TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[WeGotThis!]

Has anyone heard from Vedder post-app?

 

[trainee4u]

Has anyone still not heard from Russell Cooke or DACB for summer vac?

Russell Cooke have done their interviews.

 

[hmevey]

DAC B Critical Thinking test came through!

Is this for London?

 

[AS24]

I bet, SPB is going to send me a PFO today at 5pm, same thing with CRS.

 

[Bread]

Has anyone who applied to regional offices been PFOd by spb post VI?

 

[ghostyb]

How long does the email offer take to arrive post phone call for VS offer?

 

[StudentWP]

I bet, SPB is going to send me a PFO today at 5pm, same thing with CRS.

does anyone want to email them, would that help idk?

 

[c.t.tc]

How long does the email offer take to arrive post phone call for VS offer?

In my experience usually the next day

 

[soph107048]

@Abbie Whitlock if reapplying to macfarlanes for DTC in the same cycle after having gotten a VS PFO, how would one approach the application question? I got rejected at a later stage so my application wasnt the issue, but still wondering to what extent its best to change it since the app has the same exact question as for the VS

 

[Hanzeeb]

Disney rejection

 

[lawstudent2]

How long does the email offer take to arrive post phone call for VS offer?

Took a week for mine

 

[ssss]

Has anyone heard back post AC for Pennington Manches Cooper?

 

[meredithgrey]

Any advice for Northridge AC?

 

[Serendipity2026]

any news from bakers?

 

[Gracejonesd]

Anyone heard from Kingsley Napley, Howard Kennedy, Bevan Brittan or Winckworth Sherwood? :/

 

[Cece176]

Is this for London?

Yes

 

[Hanzeeb]

Anyone heard from Kingsley Napley, Howard Kennedy, Bevan Brittan or Winckworth Sherwood? :/

I think I read somewhere that Howard Kennedy would progress applications in April

 

[Applicant7874652]

I agree with this completely. Unconverted Sidley winter vac schemer here. Hopefully will take stuff I learned and try it out at vac scheme this summer (have a second chance but will be doing things differently for sure). I went on TONS of coffee chats at Sidley - about 15, and I didn’t get the TC. I deffo treated it like more of an exercise rather than actually doing it meaningfully, as everyone gives you different advice (ie, ‘it’s all about networking’) but it’s also about showing you can balance, and also form actual connections. I think be more relaxed about coffees. Sidley ended up not asking coffee people for feedback, it was just a nice thing for us, so don’t feel like you need to perform in there either - just be natural. My two cents lol.

Just adding my thoughts as well as someone else who did the Sidley winter scheme lol.

I definitely agree with one of the other posts above about not giving anyone a reason to not hire you. The coffee chats are mainly useful to illustrate interest in the firm in the interview (which is something I did and got good feedback on). One of my supervisors also gave positive feedback on my time management with coffee chats as part of their feedback.

I would say from my experiences, the main things are performing well on all the formal assessments as the most important element (e.g. at Sidley there was a drafting exercise and a negotiation), giving a good impression at the interview (with the coffee chats there to help) and integrating well with your team and them liking you (so they give feedback that you're hireable and they'd want to staff you on work).

 

[DennyCrane]

It’s DTC!

I don't think the first slots are until after Easter

 

[amb303]

Anyone heard from Kingsley Napley, Howard Kennedy, Bevan Brittan or Winckworth Sherwood? :/

I applied to KN last cycle and they didn't get back to me until a while after the application deadline had passed, to send an invite to the next stage.