Love how you can attend every event a firm puts on and still get binned at the first stage, yet another firm you’ve never really looked at decides youre suddenly God’s gift to recruitment
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
- Thread starter Ram Sabaratnam
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That's a fun question NGL! I would have been a film critic! Being paid to watch movies, shitpost about them and interview (favourite) celebrities? Sign me up!
🫂 I'm glad!! After this we will be such beasts of resilience the firms won't even know what to do with us 😂 Everyone's timelines are different, and are not always as linear as other people's paths (and probably for a good reason!). I'm excited to see where you'll go and what you'll accomplish in the future! 😆 Best of luck with this application cycle! and remember, we can always try again 💪I'm crying reading this, thank you so much. You have no idea how much you have helped me with your words knowing I'm not alone and you're going through the exact same thing and have adopted such an amazing mindset. I wish I could give you a hug too!! You're right that this is only making us stronger and we will get there when the time is right
haha I agree!! I wish you all the best too💗 I'm confident you will accomplish amazing things with your mindset
💀ok lowkey i need to stop keeping up my #1 ranking for posts and go do my Land supervision reading 😂 have a goodnight everyone! rest earlyy
Tbf the auto email did say we should start to make accommodations in advance, should we all receive the written exercise invite. Better to be prepared than underprepared in these cases!
Honestly, imagine if it’s an email exercise and I’ve only got my phone, that ‘Sent from my iPhone’ is absolutely giving partner vibes.
What does ur DLA portal look like? Does it say smth along the lines of "we are looking forward to getting to know you"?
I wrote that I wanted to be a Sherpa. A group from the Himalayas renowned for their exceptional high-altitude mountaineering skills, serving as guides and porters crucial to Mount Everest expeditions by fixing ropes, navigating treacherous terrain, and carrying gear for foreign climbers!
I can guarantee no-one else wrote that haha!
Woahh haha that's definitely one grad rec will remember for years to come!! That's so creative! Also while I have you here, I've always wanted to say I love your username because it makes me laugh everytime I see Lord Sumption in the forum 😂 We need a Lord Hoffmann now
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😂 Indeed!! I was going to change my name to Lady hale but i have to wait until like January until I can change my username 😆
Ahhh! I studied medical law too which clearly gave me delusions of being a doctor. Maybe in another life hahahaHaha that’s so cool honestly! Seeing everyone’s alternative career ideas, I think Skadden should progress all of our applications! Some incredibly creative ideas for grad rec to read.
I wrote 2 alternative careers if I were not pursuing law. First was my personal conviction seeing my grandpa went to politics. Second is the career I've built since at University and now in business. I mentioned that I diverted from them because of nepotism and my boss dragged me to pub, went to rent chicks 👯♀️ each week, and asked me to fake the company balance sheet.
I add how law could save me from that sinful situation and help others fairly. If the word count is more than 300, I'd love to add my last career choice based on my hobby and friends who supported me to become a singer/musician as I won some music competition when I was a kid 🤣
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