TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[SueD]

TW AC!!! AHHHH does anyone know the format?? The website seems to have 2 diff ones

Congratulations! I am still waiting to hear… did you get a phone call or an email?

 

[elizabethkate]

I just had my WBD phone interview. It went well and I'm feeling confident!

Here are a few behind-the-scenes facts for those who might be interested:

WBD received about 2000 applications for the DTC. 100 were invited for phone interviews. The assessment centre will be virtual to increase accessibility.

100 from 2000 based on the 5 min quiz is nuts i wonder what the criteria was

 

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

I just had my WBD phone interview. It went well and I'm feeling confident!

Here are a few behind-the-scenes facts for those who might be interested:

WBD received about 2000 applications for the DTC. 100 were invited for phone interviews. The assessment centre will be virtual to increase accessibility.

Do you know any more firms that allow virtual AC? I know another one like OC, I didn't apply both.

 

[WillKitchen]

Do you know any more firms that allow virtual AC?

Not off the top of my head.

It is also a cost saving measure, of course. There are no travel expenses to pay. But because WBD is a very regionally dispersed firm, it makes sense. Although London and US based, they have UK offices as far apart as Plymouth and Edinburgh.

 

[hanz123]

Dear all,

Im AbSoLuTeLy DeLiGhTeD to announce that Simmons & Simmons have officially been ghosting me for 100 days.

I am thrilled and motivated by their incredible work ethic, and CoLlAbOrAtIvE culture of treating applicants as a joke.. it is a level of commitment one can only aspire to achieve.

More likely to get married before they respond

me with AG

 

[WillKitchen]

A mix.

I prepared carefully, including speaking to a paralegal I know who worked there (he's doing a pupillage now), and getting in touch with one of their clients who I know through work.

 

[Iljjxm]

Does anyone also have difficulty accessing some pages of Clyde & Co - not partiuclar articles but some of their services pages - my AC is tomorrow e.g.,
https://www.clydeco.com › services › cyber-risk-expertise

Congratulations! Is this a London AC?

 

[Iljjxm]

so is mine lol cant even get myself to sleep

Congratulations! I hope it went well was this for London?

 

[qwerty!]

guys i just spent 30 minutes walking around in circles trying to find this law firm help

 

[Careergal]

Anyone who has done the Goodwin AC, pleaseeeeee pm me

 

[axk323]

TW AC!!! AHHHH does anyone know the format?? The website seems to have 2 diff ones

Congratulations!!! is this for the Cambridge office?

 

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

guys i just spent 30 minutes walking around in circles trying to find this law firm help

What? Are you attending in-person AC? And can't find the office?

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

guys i just spent 30 minutes walking around in circles trying to find this law firm help

Which firm is it?

 

[Novaa]

guys i just spent 30 minutes walking around in circles trying to find this law firm help

Me with firms located in the Liverpool Street area

 

[qwerty!]

What? Are you attending in-person AC? And can't find the office?

Which firm is it?

cleary gottlieb it’s okay we’re good i’ve found it now but only after walking in circles for half an hour (and yeah attending an AC!)

 

[AtticusFinch]

So sorry if this sounds tone deaf I promise that’s not my intention at all, and I genuinely understand how tough rejections can be as someone whose been rejected almost everyday.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has ever felt like this. I’ve just received my first ever assessment centre after so many rejections, and for the last 24 hours my mind has honestly gone blank because I’m in disbelief that it actually happened.

Is it normal to feel this excited for this long, even though I know it’s still just one step in the process and not a guarantee of anything? I think I’m just shocked more than anything and wondering if others have experienced the same feeling.

 

[Legallywhatever]

So sorry if this sounds tone deaf I promise that’s not my intention at all, and I genuinely understand how tough rejections can be as someone whose been rejected almost everyday.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has ever felt like this. I’ve just received my first ever assessment centre after so many rejections, and for the last 24 hours my mind has honestly gone blank because I’m in disbelief that it actually happened.

Is it normal to feel this excited for this long, even though I know it’s still just one step in the process and not a guarantee of anything? I think I’m just shocked more than anything and wondering if others have experienced the same feeling.

Getting an AC is a massive achievement considering the competitiveness of this field and you should be totally excited and proud of yourself!!

 

[Jaysen]

So sorry if this sounds tone deaf I promise that’s not my intention at all, and I genuinely understand how tough rejections can be as someone whose been rejected almost everyday.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has ever felt like this. I’ve just received my first ever assessment centre after so many rejections, and for the last 24 hours my mind has honestly gone blank because I’m in disbelief that it actually happened.

Is it normal to feel this excited for this long, even though I know it’s still just one step in the process and not a guarantee of anything? I think I’m just shocked more than anything and wondering if others have experienced the same feeling.

Not tone deaf at all. You should be so proud!!