TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[elle woods]

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

🫂 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 💪

 

[elle woods]

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

😂😂😂 so real haha

 

[elle woods]

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!

😍 lowkey the dream life omg hahaha

 

[plsgivemetc]

🫂 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 💪

haha I agree!! I wish you all the best too💗 I'm confident you will accomplish amazing things with your mindset

 

[elle woods]

💀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

 

[NomenEstOmen]

omg the latham VI was an absolute nightmare

anyone has any insights on Latham VI?

Hey, have you taken the VI already?

 

[NomenEstOmen]

2nd stage

Hey, do you maybe have any insights on the VI?

 

[TCLA0322]

Speaking Skadden, Love that I’m away the entire week next week and stressing about whether I can squeeze a laptop into my easyJet allowance… despite not even knowing if I’m getting through to the next Skadden stage. Peak delulu era.😇

 

[Harvey Specter]

Speaking Skadden, Love that I’m away the entire week next week and stressing about whether I can squeeze a laptop into my easyJet allowance… despite not even knowing if I’m getting through to the next Skadden stage. Peak delulu era.😇

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!​

 

[TCLA0322]

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.

 

[CuriousTrainee]

@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.

What does ur DLA portal look like? Does it say smth along the lines of "we are looking forward to getting to know you"?

 

[MeWantTCPlz]

Speaking Skadden, Love that I’m away the entire week next week and stressing about whether I can squeeze a laptop into my easyJet allowance… despite not even knowing if I’m getting through to the next Skadden stage. Peak delulu era.😇

It’s ✨manifestation✨

 

[Lord Sumption]

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 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!

 

[elle woods]

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

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

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 Hoffman now

And a lady hale😂

 

[elle woods]

And a lady hale😂

😂 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 😆

 

[sooae]

Haha 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. ​

Ahhh! I studied medical law too which clearly gave me delusions of being a doctor. Maybe in another life hahaha

 

[Amgrad]

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 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 🤣

 

[Harvey Specter]

Ahhh! I studied medical law too which clearly gave me delusions of being a doctor. Maybe in another life hahaha

Great minds think alike hahaha. Medical law was one of my favourite modules. I did give thought to pursuing medical negligence law but I defo prefer the commercial law route.​

 

[BobThebIlly]

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!

Istg I wrote that but from a different lens that was more personal to me but that’s crazy 😭😭

I was inspired by getting into hiking/mountaineering in the past year and general interest