TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[FutureAntitrustLawyer]

Akin TI! Completed online assessment last week

Congrats, out of curiosity what did you get as trait for the test?

 

[Legallywhatever]

The OC app is really taking it out of me, and it's not even that complex so i don't know why ://///

 

[floral.tcla]

guys if you feel like an idiot just know that usually my attention to detail is fine but I accidentally left in a comment on my draft diss to my professor saying ‘this is so bad you can better than this diva xxx’ which I thought I had removed

 

[Gottagetthroughthis101]

The OC app is really taking it out of me, and it's not even that complex so i don't know why ://///

I feel the same, Im so fatigued from all these apps

 

[solicitor_2028]

The OC app is really taking it out of me, and it's not even that complex so i don't know why ://///

Just came on here to say the same rip

 

[Donna Paulsen]

That was me with Covington and currently every remaining app for January, I just cba !

Fr, motivation is at an all time low ahhhhhh

 

[Lord Sumption]

In other news, Macfarlanes has rolled out its first brand refresh in at least 15 years, unveiling a bolder, more modern visual identity.

The redesign introduces a modernised logo and a new colour palette that moves away from the conservative aesthetics you might expect from a traditional City law firm.

 

[floral.tcla]

In other news, Macfarlanes has rolled out its first brand refresh in at least 15 years, unveiling a bolder, more modern visual identity.

The redesign introduces a modernised logo and a new colour palette that moves away from the conservative aesthetics you might expect from a traditional City law firm.

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Am i blind or does that look exactly the same

 

[alphabravocharlie]

guys I'm actually struggling trying to focus on my mock revision when I know I should be preparing for ACs...how do people balance this??

Uni mocks?

 

[Gottagetthroughthis101]

Am i blind or does that look exactly the same

Times New Roman to Comic Sans - reminds me of when the Government paid an insane amount just to move a dot

 

[Miles Edgeworth]

Fr, motivation is at an all time low ahhhhhh

I submitted mine hours ago but I never felt so dead. Starting to get burned out from applications when I know others have done way more than me

 

[trainee4u]

In other news, Macfarlanes has rolled out its first brand refresh in at least 15 years, unveiling a bolder, more modern visual identity.

The redesign introduces a modernised logo and a new colour palette that moves away from the conservative aesthetics you might expect from a traditional City law firm.

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when I'm a partner at Macfarlanes I'm gonna have a megapool in my megamansion.

and then i'm gonna pee in it.

 

[Donna Paulsen]

I submitted mine hours ago but I never felt so dead. Starting to get burned out from applications when I know others have done way more than me

Same - I think I'm just too much of a perfectionist with my applications. One application can take me days. I need to get a wriggle on and stop deeping it too much lol

 

[Legallywhatever]

I feel the same, Im so fatigued from all these apps

Just came on here to say the same rip

That was me with Covington and currently every remaining app for January, I just cba !

Good luck to us all for real Hoping to report back at 23:59 to say it's been sumbitted instead of spontaneously giving it up...

 

[deejaykay]

Thanks very much - best of luck to you, too!

Personally, I believe I needed to make a commitment to a legal career in order to take ownership of the process and make my applications stronger. I'm hoping that firms will look more favourably on a candidate who is already part-qualified, even if that means starting by self-funding.

As you say, if we're lucky enough to have the option, why wait?

Doing the same! Fellow career changer.

 

[applicant457]

Is it worth it to apply to shoosmiths now? Since they sent out their AC

 

[Gottagetthroughthis101]

Same - I think I'm just too much of a perfectionist with my applications. One application can take me days. I need to get a wriggle on and stop deeping it too much lol

Genuinely same, I spend so long ruminating over a sentence

 

[Gottagetthroughthis101]

Good luck to us all for real Hoping to report back at 23:59 to say it's been sumbitted instead of spontaneously giving it up...

High key given up, I realise Im just doing it for the sake of it

 

[Legallywhatever]

High key given up, I realise Im just doing it for the sake of it

me too lolll my answers are painful tbh but it's at the point where i can't bring myself to care

 

[JustwantaTC]

What do you use to get your university grade? also do you include the first year?