TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Rads]

Could anyone please help me what HL test 1 looks like?

 

[Amgrad]

Okay, so this happened to me during the first two years of law school. I slept continuously for 3 hours every night, woke up at 6 for classes, didn't eat breakfast, barely had any lunch and only came home at around 7 pm. One day, I fainted at 6 am in front of my mum and had to go do the MRI lol.

Be careful, we need strong and well-rested lawyers! I do understand the insane pressures of uni, though 😭

Mmmhh already smelling Milbank's culture here wherever the office its pressure and work intensity is on another level. I also went to ICU and discharged a month before sitting for my CGSE eq level, that's why I had a mediocre grade at least far from my expectation.

 

[yk1906]

Mmmhh already smelling Milbank's culture here wherever the office its pressure and work intensity is on another level. I also went to ICU and discharged a month before sitting for my CGSE eq level, that's why I had a mediocre grade at least far from my expectation.

I'm going to work at an American firm from Jan, and I can't wait to throw my healthy sleep schedule out of the window 😂

 

[tball]

Does HL second test have VI?

 

[alphabravocharlie]

when should we expect to hear from Skadden today?

 

[Harvey Specter]

Could anyone please help me what HL test 1 looks like?​

It’s an SJT and WG test. The SJT is untimed but the WG section is timed.​

 

[ali-k]

whats ashurst first stage like anyone please, normal SJT?

 

[johnsmith]

when should we expect to hear from Skadden today?

4:59pm 🫡

 

[Bbhu19]

4:59pm 🫡

How do you know that?

 

[fbtrainee]

DLA Piper TI invite, if anyone has any inisghts I would be very grateful!

congrats! did you get the invite yesterday?

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

Early morning Skadden PFO

 

[SamiyaJ]

Early morning Skadden PFO

Likewise

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

i will be taking the mayer brown OA tomorrow. their deadline is 15th 11.59 pm and they operate on a rolling basis. i know someone here said that they passed the assessment but the firm stopped reviewing apps. i am quite anxious this will happen to me since i will be submitting so close to deadline. is that something i should be concerned about?

Is this confirmed?

 

[marisachr]

Skadden PFO was not expecting this as I had my application reviewed by TCLA and tailored it to the firm

 

[AtticusFinch]

WFW VI invite 👍

Have you completed? can i please PM?

 

[Bread]

I’m very curious about what is going on over at Willkie. Applied well over a month ago and had radio silence. I feel like if there’s no benefit to applying early, firms shouldn’t list their applications as rolling 🤷‍♀️

 

[TortillaTC]

Skadden PFO

 

[CharlesT47]

Any tips for a written exercise? What can we expect?

 

[spongebob]

Skadden WE invitee

 

[Trophy]

I’m very curious about what is going on over at Willkie. Applied well over a month ago and had radio silence. I feel like if there’s no benefit to applying early, firms shouldn’t list their applications as rolling 🤷‍♀️

There is never a benefit of applying early at Willkie as all applications are reviewed and treated the same regardless of when you send it. The rolling aspect is progressing to VI > written exercise. Spots don’t fill up. You can apply on the first day and not progress or on the deadline and get through all the preliminary stages. It’s semi rolling 😄

Also their grad rec recently changed most likely a back log of applications and maybe a different approach than what Gemma used 🤔 who knows!