2 assessment days on the same day. The invite I received today I want more. Can anyone help with advice as its in one week today 🥲🥲🥲I've emailed to ask if there is any flexibility
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
- Thread starter Ram Sabaratnam
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Bristows Partner review stage 🎉
Heyy, Congrats on your assessment day, hope you will convert it to a VS! May I ask when you completed your TI
any news from skadden??
Tomorrow!!
Anyone heard back from Mishcon for the spring VC AC?
This is ridiculous. I highly doubt a bunch of people will reject an interview. This is the exact thing they did post app leaving people in limbo land whilst everyone had taken the WE already promising them they may get a VI then a WE invite if people performed bad.
It feels like genuine false hope. There are most defintley people who did not meet the benchmark so just reject... why leave everyone waiting? at least those who don't get a pfo or invite know they were close and just missed out.
The process from last year to this year is massively different although it was stated it would be the same. It is very frustrating to have to sit here checking your emails not knowing where you stand at all.
they're running AC's all month, aiming to communicate outcomes by mid-march. if you haven't heard back, might be worth emailing although i had about a weeks notice for my AC so possible they'll reach out to you soon
can someone please make me follow my own advice (‘if it’s meant for you it won’t pass you by’) because I had an AC today and just feel so ickkkyyy after it ahhh. I barely had time to complete the written exercise (only used half the word count) and I just felt like I was rambling the whole time. Anyone else felt this way and still made it through? And I like the firm so much, makes it feel worse🥲
Another day, another radio silence. Thank you, law.
Might be counter-intuitive, but what helped me process all the rejs last year (and probably this year) was to actually just give urself the time to feel like s***.
What I used to do, and still inadvertantly do sometimes, is just try to charge it and move on. But i've realised that's not fair to the version of myself that really put alot of effort into all the different stages: the written apps, sjts, VIs, 1st and second stage interviews - all while becoming more and more attached to the firm. Again, this may not work for everyone, but personally I'd give urself some time to actually let urself feel like s*** as a way to burn / exhaust all the negative stuff outta ur mind - so you can then focus on the more positive & detached stuff like "whatever will be, will be".
FYI for anyone waiting on a response for Reed smith post ac, they said today that they will respond in the next week 
Hey!
I assisted at my university's legal clinic during my final year and had similar doubts about whether to refer to it in interviews, as it didn't directly involve commercial law. What may be happening is that firms are stress-testing your motivation, rather than directly judging your prior experience. If they can't immediately see the link to commercial law, they may try to get this out of you through questions such as "why not public law?".
What helped me was framing the experience around the elements that are directly relevant to commercial practice, and I then explained why those elements motivated me to pursue commercial law overall. For example, things such as working closely with clients and using problem-solving skills to provide clear and practical advice. If you position it in a similar way, the experience will support a genuine interest in commercial law rather than detract from it, provided you are clear and convincing about why commercial law is the path you want to pursue
A bit out there, but is anyone else not able to access the Aspiring Solicitors website ? It is just not loading for me.
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