TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[Jessica Booker]

some people mention that they were an offer holder of the schemes they never done but its up to you I guess

**Trigger warning - very strong opinion below**

I personally find this really annoying and also somewhat pretentious (sorry those who do this ). I find it a really toxic community culture trait born out of how competitive the market is and people constantly trying to show they are better than the next person. It doesn't serve any purpose but to inflate egos.

 

[Anon3285]

Has anybody been able to book their Reed Smith AC yet?

 

[John Travoni]

Has anybody been able to book their Reed Smith AC yet?

Based on those who have received it that haven’t been able to, I’m assuming Reed Smith is waiting to send the rest of the AC offers before they let candidates book the slots so that everyone has the same opportunity to book at the same time instead of some candidates who received the offer to book later and those who received the offers later to be stuck with the earliest AC dates and less time to prep.

 

[h1]

Oh okay. This is the same approach they did with the VI where Reed Smith did not send out the acc VIs out until way later even though they sent candidates a confirmation quite early that they passed the SJT as well as ppl receiving the confirmation that they passed the SJT a couple of weeks later.
So there’s hope guys xx

If they've only done Spring invites maybe they're waiting to have finished Summer too ? idk

edit: ah, just saw you wrote the same!

 

[Anon3285]

Based on those who have received it that haven’t been able to, I’m assuming Reed Smith is waiting to send the rest of the AC offers before they let candidates book the slots so that everyone has the same opportunity to book at the same time instead of some candidates who received the offer to book later and those who received the offers later to be stuck with the earliest AC dates and less time to prep.

This makes sense. However my concern is that we were asked to book today, and seeing as c.o.b has passed, it seems as if either something has gone wrong on their side, or I have misplaced an email...

 

[Law2021vacschemer]

2 weeks following my AC. Though I was the first ac and first offer so I imagine there’s lots to come and they are still screening.

Thank you! Do they give you a choice of which summer scheme you do (since they offer two schemes) or are you just assigned one?

 

[elizabeth_98]

I just received the link to book my ac for Reed smith!

 

[GXA123]

**Trigger warning - very strong opinion below**

I personally find this really annoying and also somewhat pretentious (sorry those who do this ). I find it a really toxic community culture trait born out of how competitive the market is and people constantly trying to show they are better than the next person. It doesn't serve any purpose but to inflate egos.

I agree with you! But it’s also such a big achievement that I think should be celebrated someway.

 

[Y-Gurl]

If the writing exercise at an AC is a letter, do you have to lay it out with addresses and date etc. ( properly formatted) or just write 'Dear XXXX' then the letter, then sign off either 'Yours Faithfully/Sincerely' (like you write a cover letter that is part of an application)? Writing a letter out properly would use up precious minutes in a timed exercise.
Similarly if you have to write a memo as an exercise is part of the test that you format it properly?
Got an AC coming up and keep fretting about this! Many Thanks in anticipation.

 

[Jessica Booker]

I agree with you! But it’s also such a big achievement that I think should be celebrated someway.

I wonder if sports people put in their bios that they qualified for a tournament but then didn't bother going because they had another (better) competition to attend 🤣

 

[CorporateLaw101]

All those that have received a Reed Smith AC invite, have you booked your slot ?

Is this for spring or summer? I’m starting to get really hopeless with all my summer applications. Haven’t heard a peep from Links, W&C, and RS haven’t since the holding email on Friday.

I don’t wanna sound like I’m whining… but I am.

 

[John Travoni]

I wonder if sports people put in their bios that they qualified for a tournament but then didn't bother going because they had another (better) competition to attend 🤣

At the end of the day, I think it’s just a way for people to feed their egos😂😂😂😂 the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen on LinkedIn is when I saw someone, under the work experience section, they officially wrote that they had applied to a firm and labelled it as ‘Firm Applier’😂😂😂😂

 

[Jessica Booker]

At the end of the day, I think it’s just a way for people to feed their egos😂😂😂😂 the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen on LinkedIn is when I saw someone, under the work experience section, they officially wrote that they had applied to a firm and labelled it as ‘Firm Applier’😂😂😂😂

 

[Abii]

At the end of the day, I think it’s just a way for people to feed their egos😂😂😂😂 the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen on LinkedIn is when I saw someone, under the work experience section, they officially wrote that they had applied to a firm and labelled it as ‘Firm Applier’😂😂😂😂

I've also seen on Assessment Centre attendee on LinkedIn under work experience on more than one occasion... I get that it is an achievement considering the vast number of applicants but IMO it doesn't add anything of value to your profile

 

[GXA123]

I wonder if sports people put in their bios that they qualified for a tournament but then didn't bother going because they had another (better) competition to attend 🤣

LOL

 

[GXA123]

At the end of the day, I think it’s just a way for people to feed their egos😂😂😂😂 the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen on LinkedIn is when I saw someone, under the work experience section, they officially wrote that they had applied to a firm and labelled it as ‘Firm Applier’😂😂😂😂

I could have hundreds then

 

[Jessica Booker]

I've also seen on Assessment Centre attendee on LinkedIn under work experience on more than one occasion... I get that it is an achievement considering the vast number of applicants but IMO it doesn't add anything of value to your profile

My concern with this is that it actually diminishes your real work experience. I'd much prefer to see someone's part-time job in a cinema than this on a LinkedIn profile...

 

[ISABE11A]

Yep, that should be fine - Smart casual attire is a dress code that combines well-fitting, polished business wear with elements of casual attire.

[One tip that should help you with dress codes is to remember that sometimes it's better to overdress than underdress - mainly because overdressing can be easily remedied on the day (take off blazer/tie, change from heels to flats etc). Dressing too causal might be harder to deal with on the day...

Thank you so much!!

 

[sxw517]

Has anyone done the VI for Addleshaw Goddard? what sort of q's come up in it?

 

[eleven14og]

This might be a stupid question but would law firms ask about the specifics of uni modules during interview? I encountered this question during an interview simulation w/ my university career service in my last cycle. I imagine this question would be quite unfair for non-law candidates but the career counsel said I should revisit my notes in case they ask. I'm doing law and my grades are pretty ok but if they ask this I'm pretty much dead cuz I forgot everything💀