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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

lawyersum

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Jun 28, 2024
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guys am i cooked if i mentioned one sentence about an international secondment opportunity to a certain office in a 'why this firm' question. I did still manage to mention two other points about the firm and my interaction with the London office.
 

hfbjsdhfbhf

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Dec 11, 2023
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Hey @marisachr ,

I have never actually come across a written exercise that entails writing an article - most I‘ve seen involve writing an email or memo, in response to an article. However, I’ve come up with some general tips to help. These are more structure and formatting related, as they really do make all the difference.

First of all, ask yourself before writing… what is the question asking me to do? What is the broad focus of the article I am about to write? What are any specific elements I need to cover and do I (1) just weave them in because they don’t require much depth in the first place to make a strong point, or (2) do I have to expand in some more detail? This will help you focus on what is really important in the discussion.

Another thing is that articles have different structures to emails, memos, essays, and so on. This makes it very important for you to adhere to the formalities of this unique writing style. I have linked a good source here - https://medium.com/@nathanurmston/h...red-article-a-step-by-step-guide-f903f0a54906. However, feel free to go beyond this source based on the specific type of article you‘ve been asked to cover/info from the firm itself.

Hi @Amma Usman , just bouncing off this thread- is there a similar thread on TCLA elsewhere that talks about emails and memos? Thank you very much!
 

shays

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Jun 2, 2024
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how do they look at it with the arctic shores tho? is there a benchmark? bc it is not like a regular test like SJT or WG, like idk but the personality analysis with arctic shores was buzzfeed quiz level so hopefully they consider it alongside the application?
 

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