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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Unrelated but if you guys are looking for a hobby to take your mind off applications and lower your screen time, get a bedazzling kit and bedazzle everything you own. It’s so easy and satisfying. I’ve done 3 lip balms so far xx
Dazzling Date Night GIF by Blake Lively Fan
 
Same here! non-RG uni, graduated 2024, funded and passed the SQE on my own, and only just got my first VS in a US firm - It's possible!!

Hoping to convert and do the best I can, and you can do the same! justagirl23
wow hats off to you as a non-RG grad too love this for you!!
 
guys when slaughter and may said in the email they will get back towards the end of February... surely that can't mean march right? 🤣 they have like one business day left, I'm going crazy
If I've learned anything applying to law firms, it's that rules apply differently depending on which side of the hiring divide you're sitting on. An application deadline is AN APPLICATION DEADLINE, "we will get back to you by end of feb" could mean february 2027, next Wednesday, or never.
 
guys when slaughter and may said in the email they will get back towards the end of February... surely that can't mean march right? 🤣 they have like one business day left, I'm going crazy
they said beginning of march in an email, which we should take to mean any point from mid feb to never. also it’s been almost 50 days post interview for me!
 

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