i always wear a suit lol (no tie tho)
most people overdress - it's better that way than being underdressed
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
- Thread starter Ram Sabaratnam
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most people overdress - it's better that way than being underdressed
Not gonna lie at this point they should just automatically make an offer 🤭😅 no ac, just give you the damn TC.
apparently their first AC was only a week and a bit ago so I think theres a lot more coming ! (dont quote me on that thoughhh), im still waiting too
On a somewhat related note (motion to introduce evidence): Has anyone seen/heard about examples of reasonable adjustments impacting negatively one's application? (might be difficult to tell, but maybe someone has personal anecdotes/is aware of HR practices)
This completely irrelevant to what you posted but I read your username as 'Hateful applicant' and now I'm tempted to change my username to that just cuz it tickled me. 🤭😅
Starting to think I’m in the HSF Kramer Spring ‘maybe’ pile since I’ve had no rejection or AC invite despite others receiving invites… the wait continues…
As we've seen today its a fine line anyway
Just did the Gibson Dunn app - it took me way too long. Also their email said 40 minutes but cappfinity says 1 hour so...
I would be honest (unless it is a key value for the firm e.g. team working) and say how you are working on improving it.
Motion granted.
Honestly, all firms say that they are inclusive and that it doesn't impact applications but... there is no knowing really.
There are some things that I don't disclose to firms tbh but I don't have any personal examples. And, of course graduate/early careers recruitment always say its fine.
Yh it is - and it took me way over an hour. 40 mins is way too short
but then saying otherwise would open them to some seriously bad PR and (possibly?) lawsuits.
I'm kind of not sure how the system is supposed to work - I could see firms not wanting people with dyslexia, since a big part of a trainees work (at least in the pre-gpt era) is fast and effective proofreading.
In that case telling the firm "Oh BTW I am extra slow and inaccurate at that" would not intuitively do wonders for the application.
Edit: just to make sure the tone is right -- I have dyslexia myself and I am extra slow and inaccurate at proofreading
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This is where I’m at, like I can’t say for certain what the issue was. But I remember disclosing to one firm I had an AC with, and the vibe immediately felt off. I’m not sure whether it just wasn’t a culture fit, but the whole day didn’t feel right, and I was rejected the next morning LOL. I didn’t even ask for feedback, and I won’t be applying to that firm again (VS, TC or NQ lateral move).
I can’t say for certain that my reasonable adjustments request negatively affected my application, but the way it was approached and how I felt after disclosing definitely didn’t help. Aside from that firm (who shall remain unnamed) my experiences with other firms have mostly been positive.
But I still feel cautious about disclosing because of that situation sigh… 💔 Watching Chrissie Wolfe has deffo helped though!
I’ve had one bad experience this cycle requesting reasonable adjustments and that was with Hogan Lovells (yeah I’m name dropping). I’ll set out a brief summary of it below lmao.
I asked if I could do the stage 2 VI as a TI with extra time (standard request that I haven’t had any issues with before). At most I’ve been asked to provide more information to firms that’s it.
Grad rec aired me for like a week then responded saying that I needed to submit my uni support plan so they could determine whether I’d need the adjustments for the stage 2 test.
That sounds harmless initially, but they wanted to find evidence I specifically needed the VI as a TI (I’d not done any VI assessments at uni so that wouldn’t be something on any documents).
So I explained this and long story short they just reluctantly decided to do a TI. They didn’t give me any instructions or guidance so I had no idea how the TI would be structured or timed.
Mind you I had asked for extra time. I emailed and they said don’t worry everything has been accounted for including extra time. So I was like okay this seems calm let’s go for it!
So at the start of the TI I asked for confirmation. I was basically ignored and the grad rec person just started by saying she’d ask strengths based questions first then motivational ones after.
It’s safe to say I didn’t know what to do. So I just asked after each question can I take a moment to gather my thoughts, to which I either got half a response or just crickets lmao idek atp.
As I didn’t have any guidance or instructions, it’s safe to say my performance wasn’t the best. They sent me a PFO within 24-48 hours, which I felt like was their intention from the jump.
At their open day I felt the grad rec team weren’t that nice and the culture of the firm didn’t seem to be what they present it as. So in a way I’m glad that it didn’t work out but was a bit sad.
