TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

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Irosski

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Has anyone heard back from Mishcon De Reya after completing the video interview? I did it 28th Dec last year haha so just wondering
Same here heard nothing... I'm going to email them because there's still 2 rounds left to do and people have already been given vac scheme places so i assume they're delayed in giving us the rejection or keeping us on the sidelines just in case people drop out idk
 
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hi @Jessica Booker, when answering application questions on the ‘benefits to being an O shaped lawyer’ or ‘the impact the SQE will have on the legal profession’, should we tie in our own experiences or knowledge on the firm? Or should we just answer the question in a more academic format?

Thanks in advance 😊
has this question been answered? I am currently completing the Browne Jacobson TC application which has the question "What benefits do you see to being an O Shaped lawyer?" so some guidance on this would be really helpful! :)
 

Emilia

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Could law grads do solicitor apprenticeships? I thought it was only for year 13/sixth form students? What would be the point of it as opposed to a training contract? wouldn't just take longer to qualify?
Hi! So there's 'solicitor apprenticeships' which are for school students but there are now also 'graduate solicitor apprenticeships' for law graduates which you start in the September of the year you graduate and takes roughly 28 to 30 months to complete. You do seat rotations in different areas of law in a particular law firm (same as in a training contract) and also study and do the SQE exams at the same time (4 days in a law firm and 1 day to study and sit SQE at University of Law or BPP). And this is all paid for by the law firm and you also receive a good salary. At the end of the 30 months you are officially a qualified solicitor. It's a very new route and very similar to a training contract and will probably appear in a lot more law firms over the next couple of years.
 

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    Hi! So there's 'solicitor apprenticeships' which are for school students but there are now also 'graduate solicitor apprenticeships' for law graduates which you start in the September of the year you graduate and takes roughly 28 to 30 months to complete. You do seat rotations in different areas of law in a particular law firm (same as in a training contract) and also study and do the SQE exams at the same time (4 days in a law firm and 1 day to study and sit SQE at University of Law or BPP). And this is all paid for by the law firm and you also receive a good salary. At the end of the 30 months you are officially a qualified solicitor. It's a very new route and very similar to a training contract and will probably appear in a lot more law firms over the next couple of years.
    That sound really good. Do you become a trainee after completing the SQE or is the apprenticeship basically an alternative TC so you become an NQ once you finish the 28-30 months? Also, would pay be similar to TC? Is this scheme restricted to regions?
     
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    Could law grads do solicitor apprenticeships? I thought it was only for year 13/sixth form students? What would be the point of it as opposed to a training contract? wouldn't just take longer to qualify?
    it depends on the level of the apprenticeship. If it is just an SQE apprenticeship, then yes. If it is one where you do a law degree, then no.
     

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    That sound really good. Do you become a trainee after completing the SQE or is the apprenticeship basically an alternative TC so you become an NQ once you finish the 28-30 months? Also, would pay be similar to TC? Is this scheme restricted to regions?
    That sound really good. Do you become a trainee after completing the SQE or is the apprenticeship basically an alternative TC so you become an NQ once you finish the 28-30 months? Also, would pay be similar to TC? Is this scheme restricted to regions?
    It’s basically the same as a TC so you become a nq at the end but it depends on retention rates in law firms and their policies. The scheme is not restricted to regions but there’s not that many law firms who do it! I know that Stone King do, Kennedys, and Wieghtmans. And pay is similar to the TC pay but again depends on the firm and the office (London will be higher pay). Stone King for example is £31k a year for their London office.
     

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    That sound really good. Do you become a trainee after completing the SQE or is the apprenticeship basically an alternative TC so you become an NQ once you finish the 28-30 months? Also, would pay be similar to TC? Is this scheme restricted to regions?
    You'd be a trainee from the moment you join, you just complete an additional 5-6 months, as this is effectively the time you take out (20% of your time) to study for the SQE. You would become a NQ at the end of the programme, exactly like a traditional trainee currently does.

    Pay is likely to be comparable to what a firm would have paid trainees on the LPC qualification system.
     
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