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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

abbiewhitlock03

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Dec 13, 2022
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Do you have any email correspondence from your school that confirms the results (from when you got them)?
I've scrolled back in my emails, and I can't find any record of it. I would assume it was sent to my old secondary school / sixth form email which I no longer have access to, unfortunately. I've emailed my school to see if they have anyway of showing proof of my results retrospectively whilst I apply for replacements.
 

yuk0n

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This is reassuring, thank you!! I’m just slightly panicked about it as I got the offer two weeks before it starts haha!

I will definitely do this, and I’ll likely order my GCSE and A-Level replacements anyway as I have some more VS and want to avoid this situation again 😭

Thanks again, I appreciate your help! :)
As long as you've kept grad rec in the loop and are making an effort to ensure the documents are forwarded you will be absolutely fine! It would be totally unreasonable for them to renege because of this, especially when you're demonstrably willing to sort it out at short notice. Go smash it! :)
 

abbiewhitlock03

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Dec 13, 2022
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As long as you've kept grad rec in the loop and are making an effort to ensure the documents are forwarded you will be absolutely fine! It would be totally unreasonable for them to renege because of this, especially when you're demonstrably willing to sort it out at short notice. Go smash it! :)
Thank you 😭 Graduate recruitment have been super nice so far, so I know its unreasonable for my brain to automatically assume the worst. I really appreciate your reassurance!! I hope your vacation scheme goes well too, I'm sure you'll ace it! :)
 

toad92

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Jan 21, 2025
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does anyone know what the target audience is for the kingsley napley's work experience?

the website doesn't specify if its for first years, second, third or graduates
I remember on the open day I think they said it's okay for anyone to apply, and you can apply as well as applying for the TC but just keeping it in mind that you have to apply for a TC separately and the work experience does not include the opportunity to convert to a TC
 
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jfb

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Nov 13, 2024
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This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.
 

Zzzz

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Dec 19, 2024
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This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.
I am in the same boat here. I emailed the firm I am expecting responses from to let them know my situation. They completely ignored my emails. So I think it's good for us to still inform them, even though they might completely disregard it.
 

billyonthespeeddial

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This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.

I am in the same boat here. I emailed the firm I am expecting responses from to let them know my situation. They completely ignored my emails. So I think it's good for us to still inform them, even though they might completely disregard it.
I've had a 30 min telephone interview with a firm while abroad without telling them about this hahah. I just figured they'd be used to it as a massive US firm
 

VacSchemer

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This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.
I think it is good to inform. I let a firm know that I would be visiting my family and it’s just my UK number on file and supplemented an additional number incase they needed to reach me regarding outcome. They said it was really helpful to have it in hand so there weren’t back and forth emailing about it haha
 

Livelaughlove

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Feb 6, 2023
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This might be a silly question but do I need to let firms i am waiting to hear from that I’m going to be abroad the next two weeks, just in case they call (i hope) because of international call fees? I don’t want them to think i’m presuming an offer but also wouldn’t want them to incur a cost.
I was in the same situation a few years ago. I got an offer and the firm called my UK number but I was doing my year abroad so wasn’t using that number. They just emailed me immediately telling me to call them back. I doubt they’d rescind your offer if you missed 1 call.
 
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Wannabe_Lawyer

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Does anyone know which firm this could have been?

It says "She has lost a training contract worth income of £90k+ over two years." So, not the Magic Circle firms because I imagine 2 years of salaries exceeds 90K for them. Unlikely a silver circle too for the same reasons.

What's left of the top 20 firms? Genuinely curious to know which firm this is...
 

BillSikes

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Does anyone know which firm this could have been?
Honestly is this even real or is the bloke just engagement farming?

Literally zero reason not to name the firm.
 

Chris Brown

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It says "She has lost a training contract worth income of £90k+ over two years." So, not the Magic Circle firms because I imagine 2 years of salaries exceeds 90K for them. Unlikely a silver circle too for the same reasons.

What's left of the top 20 firms? Genuinely curious to know which firm this is...
The top 20 is dominated by Magic and Silver Circle firms which all pay £100-£110k to their trainees and offer grants of £15-20k. It can’t be HL or NRF either as they offer similar amounts to future trainees. That’s at least 10 firms out of question, which leaves 10. 🤔

It is unlikely to be Addleshaw Goddard, CMS, Simmons & Simmons, Taylor Wessing, Osborne Clarke or Pinsent Masons as they also offer around £100k+ to trainees across their training contract. All these firms are top 20 UK headquartered law firms. The only exception is if OP’s TC was for a regional office, in which case it could be Osborne Clarke or Simmons & Simmons (Reading and/or Bristol). 🙂

The only firms it could be is one of these firms: Bird & Bird, Clyde & Co, Eversheds Sutherland or RPC. I suspect it’s probably Bird & Bird or RPC that the OP is referring to. These firms are all also in the top 20. 😮

It says the maintenance grant was in excess of 5 figures. I think this implies it was probably over £10k but below £15k, at least for the SQE grant itself. These firms have a SQE grant between that range, and/or trainee salaries above £90,000 but below £100,000 (see below):

1: Bird & Bird trainee salary is £47,000 (1st year) and £52,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £99,000. Their SQE grant is £15,000.

2: Clyde & Co trainee salary is £47,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £97,000. Their SQE grant is around £10,000.

3: Eversheds Sutherland trainee salary is £46,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £96,000. Their SQE grant is £7,000.

4: RPC trainee salary is £46,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £96,000. Their SQE grant is £12,000.

Whichever firm it is, I think it’s really unfair to not give the person at least 1 chance to retake the SQE. To then demand the cost of fees back despite being such a major UK firm, is pretty surprising tbh. 🫤​
 
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BillSikes

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The top 20 is dominated by Magic and Silver Circle firms which all pay £100-£110k to their trainees and offer grants of £15-20k. It can’t be HL or NRF either as they offer similar amounts to future trainees. That’s at least 10 firms out of question, which leaves 10. 🤔

It is unlikely to be Addleshaw Goddard, CMS, Simmons & Simmons, Taylor Wessing, Osborne Clarke or Pinsent Masons as they also offer around £100k+ to trainees across their training contract. All these firms are top 20 UK law firms. 🙂

The only firms it could be is one of these firms: Bird & Bird, Clyde & Co, Eversheds Sutherland or RPC. I suspect it’s probably Bird & Bird or RPC that the OP is referring to. These firms are all also in the top 20. 😮

It says the maintenance grant was in excess of 5 figures. I think this implies it was probably over £10k but below £15k, at least for the SQE grant itself. These firms have a SQE grant between that range, and/or trainee salaries above £90,000 but below £100,000 (see below):

1: Bird & Bird trainee salary is £47,000 (1st year) and £52,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £99,000. Their SQE grant is £15,000.

2: Clyde & Co trainee salary is £47,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £97,000. Their SQE grant is around £10,000.

3: Eversheds Sutherland trainee salary is £46,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £96,000. Their SQE grant is £7,000.

3: RPC trainee salary is £46,000 (1st year) and £50,000 (2nd year). This adds up to £96,000. Their SQE grant is £12,000.

Whichever firm it is, I think it’s really unfair to not give the person at least 1 chance to retake the SQE. To then demand the cost of fees back despite being such a major UK firm, is pretty surprising tbh.​
Honestly - no big firm is gonna be rescinding TC offers

Only Mickey Mouse firms we’ve never heard of will be let’s be real
 
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