TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[lelezb1]

Has anyone who did the Mayer Brown test around mid-november heard back?

I just received a pfo. This was the only time I was satisfied with my VI 😭

 

[QuillandCounsel]

@zonnonomo You are welcome. I completed the WG test on 28 Nov. and have not heard anything yet, so I do not think that is a good sign. 😅 Also, my portal says "we are enjoying getting to know you.", so this may mean a rejection, not communicated officially yet. 😅

If that's what your portal says it just means they are reviewing ur app and wg now before any invites to TIs. I wouldn't worry tbh

 

[lawyersum]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

 

[anonymous.15]

has anyone heard from white & case spring/summer

rejected , my rejection came a while ago idk the exact date though

 

[elle woods]

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you
Now just Hogan and Latham next please

 

[yk1906]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

Same, I feel like I sound so generic sometimes... But I've read some successful apps over the years, and some of them sounded quite generic as well, so this gives me hope 😂

 

[yk1906]

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

 

[yk1906]

Literally have been wasting my time on the forum all evening... Oops

 

[yuhhhh]

Literally yesterday which is why I think it might be automatic but I'm still trying to savour some good news this cycle haha

bro i swear kirkland are sending out invites on a reverse rolling order 🤣

sent my app in in october hoping to hear back earlier but it seems people who are receiving invites now submitted this week

 

[BM99]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you
Now just Hogan and Latham next please

 

[testing123]

has anyone heard from white & case spring/summer

no, i dont think so. have you received any vi invite, if so how long was this after submitting the online assessment if you dont mind me asking. i havent received anything sadly

 

[elle woods]

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

haha don't be sorry, I was expecting it since I wasn't progressed onto stage 2 for ages 🤣 at least they're faster in rejecting than Hogan and Latham man

 

[BobThebIlly]

submitted my Goodwin app with only minutes to spare... that was terrifying but so exhilarating lmfao

 

[elle woods]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

well, this is the VS thread haha so yes, the VS

 

[Harvey Specter]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

Same here lmao, idk what’s going on atp. It’s like my brains only activates AFTER I’ve submitted my app and only then will I spot 13849 mistakes and my app reads like it’s the most generic thing in all of human history… Just have to hope for the best in these circumstances I guess. 🫤​

 

[spongebob]

Sorry for this, wishing you luck for the rest of your apps. Could you please say when you completed VI?

8/12

 

[W5690]

If that's what your portal says it just means they are reviewing ur app and wg now before any invites to TIs. I wouldn't worry tbh

@QuillandCounsel Hi! Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. I am pretty worried as some people were sent TI invites earlier today, so I thought it was not a good sign for me and it is almost half-December. Someone who took the WG test the same day I did was sent a TI invite earlier today, hence my worries. 😅

 

[elle woods]

I just knew that I was going to hear back from a firm today inbox no longer dry

 

[Winter]

haha don't be sorry, I was expecting it since I wasn't progressed onto stage 2 for ages 🤣 at least they're faster in rejecting than Hogan and Latham man

I think with Latham, theyre waiting for people to finish VI's? I think today is the last day for people to submit. So hopefully next week we hear back!! Also can I ask what you got on ur feedback report for Freshfields?

 

[elle woods]

I think with Latham, theyre waiting for people to finish VI's? I think today is the last day for people to submit. So hopefully next week we hear back!! Also can I ask what you got on ur feedback report for Freshfields?

haha no, they haven't progressed me onto stage 2 lol. So it's the same situation as Freshfields. I think cappfinity and I have beef guys 😭 I cannot, all the cappfinities I do never turn out right