TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

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emilyding

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this is a grey area….

Volunteering could be work experience or extra curricular. I tend to advise putting it in to the section you feel needs more details/variety if you are unsure - it really won’t matter which one you choose, I would just stick to one and make sure it is not repeated.

Open days can be in employment, but if they are then I expect the entry description to be fairly brief and to focus more on what you learned from the event rather than what you did, and keep it to 2-3 sentences maximum (you don’t need to describe something that was a few hours in more than this). Alternatively, you can put them into other sections of your application.

Sometimes they fit nicely into a “is there are further information you want to provide” type questions or sections of the application. Sometimes firms will ask specific questions about the of events you have attended and so if there if a dedicated section or question like this, then I wouldn’t put them into the work experience section, I would just detail them in the specific question asking for this information.
How about the CV? As I have a separate sections for legal work experiences/ volunteering/ extra-curricular (virtual internship etc) / event section (which I will list some virtual event I have attended before).

Should I put my legal volunteer under the volunteer section and law firm open day under event section? Or should I delete some sections because its bit too much in the CV?
 

lovelaw223

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Very strange. I’m sure they won’t reject you if they see it is a technical error — just make sure you have screenshots of the VI page saying you have completed it so you can show them.

They do say after the VI that they will be in contact within 7 days. You should’ve heard back by 30 Oct, so hopefully grad rec can answer why that didn’t happen.

Also, don’t worry. If you got the email today you still have 2 days before they can make any other move/“reject”. Grad rec should reply by then.

If you’re still worried, you can send another email on high priority and attach screenshot evidence if you hadn’t before.

I hope it all works out!
Thank you so much for your advice!
 
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avaboles

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What kind of things have people included in the 1500-word W&C question about extra-curricular and positions of responsibility? I obviously don't want to waffle on so just wondering how much people had written because it seems silly that they would ask us to write a whole additional cover letter...
 

mfuturetrainee

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    ive seen 2 ppl say they got AC

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