It’s made me reluctant to disclose adjustments. I know I have made jokes about Freshfields, but I’ll give credit where it’s due their grad rec team were so incredibly supportive re adjustments!
Ofc they took ages to get back to me, but they do receive loads of applications and many people will need adjustments. Once they did get around to me, they were 10/10 in my opinion.
Apologies for the long post I’ve tried to separate this into smaller paragraphs so hopefully it’s not too difficult to read it all??!! I just wanted to share my anecdotal experience with HL.
I asked if I could do the stage 2 VI as a TI with extra time (standard request that I haven’t had any issues with before). At most I’ve been asked to provide more information to firms that’s it.
Grad rec aired me for like a week then responded saying that I needed to submit my uni support plan so they could determine whether I’d need the adjustments for the stage 2 test.
That sounds harmless initially, but they wanted to find evidence I specifically needed the VI as a TI (I’d not done any VI assessments at uni so that wouldn’t be something on any documents).
So I explained this and long story short they just reluctantly decided to do a TI. They didn’t give me any instructions or guidance so I had no idea how the TI would be structured or timed.
Mind you I had asked for extra time. I emailed and they said don’t worry everything has been accounted for including extra time. So I was like okay this seems calm let’s go for it!
So at the start of the TI I asked for confirmation. I was basically ignored and the grad rec person just started by saying she’d ask strengths based questions first then motivational ones after.
It’s safe to say I didn’t know what to do. So I just asked after each question can I take a moment to gather my thoughts, to which I either got half a response or just crickets lmao idek atp.
As I didn’t have any guidance or instructions, it’s safe to say my performance wasn’t the best. They sent me a PFO within 24-48 hours, which I felt like was their intention from the jump.
At their open day I felt the grad rec team weren’t that nice and the culture of the firm didn’t seem to be what they present it as. So in a way I’m glad that it didn’t work out but was a bit sad.
It’s made me reluctant to disclose adjustments. I know I have made jokes about Freshfields, but I’ll give credit where it’s due their grad rec team were so incredibly supportive re adjustments!
Ofc they took ages to get back to me, but they do receive loads of applications and many people will need adjustments. Once they did get around to me, they were 10/10 in my opinion.
Apologies for the long post I’ve tried to separate this into smaller paragraphs so hopefully it’s not too difficult to read it all??!! I just wanted to share my anecdotal experience with HL.
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Just to bring some positivity back into this convo, let’s remember that there are many people who are neurodivergent and have successfully progressed through multiple application processes, and are now trainees, associates, and partners at law firms. It’s absolutely possible to be neurodivergent and succeed in this process (also speaking from experience). The key is finding firms that genuinely appreciate neurodiversity and create a supportive culture.
I also personally know someone who’s neurodivergent and is a future trainee at an MC firm, so it really is possible. There are firms out there that are supportive don’t lose hope!
I also personally know someone who’s neurodivergent and is a future trainee at an MC firm, so it really is possible. There are firms out there that are supportive don’t lose hope!
Yes, you should name drop and I’m proud of you for doing so!!! (I also understand why people don’t want to name drop and that’s completely okay!)
When firms behave like this, it directly affects a persons performance. It’s better you reject them than treat them this way because they’re not gonna be able to perform anyways.
Well, there’s loads of lovely and supportive firms too and I appreciate them and their culture.
This just makes me so sad and angry at the same time ://
Strengths: undead
Weaknesses: garlic
Seriously you could try:
lack of experience
presentation skills
public speaking
lack of confidence
don't know how to say no
You were SAVED from going to a firm with horrible culture!This is where I’m at, like I can’t say for certain what the issue was. But I remember disclosing to one firm I had an AC with, and the vibe immediately felt off. I’m not sure whether it just wasn’t a culture fit, but the whole day didn’t feel right, and I was rejected the next morning LOL. I didn’t even ask for feedback, and I won’t be applying to that firm again (VS, TC or NQ lateral move).
I can’t say for certain that my reasonable adjustments request negatively affected my application, but the way it was approached and how I felt after disclosing definitely didn’t help. Aside from that firm (who shall remain unnamed) my experiences with other firms have mostly been positive.
But I still feel cautious about disclosing because of that situation sigh… 💔 Watching Chrissie Wolfe has deffo helped though!
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