• 📅 Vacation Scheme Applications 2025–26

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  1. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Yeah I’d love to follow along! How do I do that though?
  2. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Thanks so much, hope it all works out! Hahah I’m super type A with this kind of thing (not with very much else tbh) so I love having everything super neatly laid out and organised like this because it makes my brain happy 😂 how’s your application journey?
  3. sapphireoreos

    Started from the bottom

    Absolutely don’t worry about it! I applied for a bunch of things right before and around Christmas and New Year’s (oops), and firms started to get back to me from the 2nd onwards, so don’t stress!
  4. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone has had a great holiday season. When not doing the usual holiday things like spending time with immediate and extended families, I've spent a lot of my holiday season doing VS/TC applications due to my own time mismanagement, oops ... Shoutout to my...
  5. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Applied to Mishcon de Reya for their summer VS a few days ago. Hopefully I can progress to their VI (I somehow managed to do that last year lol) so fingers crossed!! It’s a firm I really like so let’s see how it goes 🤞🤞🤞
  6. sapphireoreos

    pickyportkey's Path to a TC 🛤️

    Hey, I’m Singaporean as well so good luck with your journey! I’m sure you got this
  7. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you!
  8. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Any thoughts on how to tackle these questions from Withers and Penningtons Manches Cooper respectively? 1. If your favourite childhood toy suddenly came to life, what advice would you give it today? (60 words) 2. If you were the CEO of Penningtons Manches Cooper, where would you look to open a...
  9. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Nope, they just sent me an email saying that I didn't pass the benchmark in the online test
  10. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    For what it's worth, I applied to Mishcon last year on deadline day and they're rolling 💀 but i still got a VI invite so do with that what you will
  11. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    I submitted my application for Mills & Reeve yesterday and am hoping to get my application to Mishcon de Reya in by the end of the week (both summer vac schemes). I have also just submitted my last university assessment of the semester so it's full steam ahead with applications. I'm 75% happy...
  12. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Could I also message you about the application form? Working on an application to Withers and the 60 words word count is stumping me so much
  13. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Got a PFO from HSF's summer vac scheme post-test, so I think no news is good news
  14. sapphireoreos

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Well they gave me a PFO the day after I took mine so I think that's a good indication. Otherwise they don't give you your results. (Edit: I'm only talking about Taylor Wessing here. Didn't apply to Latham so I have no clue what they do).
  15. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    I’m currently 8 hours ahead of UK time since I’m back home, and I just opened my email to see a Taylor Wessing PFO that was sent last night post-test 😍 I thought I did well in the test and did quite a bit of practice for the test so that’s a shame, but I guess this means I just need to work...
  16. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Update three months in because I dropped off TCLA for a few months! It's been a super busy semester at uni, and it's scary to think that I only have one left to go :( Graduation is actually a terrifying prospect that I can’t mentally wrap my head around. I’ve also now got two mentors which has...
  17. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Hi Gemma, thanks for your kind offer and I'm so sorry for my late reply! I ended up not using TCLA for a few months and also decided not to apply to U.S. firms as I feel they don't currently align with what I'm looking for training-wise. That being said, I'm sure you're very busy looking through...
  18. sapphireoreos

    Where firms recruit from (Vacation Scheme vs Direct TC applications) 2024-2025

    Mills & Reeve only recruit through their summer vac schemes
  19. sapphireoreos

    Taylor Wessing online test. Has anyone done it before, please DM me, I have no idea what to expect! :)

    The test platform should've sent you a database of tests you can use to practice that mirror the real one. I've been using them to practice and it's been very helpful
  20. sapphireoreos

    Anxious international girlie takes on training contracts and vac schemes

    Thank you for your offer Gemma! I’m currently trying to decide whether U.S. firms is a good fit for me, as I really did enjoy the private client work experiences I’ve done. That being said, I did complete an internship in funds with a U.S. firm a few weeks ago, and I was pleasantly surprised...

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