TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[jagath]

CONGRATS!!! When did u interview, when did u hear, and are u law / non law (apologies for the qs I'm going insane waiting hahaha)

haha shouldve said. non law, heard today, interviewed eight weeks ago!

 

[stilltrying]

Goodwin vac !!! thought the ac went terribly

 

[TsulaE]

Goodwin vac !!! thought the ac went terribly

Congrats!! Is this spring or summer?

 

[henry1050]

Goodwin vac !!! thought the ac went terribly

congrats! when was your ac?

 

[Madison Pinewall]

slaughters vac scheme offer

congrats!!! (im still waiting sigh)

 

[stilltrying]

congrats! when was your ac?

thanks soo much its for spring - did my ac on the 17th

 

[SueD]

Has anyone heard from Withers for SVS?

 

[rachl_shep]

CC Spark video interview

Congrats! Out of curiosity did ur application say archived on the portal? Tryna work out if its definite PFO haha

 

[bmn45]

thanks soo much its for spring - did my ac on the 17th

Congrats!! May I ask when they called you?

 

[Raees_Khan]

Congrats! Out of curiosity did ur application say archived on the portal? Tryna work out if its definite PFO haha

Thanks! Mine just said “In Review” when I checked yesterday. Hopefully “Archived” doesn’t mean a PFO tho

 

[quanxi123]

Has anyone heard from Goodwin for summer? (AC 24th)

 

[James Wakefield]

Has anyone heard from Goodwin for summer? (AC 24th)

Weirdly some people privately mentioned Summer offers yesterday, but I’m not sure why they’d do those before Spring today?

So hopefully more to come!

 

[ABC234]

Regarding coffee chats in a vac scheme - is it rude to bring my notebook with written questions and take notes of what they’re saying?

I’m scared I’ll forget what I wanted to ask and their responses hahahaha

@Abbie Whitlock

 

[silonthesofa]

Regarding coffee chats in a vac scheme - is it rude to bring my notebook with written questions and take notes of what they’re saying?

I’m scared I’ll forget what I wanted to ask and their responses hahahaha

@Abbie Whitlock

It's actively encouraged! For sure bring your notebook everywhere you go, and if you're going to actively take notes, maybe politely ask them would it be alright if you took notes, but generally speaking, for the duration of the vac scheme, that notebook is glued to your hand and goes everywhere you go. Keep track of everyone you spoke to, everything you did, everything you were asked to research, etc.

 

[Shawshank728394]

Anyone else heard from slaughters?

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

Orrick PFO

 

[juan234]

Orrick pfo

 

[Legal12345]

Does Michelmores amberjack have a VI element?

 

[wqueens8]

How do people go about applying for paralegal roles, with previous vac scheme?

Is it not obvious that I actively want a TC if I've been completing vac schemes, if they are asking about my future do I declare that I would want to apply for TCs. (Note the one I am currently applying for is a legal support centre, no trainees, basically no lawyers in the building)

 

[Jessica Pearson - Managing Partner]

Orrick PFO post WG
I HATE WG tests so much ugh!!!