Welcome to the Lab!
In my first application cycle, I was rejected by over 20 law firms.
Looking back, I put that down to two things:
1. The chaos of law firm app season
2. The lack of tools to help me write standout applications
Most of the time I was just guessing what to do with zero guidance.
I missed deadlines, I rushed last minute drafts and my commercial awareness was non-existent.
That experience is a big part of why my wife and I started ZipLaw five years ago.
Since then, it’s been an incredible journey but we’ve always felt there was more we could build to help you get a TC.
Something that didn’t just help you understand law firms, but helped you manage the whole application process from start to finish.
So for the past year, we’ve been working on exactly that.
Today, we’re delighted to announce the launch of TC Lab 🎉
And I genuinely think it could change the way you apply to law firms forever. Although yes, I am slightly biased.
We built TC Lab around a very simple question:
What would we have wanted when we were applying?
Because application season can become chaotic very quickly.
- Deadlines in one spreadsheet
- Firm research across thirty tabs
- Commercial awareness saved somewhere else
- Draft answers in Word
- Interview notes on your phone
And six different firms all asking slightly different versions of the same question.
TC Lab brings all of that together.
It’s one platform designed to help you go from:
finding the opportunity → researching the firm → building the application → getting the TC
So what does TC Lab include?
In summary - everything you need to get a TC this year!
We’ve set out here some of the key features we’ve added.
Don’t want to wait? Access the Lab now and explore it yourself:
This is just the start. We will keep building TC Lab with new features, more application tools , fresh content and an ever-growing library of law firm profiles - all designed to make the application process less overwhelming and a lot more effective.
We’ve already had a few ZipLaw+ members test TC Lab before launch, and the feedback has been incredible.
You can log in and start using TC Lab right now.
👉 Explore TC Lab: tclab.ziplaw.uk
See you inside,
Ludo & Liv
