• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)
    17 December 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TV
    Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!

    📺 View Event →

Recent content by gkadh03

  1. G

    First Year Open Days/Insight Schemes 2021/2022

    Hey - I'm doing an application for both Shearman & Sterling's Head Start and the Open Day - to what extent can I use the same points and answer for them? They both are asking a 250-300 word answer on why you would like to attend the respective event.
  2. G

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

    Hey, does anyone have tips for written exercises in ACs or more specifically the Goodwin written exercise? It's 60 minutes long and it's quite intimidating 😬
  3. G

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

    yeah its not there :( i have emailed them so hopefully ill get it
  4. G

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

    hey - i have a AC for Cleary and they told me I need to do a Watson Glaser by Sunday. however they haven't sent me a link or anything?? what should i do?

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.