TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[W5690]

I see there is a lot of activity regarding DLA Piper. I'd like to know (be extremely grateful too) if someone who has been invited to a phone interview can share when they received their 'passed WG' email and what their scores were. If it helps anyone (I have not been invited to a phone interview - yet?)

• Applied 6th October
• Watson Glaser Invite 26th October (did it on the 28th)
• Received the 'you have successfully passed our online assessment' email on the 29th Oct
• My 'scores' were: 3 Strengths to leverage and 1 Further exploration

But I have not been invited to a Telephone interview (maybe it will be a PFO)

@GT1205H Hi! Do you think it is quite a bad sign not to have heard anything since I took their WG test? 😅 On Friday it will have been 2 weeks. Thank you.

 

[yk1906]

me too ahah would require so much learning to catch up - i find law much more interesting anyways, but the application processes and the intakes are brutal ahah

If I were you I’d just apply to IB for the sake of it 😁 I still do it just for fun. And to practice logical tests

 

[Harvey Specter]

Nah slaughters got the ultimate test - 1st from oxbridge 😆

Watch them add both - 1st from Oxbridge + 90th percentile in the Watson Glaser…​

 

[yk1906]

Watch them add both - 1st from Oxbridge + 90th percentile in the Watson Glaser…​

Also that obviously wouldn’t be enough without a wide range of weirdly specific extracurriculars 😂

 

[elle woods]

If I were you I’d just apply to IB for the sake of it 😁 I still do it just for fun. And to practice logical tests

that's definitely an idea! although I'm barely managing to keep up with studies while also doing law apps haha, not sure how I'd fare with adding IB to that 😂 but I do agree that practicing the tests and what not is a life hack aha. Maybe it's something to think about post graduation

Edit: 100th post!!

 

[elle woods]

out of interest, did anyone apply to Skadden? I'm really interested in hearing what others put down as their "alternative career" haha

 

[Harvey Specter]

out of interest, did anyone apply to Skadden? I'm really interested in hearing what others put down as their "alternative career" haha

I applied to Skadden and I’d written about being a neurosurgeon and pursuing a career in medicine lmao. No idea if they will like it but meh. Wbu?​

 

[jojo23]

Watch them add both - 1st from Oxbridge + 90th percentile in the Watson Glaser…​

Woah woah woah buddy, dont forget to add the trust fund into the mix

 

[elle woods]

I applied to Skadden and I’d written about being a neurosurgeon and pursuing a career in medicine lmao. No idea if they will like it but meh. Wbu?​

i love that haha - it's so cool that you have such a clear vision of what you'd be doing! I was debating on talking about a career that is similar to commercial law but decided to go with my heart 😂 i talked about being a music producer LMAO, so completely irrelevant to commercial law lol- no idea whether they will like it either haha

 

[vweewcvew]

Is it worth applying for Reed Smith rn (say I send my app a week before deadline)?

 

[JasmineM9]

i love that haha - it's so cool that you have such a clear vision of what you'd be doing! I was debating on talking about a career that is similar to commercial law but decided to go with my heart 😂 i talked about being a music producer LMAO, so completely irrelevant to commercial law lol- no idea whether they will like it either haha

To jump on the conversation - i wrote about becoming a creative designer for a fashion house (Schiaparelli or Bottega Veneta type thing) haha not sure if they will like it lol. Loving the alternative careers tho!!

 

[sooae]

I applied to Skadden and I’d written about being a neurosurgeon and pursuing a career in medicine lmao. No idea if they will like it but meh. Wbu?​

Hahaha same! I wrote about being a doctor too

 

[addy2004]

out of interest, did anyone apply to Skadden? I'm really interested in hearing what others put down as their "alternative career" haha

I wrote about becoming a financial adviser! Not sure if it was 'interesting' enough, depends what kind of angle they wanted us to take...

 

[elle woods]

To jump on the conversation - i wrote about becoming a creative designer for a fashion house (Schiaparelli or Bottega Veneta type thing) haha not sure if they will like it lol. Loving the alternative careers tho!!

ooh wait that's such an interesting alternative career! that would be cool ngl haha
fingers crossed we all get to the next stage! tho i'm not too sure what to expect lol 😭

 

[elle woods]

I wrote about becoming a financial adviser! Not sure if it was 'interesting' enough, depends what kind of angle they wanted us to take...

I was going to do something like that haha, I think it's definitely a safe option!

 

[addy2004]

I was going to do something like that haha, I think it's definitely a safe option!

Exactly! My approach was to write about a career with similar skills to law (& have knowledge in from my work experience) to show really why I have considered it

 

[elle woods]

Exactly! My approach was to write about a career with similar skills to law (& have knowledge in from my work experience) to show really why I have considered it

mhm! i think that sounds like a strong answer and approach to me! lowkey looking back on mine now idk if it's good haha but I guess we'll find out next week 😂

 

[londonlawyer]

For Kirkland, there is a work experience section in the application form but a separate section to attach our CVs. I'm not entirely sure whether they are looking for us to just copy paste what we've said in our CV. Would it be safe approach to only include legal work in CV and then non-legal and extracurriculars in the work experience section of the application form? @Abbie Whitlock @Andrei Radu Thank you!!

 

[Harvey Specter]

i love that haha - it's so cool that you have such a clear vision of what you'd be doing! I was debating on talking about a career that is similar to commercial law but decided to go with my heart 😂 i talked about being a music producer LMAO, so completely irrelevant to commercial law lol- no idea whether they will like it either haha

It took me over a week just to pick an alternative career because I was torn between writing about a career very similar to commercial law or something completely different. I studied medical law and ethics as a module and researched several novel neurosurgery negligence cases so figured that I would write about that and hope for the best!​

 

[Vakil]

I wrote about being a chef!