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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi all! Anyone knows if I still have a chance should i decide to apply for Cleary Gottlieb VS? I saw their applications are still open but that they review it on rolling basis... Don't know how competitive it is and whether they would even still have spots? (saw they did around 60 a year though...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Anyone knows when to expect Paul, Weiss to get back to VS applicants?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you, much appreciated! Best of luck to all of you guys as well 🙏 How long does the process of VS generally take after application deadlines close?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    The 3 of them were all 1 month programmes over the course of summer. If you have good grades and are top of your class it is quite easily accessible in Belgium... (At least compared to London from what I see here 😅)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi, quite new to this whole UK vac scheme thing. Recently read about the Paul, Weiss vac scheme and the possibility for international students not studying in the UK to apply as well. How much is previous legal internship experience valued (for reference, I did A&O Shearman, Linklaters and...

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