TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[bsqaured]

Has anyone heard back post ac in March for HSF for summer vs?

 

[Asil Ahmad]

My first paralegal role was a 3 month paid internship straight out my LLB, in-house with a large global telecoms company working on corporate and commercial matters, it would have been extended/continued had I not gone on to do masters in a completely unrelated area of law. I then went straight into a full time paralegal role in-house commercial law in another huge household recognised company again straight from my masters.

I leveraged my transferable skills having had a voluntary role and a full time job during my full time studies and keeping a part time job alongside the full time internship and meeting targets in work and keeping high grades - all 2.1s and Firsts throughout my degree.

Thats not to say that I also haven't had a huge number of rejections or just non-response to paralegal applications in that time because I have and now I seem to have the opposite problem of too much experience for entry level roles but not enough for the more senior roles.

Thank you very much for this and yes transferable skills is the key.

 

[zak98]

What firm was this for? I am in the same situation!

Trowers & Hamlins!

 

[Limanehious]

Trowers & Hamlins!

Same haha! Let me know if you hear anything!

 

[Ambs123]

Same haha! Let me know if you hear anything!

Same here! Hopefully we’ll hear back by the end of the week! Good luck!

 

[Green]

Same here! Hopefully we’ll hear back by the end of the week! Good luck!

I’m in the same position so hopefully they won’t keep us waiting for too long now!

 

[zak98]

I’m in the same position so hopefully they won’t keep us waiting for too long now!

Not sure whether I should email? Or if that just puts at a disadvantage?

 

[zak98]

Same haha! Let me know if you hear anything!

Will do! Which office did you apply for?

 

[Limanehious]

Will do! Which office did you apply for?

Manchester! What about you?

 

[dalia66]

I have an anxiety disorder and this has really been affecting my performance at ACs.. think I should give up ahaha

 

[Ambs123]

I have an anxiety disorder and this has really been affecting my performance at ACs.. think I should give up ahaha

Hey I have an anxiety order too and I know exactly how you feel! I haven’t had a vac scheme offer yet because of it (I think) where in my first AC, they said (in my feedback) I was so nervous I couldn’t even form sentences properly!

I’ve had 3 ACs now and I’ve seen how much I’ve improved with handling my anxiety, even if I haven’t had an offer yet. I think it just takes time and we should be proud of ourselves for going out of our comfort zones and pushing the limits. In all due time, when it’s right, things will happen for us. We just need to keep going!

if you ever need to talk to someone about it feel free to dm me! Mental health during this process is really difficult and I feel like talking about it is the only way to get through it!

 

[Asil Ahmad]

I wanted to ask has there been a thread made for the recent merger between Clyde and Co and BLM as I was thinking of starting a thread if there is not a thread yet.

I want to discuss the impact of this merger on many things such as training contract applications.

 

[ar2r]

I have an anxiety disorder and this has really been affecting my performance at ACs.. think I should give up ahaha

Hey I have an anxiety order too and I know exactly how you feel! I haven’t had a vac scheme offer yet because of it (I think) where in my first AC, they said (in my feedback) I was so nervous I couldn’t even form sentences properly!

I’ve had 3 ACs now and I’ve seen how much I’ve improved with handling my anxiety, even if I haven’t had an offer yet. I think it just takes time and we should be proud of ourselves for going out of our comfort zones and pushing the limits. In all due time, when it’s right, things will happen for us. We just need to keep going!

if you ever need to talk to someone about it feel free to dm me! Mental health during this process is really difficult and I feel like talking about it is the only way to get through it!

I completely agree with @Ambs123. The feedback I had from my first AC was exactly the same, i messed up so many 'easy' questions bc of how anxious i felt, I genuinely couldn't speak properly. I now have a SoRA in place at university which gives me 25% extra time on exams. I asked firms if they could apply this to my assessment day exercises and they were all really supportive about it etc, which reduced my anxiety surrounding ACs (although it doesn't really help with interviews as much). Practice is deffo what helped reduce my anxiety the most, either with friends/ in the mirror/ recording yourself saying answers or through trial and error/ success in ACs! hope this is helpful xx

 

[Abii]

I have an anxiety disorder and this has really been affecting my performance at ACs.. think I should give up ahaha

Something that I have found has helped me with the anxiety and stress of ACs is to remind myself that the worst result that can happen from the AC is no TC or VS offer. Which in reality is disappointing but not that awful because my current position at the point of the AC is that I don’t have that opportunity and I actually quite like a lot about my life! So by doing the AC I am not losing anything at all it just has the potential for gain.

 

[kajsa.persson]

For people with Sidley offers, how long did it take for you to hear back after AC?

 

[Legalmel_99]

Finally completed my last AC! Hoping it’s a good outcome

 

[S87]

I wanted to ask has there been a thread made for the recent merger between Clyde and Co and BLM as I was thinking of starting a thread if there is not a thread yet.

I want to discuss the impact of this merger on many things such as training contract applications.

Training is unlikely to be impacted..as BLM is going to disappear.
A number of lawyers from both firms left, BLM is a very good bite. Everyone thinks that BLM was such a small player, they pay rubbish but they are very good in the insurance sector and they are on some excellent legal panels..like direct line!
Plus they are more sought than DWF because the latter charges a lot of money for the same job!

 

[Green]

Not sure whether I should email? Or if that just puts at a disadvantage?

I was thinking of waiting until the end of the week, because they said we should hear back by the end of March, so they should update us by tomorrow

 

[NS95]

For people with Sidley offers, how long did it take for you to hear back after AC?

My friend got the VS and it took almost 3 weeks.

 

[Jooooopp7]

Has anyone had experience with a fieldfisher telephone interview? - Could I ask what sort of stuff they ask and what I should be preparing?