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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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DLA sent last night - sooo happy but so anxious at the same time. How can I best prepare in case I do get to the AC
We are pleased to tell you that you have successfully achieved the benchmark and will now be considered for a place at one of our in-person assessment centres.
Please be aware that although you have successfully reached this stage of the process you may not secure a space at an assessment centre. With limited spaces, we will now consider all who have reached this stage and shortlist. Please do not worry if you don’t hear from us, we are working hard to update everyone as soon as is possible.
We are pleased to tell you that you have successfully achieved the benchmark and will now be considered for a place at one of our in-person assessment centres.
Please be aware that although you have successfully reached this stage of the process you may not secure a space at an assessment centre. With limited spaces, we will now consider all who have reached this stage and shortlist. Please do not worry if you don’t hear from us, we are working hard to update everyone as soon as is possible.
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Not only do I not think it is not a bad thing, but I think your approach is in fact desirable. You can do lots of open days and still not get any closer to an AC. In fact, I was rejected at application stage at some firms I had attended both a competitive open day and a number of other insight events. My view is that while it is good to attend as many as possible general-access or sign up-based careers events, there is a limited number of firms for which you should invest time in applications for competitive open days.
For me, there would be diminishing returns after doing more that 4 competitive open day applications, as it would (i) make my VS application schedule more administratively difficult and (ii) take valuable time off which could be spent on submitting more high quality VS applications. As I see it, though of course different things work for different people, at this moment in the cycle the average ideal split of your time between VS applications work and other careers related efforts should be close to an 80-90% in favour of the VS applications.
Congrats. That is an amazing achievement.
It’s nice to see Ashurst did string a lot of us along for 7 weeks. Knowing damn well they’ve could’ve rejected us in September. Ridiculous to say the least.
For the question: "Tell us why you want to become a solicitor, and with reference to your experience so far, explain how your skills are suited to the role."
1) Should I take this as being a commercial solicitor?
2) Would it be okay to say that one of the reasons relates to seeing the impact of my work in the real business world and then give an example of experiences where I have seen the impact of my work (for example as a tutor and seeing results for my students) even though it doesn't relate to the business world? or is that too far-fetched?
1) Should I take this as being a commercial solicitor?
2) Would it be okay to say that one of the reasons relates to seeing the impact of my work in the real business world and then give an example of experiences where I have seen the impact of my work (for example as a tutor and seeing results for my students) even though it doesn't relate to the business world? or is that too far-fetched?
Congratulations! You should be really proud, best of luck for the Vac Scheme!
Hey so just had my AC for White and Case this week and Grad Rec said they would get back to us at the end of this week or the next. Hope that helps
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1. I think the short answer is yes, though perhaps I would put less emphasis on the 'commercial-interest' side of your answer than in your standard 'why commercial law' answer. It might be a good idea to try to integrate an explanation of your interest in commercial law within your broader 'why do i want to be a solicitor' reasoning.
2. I do not think it is at all a bad idea - the experience can still be very valuable concrete evidence that you do care about concrete impact. This for instance can explain why your general interest in legal work is not pushing you to become an academic rather than a practitioner. However, I think this will not suffice as a standalone reason for why you want to be a solicitor. When you take all your reasons together, make sure that they can explain why you want to be a solicitor instead of (i) another role with an impact in the world of business (say, in consulting or finance) and (ii) other law-related roles, such as a barrister, civil worker or academic.
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