TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[boots pharmacy]

Update on me spiralling- I got the vac scheme offer in the end. Thanks for the emotional support chat!!!!

So glad to hear this. Told you!

 

[boots pharmacy]

I have a first stage interview tmr morning and they've said in the email to ask about the training process / training contract and I always blank on these types of qs in the moment, does anyone have any good questions to prepare? TIA

"Is the training here going to be better than at Davis & Main'?"

Jokes aside, you could ask about client secondments, international secondments, what your interviewer thinks the best seat combinations at the firm would be, whether there's a difference in picking seats first/last, whether they trained at the firm & how they found it, etc.

 

[boots pharmacy]

Guys following question: i know that firms usually call with VS offers, and some even call with PFOs and then send an email if you don’t reply. However, when it comes to offers: if one misses the call, would the offer come per email just as a PFO would? Or do firms tend to wait for you to call back and give offers exclusively by call? I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone with experience

Depends on the firm. Some firms will ask you to schedule a call back via email. Others will just make you the offer via email. Have heard that at PW the big man himself (Neel Sachdev) calls those offered TC's, and waits to reschedule in the event of a missed call.

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

Michelmores with the 10:30pm PFO

same, absolutely diabolical

 

[Kenomy]

Did anyone who applied for the Sky vac scheme receive a confirmation email?

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

How many days?
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[rachl_shep]

Nobody heard from CC?

 

[hxnnahrobinson]

Any AG updates? I haven’t yet heard back following VI.

 

[nbjani]

Hey! I tried to find this info online but couldn’t. For the SH vac scheme, is the online assessment/VI the last stage or is there also an AC? Also based on previous years do we know when we may expect to hear back from the online assessment?

 

[Hanzeeb]

Hey! I tried to find this info online but couldn’t. For the SH vac scheme, is the online assessment/VI the last stage or is there also an AC? Also based on previous years do we know when we may expect to hear back from the online assessment?

Hey! The online assessment/VI would be the last stage for the vac scheme. The AC would be held at the end of the vac scheme for a TC I believe

 

[hanz123]

long awaited PFO this morning from AG, the way I hate that firm with a passion considering I got to the AC in my second cycle good riddance I will not be applying to them again hopefully a better firm is out there for me…

 

[👩🏼💼]

Thanks so much for the update! Could I ask how you found out about this? Did you reach out to them? Also is this for a specific office or is this the case for all of their offices? Thanks again!

Yes I spoke to head of recruitment! It’s for Bristol and Reading offices as they had their ACs last week. London will probably be the following week (admittedly didn’t ask as I’m Bristol based) but would likely follow the same time period post-AC. Which office are you applying to?

 

[Shawshank728394]

Still nothing from Slaughters?

 

[adfs456]

Anyone heard back from Cooley yet post AC?

 

[elizabethkate]

is it cheeky to ask when we would hear back from AC if we have other offers like paralegal roles and such?

 

[MET21]

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has heard back from Baker McKenzie following either the Spring or Summer assessment centres?

 

[radicaloptimist]

When do brand ambassador roles usually open up? I just got an email from my uni law society saying to start applying but I’ve looked up a few firms and I can’t see anywhere open yet?

 

[Isobel.liddle]

Does anyone recon we may heard from SH today? They seem to have been quick and on it this cycle and the last from my understanding.

 

[EL2003]

Does anyone recon we may heard from SH today? They seem to have been quick and on it this cycle and the last from my understanding.

I think the deadline was yesterday so I doubt it maybe next week though or the week after

 

[FutureLawyer_]

Does anyone know is Brabers interactive assessment is automatic ?