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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

maylawwww

Star Member
Oct 5, 2024
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when answering this question for AG, Use this space to tell us about any mitigating circumstances that you might have, or any other information about you that might be relevant to your application., should i write more about my work experience/extracirrculars and answer it as a why law, why id be a good trainee question or just leave it blank as I don't have any mitigating circumstances?
i left it blank and got to vi but up to you!
 

TheLegalEdit

Star Member
Apr 29, 2025
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I just completed my Reed Smith VI and I literally want to cry, I feel like I’ve done terrible :( really had my hopes set on this firm and I feel defeated. Just got my feedback now but I’m not sure what to make of it. Any advice going forward would be appreciated because I just want to give up now :(
I struggle mainly with the VI, the first question I ran out of time to answer it well, the others I feel I did better but I was mentally so shaken from the first question I did have to have a quick cry after doing it lol. I believe the others I answered well but I’m just so anxious now. Has anyone else had a bad VI and had luck and success with still progressing?
 

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