TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Lawlawland]

The RPC's Strikingly real question is the goofiest question I've encountered in the application cycle and I'm crying buckets after coming up with a half-baked answer for it because that's such a great firm by culture, my fav area of expertise and most importantly, truly diverse!

My favourite Open Day, and I've attended 12 this cycle, that says a lot 😭!

 

[user123987]

James Wakefield = 14 letters
Strikingly Real = 14 letters

You are strikingly real, and strikingly real is you! (Don’t ask how I noticed that)

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

The RPC's Strikingly real question is the goofiest question I've encountered in the application cycle and I'm crying buckets after coming up with a half-baked answer for it because that's such a great firm by culture, my fav area of expertise and most importantly, truly diverse!

My favourite Open Day, and I've attended 12 this cycle, that says a lot 😭!

RPCs grad rec team after they came up with their #strikinglyreal branding and decided to use it as an app question to be #uniqueanddifferent:

 

[deejaykay]

Has anyone applied/planning on applying to Russell-Cooke this application cycle? I have a question about one of the application Qs

I am applying!

 

[Lawlawland]

RPCs grad rec team after they came up with their #strikinglyreal branding and decided to use it as an app question to be #uniqueanddifferent:

Funny enough their Hong Kong application is completely opposite.

6 questions, each deep ones, and 250 words...

And then there's the London one. Just one Goofy♠️ question for 300 words.

I mean, there should be a balance, fr. This can't be a thing.

 

[trainee4u]

I just did the RPC "keep it real innit" app. Not sure where the balance was, but I had 219 words on "why law" and then 81 words on "why RPC".

 

[EfficientBag123]

It’s almost midnight lads I think we ought to get some sleep😂😂 (Baker McKenzie has disrupted my sleep for 2 weeks now).

 

[spamelinazoid]

Has anyone else experience this with the practice AmberJack sent alongside the test:

"Your webcam is already in use​

Something else is already using your webcam, please turn that off , see that the light goes off and then click here to try again."

Nothing else is using my camera, I've cleared cookies etc...

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

It’s almost midnight lads I think we ought to get some sleep😂😂 (Baker McKenzie has disrupted my sleep for 2 weeks now).

Nah these are the peak TCLA night life hours we’re only just getting started here lad lmao:​

 

[badmintonflyinginsect]

Can someone confirm if Covington, BCLP, and Winston are rolling/NR?

 

[T. Rainee]

Has anyone else experience this with the practice AmberJack sent alongside the test:

"Your webcam is already in use​

Something else is already using your webcam, please turn that off , see that the light goes off and then click here to try again."

Nothing else is using my camera, I've cleared cookies etc...

Ur FBI agent rn

 

[Donna Paulsen]

'Is there anything else that you would like us to consider when reviewing your application? What makes you stand out from the crowd? Don't feel obliged to answer this question!'

Are they tricking me... do I answer this... I cba

 

[badmintonflyinginsect]

'Is there anything else that you would like us to consider when reviewing your application? What makes you stand out from the crowd? Don't feel obliged to answer this question!'

Are they tricking me... do I answer this... I cba

just say ur donna like tf. who do they think they're talking to

 

[Donna Paulsen]

just say ur donna like tf. who do they think they're talking to

Period!!!!

 

[Donna Paulsen]

Vantage why have you jumbled up my work experience chronology what is wrong with you

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

Vantage why have you jumbled up my work experience chronology what is wrong with you

Can someone explain why AllHires asks us to put our work experience in chronological order (most recent first), but Vantage asks for it to be done in reverse order (oldest first)???!! This shii has never made sense to me smh. I cba lmao.

 

[sooae]

Nah these are the peak TCLA night life hours we’re only just getting started here lad lmao:​

Haahah! Definitely joining this partay

 

[trainee4u]

not sure if this is a sign I apply to too many roles but like how many squares do you click here? I chose B234 C234 D34 and they were like "no fam" and gave me some bikes to click on as well.

 

[Afraz Akhtar]

Okay amazing as I always complete them but if I knew law firms were reading them some of my earlier ones may not be as good so was a bit worried

@lawstudent2 don't worry, they're meant to be learning curves. It is not assessed and not considered in any application. I can't remember if we had one or two of them created when I was working at Clyde & Co, but the only time we actually checked to see if candidates had used our Forage programmes was to see if it was leading to higher quality candidates e.g. for the 20 AC candidates, what percentage sat our online programme etc. Data like this fed into ROI analysis, so it's meant to be an accurate snapshot and not a manipulated datapoint - which is why I doubt firms are actively looking for those that completed the internship.

As for reading into your performance, if we think about it, graduate recruitment are very busy during application rounds e.g. screening, mailbox management, events, admin, programme planning etc. I don't think any of them are going to take on the added burden of analysing your performance on an external programme that is not a part of their process, when they're actually paying external companies like Amberjack and Cappfinity, to do that separately for them anyway.

So, don't worry.