TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Monzer Joujou]

Hey has anyone done the CMS VI and would be willing to give any insight into it at all? I can help with Reed Smith, Weil, Willkie, Goodwin, Simmons, DLA VI + Hogan, Skadden, Pinsent, Macfarlanes, Akin Gump Goodwin and Fried Frank ACs

Hi, appreciate any help with Akin Gump Online Assessment and AC, I can help with Covington Burling AC

 

[hopingforamiracle]

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Fellow Catholics, get your prayers in to this fella xx

I'm sorry, for me its the Europop L'Amour Toujours in the background. I stan 💃💃

 

[Donna Paulsen]

I'm sorry, for me its the Europop L'Amour Toujours in the background. I stan 💃💃

Okay eagle eye!!
Nothing like a bit of L'Amour Toujours xx

 

[Cece176]

did someone have this problem with Mishcon's amberjack
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yes. I had to keep zooming in and out and resizing my window. Very distracting, and I hope it didn't raise their behind-the-scenes flags.

 

[Cece176]

Anyone heard back from Simmons & Simmons for their summer VS??

 

[hopingforamiracle]

Anyone heard back from Simmons & Simmons for their summer VS??

Nope and its been a while. I'm honestly assuming that they've handed everything out or else I'll be like this forever:

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

Has anyone who applied on the deadline day heard from Gibson Dunn? (besides the auto assessment)

 

[Bbhu19]

i just flunked my 3rd AC too... feeling so disappointed in myself. I also feel ashamed.

i would love to hear any advice from people too regarding this issue. Best of luck, this process is not for the weak indeed.

Would deffo recommend asking a lot of questions on your feedback call and doing your most to improve what was missing, for example for an AC I messed up they said my issue was my WE could have been clearer and more concise, which I’ve worked on

 

[Wompycapy]

Has anyone heard back from White & Case summer post app?

 

[jamsparkle]

hey has anyone applied to goldman sachs legal analyst role and heard back yet?

loads of my friends recruited for finance - they normally progress to vi stage very quickly if u pass hr screening, but it seems that they just leave you in limbo forever if you don't. if you submitted a while ago i'd regard it as a lost cause tbh (but never say never)

 

[hanahana]

hey - when did you do your VI?

In November

 

[Ijustwanttobealawyer]

I’m starting to feel like it’s a PFO from Weil post-ac😢

 

[Rads]

Will Hogan Lovells give out more ACs? Seems like they have given offers already

 

[sapphireoreos]

Are any of you that received Debevoise’s OD internationals? Sorry for the question, Ik that they don’t sponsor vac schemes,however, I wonder if they rly consider people who are on a student visa (i am on one)

I am! Am on a grad visa though

 

[Hugo2004]

Will Hogan Lovells give out more ACs? Seems like they have given offers already

I’m guessing not but would love to be told that they do them in batches… dunno why they can’t just get the PFOs out of the way

 

[Bread]

Does anyone know what the KL Gates application process is?

It mentions online exercises, are these SJTs, WG, something else..? Also, unclear whether they take place at AC or before then.

Thanks!

 

[Carrington Lane]

Will Hogan Lovells give out more ACs? Seems like they have given offers already

I think they would cause I just checked last year forum and some intel said that they were holding AC up until mid March.

 

[Gr33ntea]

TLT pfo

Hi Nicole, sorry to hear TLT hasn’t worked out for you . Can I please ask if you applied to the vac scheme of the Beyond programme? It’s been radio silence from TLT and I’m daily stressing about this!

 

[Filia]

It was 23 Jan. it’s stated on their website.

I could only see this on their LinkedIn post, I didn’t see anything about the deadline on their website.

 

[kllee]

just realised that i wrote the incorrect dates for one of my internships on a vac scheme application. i put 2 weeks in august instead of 1 week in july (got it mixed up with something else). does anyone know what i should do? also haven’t signed the offer letter yet

I'd really appreciate any advice!!