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📅 Vacation Scheme & Open Day Applications 2025–26
Planning to apply for vacation schemes, open days or insight schemes? Join our dedicated threads for support, deadlines, and discussion:
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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Comprehensive list of open day and insight scheme application deadlines across top law firms. -
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
When is your AC? Mines on the 8th!! Best of luck :D- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
The 21st December!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
NRF AC :D Genuinely so surprised and happy, haven't had an AC since 2020!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
As a Colombian it is firmly at the top of my favourite Disney films but it’s also so empowering and has great music!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Oh god now I’m nervous 😬 dw mine was also wobbly and I wasn’t sure I put all my points across eloquently 🤷🏻♀️ I also had to mention to grad rec that I was feeling exceptionally unwell because of my booster! Finger crossed and best of luck 🙏🏼- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Mine (which I did on the 20-something of December) was for Spring- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It’s also been great for graduates too! I didn’t know I wanted to go into corporate law when I was at uni and the shift to online events has been amazing (especially because they work around my work hours!) though I do miss Legal Cheeks’ events at firms and getting to chat face-to-face with...- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I’m on 15, aiming for 20 while working full-time. I definitely feel like it’s preparing me for the hours of commercial law but it is doable especially if you draft enough answers, by the end of January you can send off applications in 3-4 hours!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Does this mean we’ll be hearing back about ACs next week?- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Just email grad rec and they send over the report!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Barbarians at the Gate was a brilliant read! Read more like a thriller than a business book. I’m not even interested in PE (nor did I really understand it before reading) and I thoroughly enjoyed it!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Would recommend Jake Schoggers commercial law handbook!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Has anyone heard back from Stephenson Harwood (Spring)? I feel like it’s been ages and I’ve only seen one positive post on the forum!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
God I just checked and yeah 4 hours 🙄 guess it’s going to be a tight deadline squeeze for me if that’s the case!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Do we need to include the standard yours sincerely at the end of the Freshfields personal statement or is it ok to leave it out?- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
How does the best-friend system work in terms of lawyers getting exposure to international work?- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
This cycle I’ve been utilising this section to talk about my decision to go into law as a career changer especially as I work in the Civil Service! I feel like it helps give a nice narrative that wouldn’t fit in a lot of applications!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
The grad rec person seemed to indicate that they would likely wait until all TIs are done before sending out ACs- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Just completed the NRF telephone interview (while enduring the wonderful booster side effects!) no idea how it went but grad rec were lovely. They said they were interviewing this week, next week and the week after so don’t lose hope if you haven’t heard back yet!- thirdtimelucky
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Usually the day after, I got my TI invite the next day.- thirdtimelucky
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