TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[bh.sa]

I have a final stage interview for Perkins Coie's LBA programme (having completed the VS), but now that they've merged with Ashurst, does anyone know how the process might change? Will Perkins change their process completely, or will I still be able to interview as normal?

If @Abbie Whitlock or @Andrei Radu have anything to share I would really appreciate it.

Hi, congrats on your interview! Quick question - did you apply last year for the programme and you're doing your interview this year? I'm interested in applying for the LBA programme, but can't find any details about application dates?

 

[lawyersum]

Mishcon chat interview has absolutely destroyed me wtf was that

 

[l789]

Grad Rec said it's a question they use to get to know you better. It doesn't have to be a career linked to law at all. I don't think it plays a key role in who gets progressed or not. Just make sure your why Skadden answer is good.

What are all the questions skadden ask - I understand they changed the questions only last year?

 

[safari3]

Can you take the two Taylor Wessing tests separately or does it have to be all in one go?

 

[Bread]

Mishcon chat interview has absolutely destroyed me wtf was that

Ikr, pretty ridiculous to make candidates sit for two hours and do that only to scrap them with ambjerjack/cappfinity later

 

[Bread]

Re Mishcon chat interview, do we get a feedback report? For some reason I think i understood that we do

 

[seriouscandidate_]

Mishcon chat interview has absolutely destroyed me wtf was that

I need to do mine either today or tomorrow. I hate VIs, dreading it...

 

[LaDiva]

Can you take the two Taylor Wessing tests separately or does it have to be all in one go?

It's two separate sections, independent of each other, so you could take them at different times.

 

[qaz99]

Simmons AC!

 

[Jennifer2003]

Simmons AC!

Congratulations!!! An amazing achievement. Would you mind sharing your scores from the sjt, and for which office this is for? Again well done!!

 

[qaz99]

Congratulations!!! An amazing achievement. Would you mind sharing your scores from the sjt, and for which office this is for? Again well done!!

Sure, it's for the London office. My scores were kinda average: 6, 6, 6 (I think)

 

[LawAspirer]

do we think theres still any hope to hear from Dechert post WE or are people assuming PFOs

Really have no clue. Doesn't seem like many people were advanced to interview (atleast from what I see).
I'm not assuming PFO but also don't know what to think

 

[LawAspirer]

What can I expect from Mischon chat interview? is it written and then VI? Or what is the spiel? Very confused!!

 

[anon78365222111]

lol when do TW reply to us it’s been forever

 

[Harold Gunderson]

Does the Mischon chat include motivational questions like why the company? Or is it more getting you to think on your feet?

 

[firmfirm]

Hi, congrats on your interview! Quick question - did you apply last year for the programme and you're doing your interview this year? I'm interested in applying for the LBA programme, but can't find any details about application dates?

Hi, thank you! I applied for the vac scheme last year and was successful, but their process is a bit different. While other firms offer exit interviews straight after the vac scheme, Perkins said ours would be 1 or 2 years later. So if you did the vac scheme in your second year, you’d do it in your final year; if you did it in your first year, you’d also do it in your final year (like me). That was the only possible route to the LBA programme at the time (in 2024), so there wasn’t a direct LBA application available.

It’s only recently (so this year) that they opened both LBA and VS applications, which I think has now closed, so you’d likely need to wait until next year when applications open again. That can actually be a positive, because it gives you more time to learn about the merger (if it goes through) and prepare a strong application. In terms of dates, they typically recruit sometime in the summer (around June-ish I think).

Hope that clarifies things!

 

[SoonToSolicit]

Anyone heard back from Clyde & Co Paralegal Academy post VI?

 

[lawyersum]

Literally. It took me 2.5 hours. And I have no idea how they’re going to assess us, I doubt they’re going to read all of our chat.

Ikr, pretty ridiculous to make candidates sit for two hours and do that only to scrap them with ambjerjack/cappfinity later

 

[aspringlawyer25]

Any insights on Osborne Clarke's deductive reasoning test? Is it a WG?

 

[yk1906]

Has King & Spalding opened their apps?