• 📅 Vacation Scheme Applications 2025–26

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    Keep getting ACs but always feel like I fail them...

    Wow, this is so incredibly helpful! I agree, having a list beforehand would be very useful, especially to prevent my mind from going blank and I could stay more structured and logical that way. Thank you!
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    Keep getting ACs but always feel like I fail them...

    Thank you for the advice and motivation!
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    Keep getting ACs but always feel like I fail them...

    Thank you so much for the advice and the resources- I didn't know they existed!
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    Keep getting ACs but always feel like I fail them...

    I just think on paper I look good, hence I get invited to ACs and then, no matter how much I prepare for them, they always go badly... I think my competency interviews are okay but it's usually the case studies/written exercise interviews that bring me down. I just feel I'm not really good at...
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    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hey! Congrats! Just wondering, do you have previous legal experience? I didn't apply for their direct TC because I've only done one vac scheme and it was held virtually so I didn't think I'd be qualified enough for the direct TC route..
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Is NRF's summer vac scheme open to graduates?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I definitely can relate to sometimes coming across over rehearsed. I've found there's a point when you realise you just can't predetermine everything so letting yourself go a little can calm your nerves a lot. It's also evident in the way you speak; if you're trying to remember the answers you...
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    Do law firms look for perfection?

    I've recently had an AC and I'm waiting to hear back but I can't help but pick out and overanalyse all the mistakes I made. There were good moments, but I feel like the bad moments are going to overweigh and leave me with that PFO. I often wonder why would they choose me if there's someone who...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Congrats!! When was your AC?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Sorry to here that :( Can I ask if this was before or after taking the WG test?
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    Winter vac scheme outcomes

    How long do firms doing winter vac schemes usually take to decide outcomes of TC offers from the vac scheme? Do they wait till they've completed all their vac schemes (winter, spring, summer)?
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    White & Case VI

    Thank you so much. I applied a day before the deadline,
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    White & Case VI

    Does anyone know if there is a timer for the video interview on screen so you know how much time you have left while answering?
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    Slaughter and May Law Graduate 2024 applications

    So the September 2024 intake is only for non-law graduates?
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    Slaughter and May Law Graduate 2024 applications

    Are Slaughter and May no longer accepting law graduate applications for 2024? Their website only mentions non-law for the September 2024 intake. I was not aware the March 2024 application had already closed :(
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Thank you so much!!
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    I fear that because my chances are slim and i do apply and get rejected, I’d have reapplied too soon without much changing in my app and “missed my chance” with that firm :/
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Do you think it's worth applying to my fave firms in the summer window (where chances are much slimmer) or should I wait till next cycle opens in Autumn?
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    Law firms & Diversity

    Absolutely not. I was horrified when I saw on my vac scheme consisting of 70+ people, there was not a single black person......... and this was a firm that prided themselves on diversity 😂😂
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    still waiting as well, do you know when we're meant to hear back by?

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