TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Unknowncabbage]

Does anybody have an idea about how strict Sullivan & Cromwell are with individual module grades?

 

[MZJxLadha]

I am sorry to hear this

If this for the legal assistant/legal graduate role, please can I ask when did you apply?

Heyy. No problem haha I applied on the 3rd April did the online test and then got a PFO a couple weeks later I think!

 

[CupOfTea17]

Hey guys, is there anyone who got a TC during their first cycle? Wondering if is it really possible if you are not an oxbridge, head of law society etc type of candidate

Hey, I'm not one of those people who have managed that. It is possible! But for most people it might take a few cycles! So don't feel disheartened if you haven't converted. I am on my second cycle now and I have received 3 ACs and 1 VS (so far! ), but in my first cycle I didn't progress through a single second stage for any of my applications.
Don't worry if you don't get anything this round essentially! (Although I'm sure you are more than capable of getting it!)

 

[radssss]

Heyy. No problem haha I applied on the 3rd April did the online test and then got a PFO a couple weeks later I think!

Thank you!! I did the online test on 26th March and haven’t heard back :/

 

[amb303]

Hey, I'm not one of those people who have managed that. It is possible! But for most people it might take a few cycles! So don't feel disheartened if you haven't converted. I am on my second cycle now and I have received 3 ACs and 1 VS (so far! ), but in my first cycle I didn't progress through a single second stage for any of my applications.
Don't worry if you don't get anything this round essentially! (Although I'm sure you are more than capable of getting it!)

I second this! I'm an Oxbridge PhD finalist and cycle 2 is going better than cycle 1 but I think multiple cycles is very common, as TC's are brutally competitive no matter what your background is.

 

[biglawslave]

Could someone advise if Macfarlanes' 2-stage online tests are automatic?

Pretty sure it's after passing a benchmark on the first one!