TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[Asil Ahmad]

Hey does anyone know if any applications for any firm for summer vacation scheme are still open after from Gibson Dunn? Any reply will be helpful, thank you.

WBD and Arnold Porter.

 

[Asil Ahmad]

Has anyone had any experience with the SST with Kennedys? I'm not quite sure how to prepare as I've never done an SST on the Cappfinity platform so any guidance would be great

Make a cup of tea or coffee and relax it is the long SST I done it last year it took me 2 hours to do it last year.

 

[LEL]

Skadden AC!

 

[Rob93]

For anyone finding themselves exasperated with the VS/TC process, especially those who are still in uni who may not know this, I just want to let you know that private practice training is not the be-all-end-all. Opportunities to qualify in-house are at unprecedented levels, and the paralegal market is booming. There are also a thousand different roles adjacent to the law, some of which pay near as well and offer similarly interesting work (and a better work-life balance). In the past few weeks I've had 4 conversations with recruiters about compelling long-term alternatives to private practice training, and more interesting, well-comped paralegal gigs than I can count.

It's easy to get pigeonholed into thinking private practice is the entire world, or at least thinking 'I would like to cut my teeth in private practice for a few years' - and that's fair, honestly I still kind of think that which is why I'm still applying to firms. But there are opportunities I never imagined - some of them in industries I never knew existed - and honestly some of them are really cool.

This isn't to dissuade anyone from going all-out or sticking to it as long as necessary to bag that sweet sweet biglaw TC - I know we're all here because we're invested in having legal careers. But I know, for me at least, it's immensely reassuring to realise there are *options*, whether they're stepping-stones to the biglaw gig or career paths in their own right.

Wagmi

 

[Rob93]

Skadden AC!

Huge congratulations, that's stellar.

 

[Anoned]

Skadden AC!

 

[Rob93]

Skadden AC!

Amazing, well done

 

[refy]

Anyone have any tips for preparing for the Slaughters interview / any potential commercial issues that will be covered? Mine's on Tues

 

[vacschemesforeveryone]

Anyone have any tips for preparing for the Slaughters interview / any potential commercial issues that will be covered? Mine's on Tues

Good luck!! Is this for the summer vac scheme and if so when did you apply?

 

[Jooooopp7]

Has anyone tried applying to goodwin's VS? they advertised the deadline as today but I just tried to apple and the job posting has gone - I was under the impression that a deadline being on the 15th Jan would include the day of unless they meant for it to be midnight on the 14th Jan?? is there anything I can do?

 

[M777]

Skadden AC

 

[antisocial applicant]

For the people with assessment centre and interview invites, are these in-person at firms' offices or are they done virtually?

 

[AL123456]

Hi All, so I applied to DLA Piper mid november. I haven't heard back and I saw quite a few people heard back regarding an AC this week., so I guess I have been rejected. Should I email grad rec or is it just normal to wait it out? Also I saw a lot of people saying their portal updated. I am not sure what this means.

 

[yll]

Has anyone tried applying to goodwin's VS? they advertised the deadline as today but I just tried to apple and the job posting has gone - I was under the impression that a deadline being on the 15th Jan would include the day of unless they meant for it to be midnight on the 14th Jan?? is there anything I can do?

i have the same issue, my page now says that the job is no longer posted, the page was under maintenance when I opened it earlier in the morning. I guess it means that we have missed the deadline

 

[refy]

Good luck!! Is this for the summer vac scheme and if so when did you apply?

Thanks! Yes for summer, I applied early in September !

 

[Jooooopp7]

i have the same issue, my page now says that the job is no longer posted, the page was under maintenance when I opened it earlier in the morning. I guess it means that we have missed the deadline

Thats so annoying! i think thats so misleading to put the deadline as today and close it the night before! its a Saturday as well so I'm not even sure anyone will answer a call/email

 

[awd1998]

Burness Paull invite to behavioural assessments and Shepherd and Wedderburn invite to numerical and verbal reasoning test due by Monday. Which means that's any plans I had for the weekend out the window now with two AC's next week to prepare for as well.

 

[thirdtimelucky]

For the people with assessment centre and interview invites, are these in-person at firms' offices or are they done virtually?

NRF's is virtual

 

[thirdtimelucky]

Hi All, so I applied to DLA Piper mid november. I haven't heard back and I saw quite a few people heard back regarding an AC this week., so I guess I have been rejected. Should I email grad rec or is it just normal to wait it out? Also I saw a lot of people saying their portal updated. I am not sure what this means.

Last year they had issues sending emails to people with gmail accounts so lots of people hadn't heard back. I had to email grad rec and they sent me the rejection email the next day so it might be worth it just to see what grad rec say

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Thats so annoying! i think thats so misleading to put the deadline as today and close it the night before! its a Saturday as well so I'm not even sure anyone will answer a call/email

No one will answer a call today. The earliest will be Monday morning.