate you know what a solicitor does.
Hi - I find the courses on preparing for interview incredibly helpful. They break-down common questions and distinguish between strong and weak candidate answers. There are so many other resources which are helpful when preparing for different types of interviews too.
Lewis Silkin reserve list? Neither good nor bad
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I’ve had a few people message me about the Lewis Silkin AC so I thought I’d just put some general advice here! (Did it last year fyi)
The AC was very challenging tbh. Involved a written case study, group presentation, case study presentation to 4 partners, and x2 partner interviews with 2 partners each. The AC itself was one day but we had some talks/networking sessions for 3 days leading up to it. I think they might have changed the format this year so don’t take my word for it!
For the AC, my advice would be to familiarise yourself with your application. And I mean know every single detail of everything you wrote, I was grilled on one specific work experience I had for about 20 mins. Very heavy on commercial awareness, so prepare for anything and everything. The partners who interviewed me were in advertising, employment and tax so they asked me questions about that as well. Case study is relatively straight forward but the last presentation was hard since we had to do it in 10 min and it was followed by a Q&A by 4 partners.
Defo do not underestimate the AC as it was very intense and tiring! But with that being said, everyone was genuinely very nice and the interviewers are genuinely trying to get a feel for you as a person. I hope this helps, best of luck to everyone who got an AC
The AC was very challenging tbh. Involved a written case study, group presentation, case study presentation to 4 partners, and x2 partner interviews with 2 partners each. The AC itself was one day but we had some talks/networking sessions for 3 days leading up to it. I think they might have changed the format this year so don’t take my word for it!
For the AC, my advice would be to familiarise yourself with your application. And I mean know every single detail of everything you wrote, I was grilled on one specific work experience I had for about 20 mins. Very heavy on commercial awareness, so prepare for anything and everything. The partners who interviewed me were in advertising, employment and tax so they asked me questions about that as well. Case study is relatively straight forward but the last presentation was hard since we had to do it in 10 min and it was followed by a Q&A by 4 partners.
Defo do not underestimate the AC as it was very intense and tiring! But with that being said, everyone was genuinely very nice and the interviewers are genuinely trying to get a feel for you as a person. I hope this helps, best of luck to everyone who got an AC
Thank you for this - I really appreciate the insight, especially as this is my first AC!! How did you prepare for the written exercise and what were the differences between the two partner interviews?I’ve had a few people message me about the Lewis Silkin AC so I thought I’d just put some general advice here! (Did it last year fyi)
The AC was very challenging tbh. Involved a written case study, group presentation, case study presentation to 4 partners, and x2 partner interviews with 2 partners each. The AC itself was one day but we had some talks/networking sessions for 3 days leading up to it. I think they might have changed the format this year so don’t take my word for it!
For the AC, my advice would be to familiarise yourself with your application. And I mean know every single detail of everything you wrote, I was grilled on one specific work experience I had for about 20 mins. Very heavy on commercial awareness, so prepare for anything and everything. The partners who interviewed me were in advertising, employment and tax so they asked me questions about that as well. Case study is relatively straight forward but the last presentation was hard since we had to do it in 10 min and it was followed by a Q&A by 4 partners.
Defo do not underestimate the AC as it was very intense and tiring! But with that being said, everyone was genuinely very nice and the interviewers are genuinely trying to get a feel for you as a person. I hope this helps, best of luck to everyone who got an AC
Hi everyone, got Freshfields PFO yesterday and have been dejected since. Here because I feel in my application, the personal statement was specifically lacking as I'd never written one properly before and could not get it reviewed by anyone before the submission deadline. Want to try and make it better for future apps, so if anyone who's gotten through FF or any other firm which requires a personal statement like that of FF can reach out via DM to take a look at mine or share theirs, would highly appreciate it. Would also appreciate any advice on personal statements and any sample statements if such a resource exists. Thank you!
TCLA's reviewing system is really, really good, so if you're willing to pay, try that. You can subscribe to see sample successful statements too
Hi all,
Apologies in advance, I know there must be a better thread for this, and I'm also pretty sure I've seen this asked before but I can't seem to find the answer! I'm posting here because I know the thread gets a decent amount of traffic.
I am preparing for an AC coming up at the end if the month and just trying to get my ducks in a row. I have looked at a lot of the case study threads (this is the area I am most concerned about), so feel like I've got a good understanding of what is expected of me. However, I was wondering if there is a kind of "set number of typical scenarios" that I could prepare for? And what do they look like? You know how at uni the lecturer would often signal that there would be "3 types of questions" to come up and you'd prepare accordingly.
For example, I know an M&A case study is common and they'll give you two target companies to choose from. I have planned how I would potentially deal with that and feel comfortable.
However, I'm not sure what other "likely scenarios" there might be. I imagine Private Equity could come up, but not really sure what the scenario for that would look like? Would that be a credit analysis? What if they wanted to give an IP scenario? I have no idea what that could look like or what I'd say.
Is any of this making sense? I already feel like I'm waffling.
@Amma Usman @Jessica Booker I'm tagging you guys because for some reason I feel like I've seen you respond to this before?
Apologies in advance, I know there must be a better thread for this, and I'm also pretty sure I've seen this asked before but I can't seem to find the answer! I'm posting here because I know the thread gets a decent amount of traffic.
I am preparing for an AC coming up at the end if the month and just trying to get my ducks in a row. I have looked at a lot of the case study threads (this is the area I am most concerned about), so feel like I've got a good understanding of what is expected of me. However, I was wondering if there is a kind of "set number of typical scenarios" that I could prepare for? And what do they look like? You know how at uni the lecturer would often signal that there would be "3 types of questions" to come up and you'd prepare accordingly.
For example, I know an M&A case study is common and they'll give you two target companies to choose from. I have planned how I would potentially deal with that and feel comfortable.
However, I'm not sure what other "likely scenarios" there might be. I imagine Private Equity could come up, but not really sure what the scenario for that would look like? Would that be a credit analysis? What if they wanted to give an IP scenario? I have no idea what that could look like or what I'd say.
Is any of this making sense? I already feel like I'm waffling.
@Amma Usman @Jessica Booker I'm tagging you guys because for some reason I feel like I've seen you respond to this before?
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