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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

Amakaa

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Any advice for telephone interviews please? What questions can I ask GR
If you have completed any more commercial law related modules such as company law, I would also revise some of the material for that. Just to be sure, I would perhaps add some of the basics of EU Law if you have already taken the module and are going to a Competition-law focused firm. However, in practice I have only come across and have only ever heard about people coming across contract law questions. As such, I would dedicate most of my revision time to that.
 

mariistm

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    Does anyone know what this means please?

    “Thank you for applying for Birketts LLP's 2025 vacation scheme.

    We are emailing to inform you that your application has been long-listed by our Early Careers Team and subsequently sent to our Early Careers Partners to review.

    We will be in touch shortly to confirm if our Early Careers Partners would like to invite you to an interview.”

    I have heard of being shortlisted but what does long listed mean? Has anyone else received this/is it standard?
     

    lawstudent2

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    Does anyone know what this means please?

    “Thank you for applying for Birketts LLP's 2025 vacation scheme.

    We are emailing to inform you that your application has been long-listed by our Early Careers Team and subsequently sent to our Early Careers Partners to review.

    We will be in touch shortly to confirm if our Early Careers Partners would like to invite you to an interview.”

    I have heard of being shortlisted but what does long listed mean? Has anyone else received this/is it standard?
    When did you apply? I applied on the fifth of Jan and haven't heard anything yet
    It sounds like good news tho :)
     
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    Jessica Booker

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    Aug 1, 2019
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    Does anyone know what this means please?

    “Thank you for applying for Birketts LLP's 2025 vacation scheme.

    We are emailing to inform you that your application has been long-listed by our Early Careers Team and subsequently sent to our Early Careers Partners to review.

    We will be in touch shortly to confirm if our Early Careers Partners would like to invite you to an interview.”

    I have heard of being shortlisted but what does long listed mean? Has anyone else received this/is it standard?
    Longlisted means it’s just a larger group of candidates rather than a shortlist. A shortlist may only be a handful of candidates, while a long list maybe a large group of candidates that are then whittled down to how many they need to interview.
     

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