Yes, it's confirmed by the grad team. Here is the reference to quote: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy....-paul-weiss-anything-2025-26.9940/post-217642
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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Anyone else qualified for the AS competition quarter finals?
@Andrei Radu Hey! I have been enjoying your responses around structuring answers on apps. Just wondering if you have an idea of the best way to structure the answer to this Q-
What do you find attractive about BCLP's sectors/departments and which area(s) are you interested in having exposure to in your Training Contract and why? Max 500 words it is quite lengthy! How many sectors/departments would you recommend discussing? Thank you
What do you find attractive about BCLP's sectors/departments and which area(s) are you interested in having exposure to in your Training Contract and why? Max 500 words it is quite lengthy! How many sectors/departments would you recommend discussing? Thank you
For those that haven’t got the first HL test yet, I emailed grad rec and haven’t heard back (I applied 29th September). Will keep you updated
Unfortunately, not, but surely not any later now. Imminent if some PFOs gone out.
Congrats! I'm curious what the benchmark would be. Could you estimate how many out of 35 you got right? I was thinking 25+ was top 5-10%
Thanks! I didn't get to finish as I had some issues with it getting stuck loading right at the beginning, and with about 30 seconds to go, so I only answered 31 questions - my guess would be 25 would be about right.
Looks like 98 slots taking 5 people per slot, so assuming they all fill up, that's 490 qualifiers. I think I read previously that it's between 3.5k to 5k competitors, so that is around the top 10-15%
I suppose they have to cut quite aggressively. The next stage after that is hosted across the 6 sponsor firms, who I'm sure can only accommodate so many from a practical point of view, so my guess is max 120 people move to semi, and then the final might be like 10 people? I'm sure someone on here will have experience of how big each stage is!
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Hi @e_turbo2 I would discuss 3-4 sectors/departments and I would use use the following structure:
Paragraph 1: Firstly, I would mention the sector or department I am interested in and explain why, describing both (i) the substantive features of the department/sector that attract me (i.e. what about the particular tasks/matters I would work for interests me) and (ii) any relevant examples of experiences related to the department/sector. Secondly, I would go on to explain why I would be interested in working in the sector/department at BCLP in particular: here, I would analyse the firm's team and expertise in the area in depth, looking at rankings, awards, notable deals/cases and comparisons with rivals.
Paragraph 2, 3 , 4: I would simply repeat the above, but for a new sector/department;
Advice on how to use all the word count without unnecessarily lengthening your points:
- Since the firm mentions both sectors and "departments", you can likely discuss practices areas of the firm as well, which increases the breadth of what you can discuss.
- You should describe your experiences in a lot of depth, using a STAR structure.
- You can analyse the firm's expertise in as much depth as you want, going though important matters they worked on and their impact, mentioning top practitioners, recent hires and strategy, etc.
For those of you applying to Mayer brown, did you put things like open days in the employment history or just leave them out?
Freshfields online test invite!!!
It is yes, comes as a link in the thanks for your application email.
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