TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[rs_2002!]

No published deadlines and it’s been almost 2 weeks - and other people have progressed to next stage.

Is this for Hogan Lovells - have people progressed to the AC stage?

 

[SueD]

Is this for Hogan Lovells - have people progressed to the AC stage?

No - sorry to cause any worry - this is Bristows.

 

[shadowboxer909]

Nope didn’t do the ACA, did you? I’m doing consulting

Ah, you're at EY judging by that sentence.

Yeah, I'm in deal advisory and I'm doing the ACA.

 

[Kate.m]

Ah, you're at EY judging by that sentence.

Yeah, I'm in deal advisory and I'm doing the ACA.

Why? All big 4 do consulting. I’m at Deloitte

 

[shadowboxer909]

Why? All big 4 do consulting. I’m at Deloitte

Lol, that was me trying to be smart but failing.

I know that EY don't make their consultants do the ACA when they're a graduate and so you didn't do the ACA so I made the assumption that you were at EY.

Ignore me.

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

Is this for Hogan Lovells - have people progressed to the AC stage?

Not that I've seen for DTC, I think majority of stage 2s were completed early this week

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

For those applying to Vedder - do you have lot of legal experience? I'm worried as I don't have much

 

[Shiv Lawy]

Wither's closed the Training contract already- Chamber's students said 28th Feb not 26th Midnight 🥲

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

For those applying to Vedder - do you have lot of legal experience? I'm worried as I don't have much

Their grad rec brochure indicates they’re after 6 months of paralegal experience and that you will need to have completed or currently completing the SQE course. It might be worth emailing them to see if the experience you have is enough to be seriously considered for their TC, over spending a lot of time on the app to get an automatic PFO.

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[Z48]

Wither's closed the Training contract already- Chamber's students said 28th Feb not 26th Midnight 🥲

It’s still open for me, did you start the application? I clicked the link from when I started and it says open for about 10 more hours

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

Their grad rec brochure indicates they’re after 6 months of paralegal experience and that you will need to have completed or currently completing the SQE course. It might be worth emailing them to see if the experience you have is enough to be seriously considered for their TC, over spending a lot of time on the app to get an automatic PFO.

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Thank you!

 

[Kate.m]

Why is hill Dickinson taking so long to reject me. Stayed in ALL DAY when I was on holiday in Australia to do that online test, so worth it…🔥🔥

 

[TCLAuser2002]

This is Orrick TC application, how is it possible to do a cover letter in only 300 words tf?

 

[nonlawstudent98]

Is the Pennington's app just a cover letter?

 

[Kate.m]

I’m interested to know, for those of you who got the hill Dickinson AC what do your feedback report for the online test look like? Please see my attached results across the areas they were measuring

 

[SamiyaJ]

Hill Dickinson PFO post SJT/VI… thought I did well

 

[Gabri3l]

Did anyone hear back from Brown Rudnick by any chance ?

 

[manifestingthetc]

Brown Rudnick Interview

 

[nicoledm]

Brown Rudnick Interview!

 

[hxnnahrobinson]

How long please did CMS take to get back to people after ACs?