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📅 Vacation Scheme & Open Day Applications 2025–26
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Thank you! This is super helpful and frames it much more clearly for me!- LeilaScott
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Are Alternate Business Structures still a current issue? Writing about their impact (PWC, EY, KPMG mainly) on law firms but I am worried since the legislation is over 10 years old it might not be so relevant currently? If anyone has any thoughts/ good articles id really appreciate it!- LeilaScott
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I am having a bit of trouble with the Reed Smith questions "Taking into account the firm's core values and drawing on any examples you have from your experiences, would you feel confident enough to challenge your colleagues if they were carrying out a process incorrectly?" Its clearly both a...- LeilaScott
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If Reed Smith said in their email on Friday that answers should be sent within in 5 days, does that mean by end of Monday or Tuesday? Am pranging out on when to start counting lol- LeilaScott
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Just got the Research Q's from Reed Smith! - Is this a general thing or the next stage?- LeilaScott
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2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion
Anyone heard from Baker McKenzie yet?- LeilaScott
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has anyone not heard from Dechert or Reed Smith since they sent their "we are still reviewing ur app" emails?- LeilaScott
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Oh? is it still open?!- LeilaScott
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Yeah very true! Clearly worked as well haha, didn't end up applying in the end :)- LeilaScott
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Nothing, applied a week or so from the open date!- LeilaScott
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Yeah surely just makes grad recs job harder as well? Had a similar thing w Irwin Mitchell last year, clicked next and got a whole load of other questions so I just gave up lmfao cba- LeilaScott
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Thank god as well doing the VS application last year was such a slog!- LeilaScott
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Has anyone heard from Baker McKenzie yet? I submitted a day ago looool but I'm so nervous- LeilaScott
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Thank you Jessica! Always a lifesaver!- LeilaScott
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On the Baker McKenzie app, I have put my mit circs in the education record (as it is regarding one exam not all of them), but there is another section asking if I have it circs that means I don't meet min academic requirements? As far as I understand their minimum requirements are a 2.1 which I...- LeilaScott
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Ah this is such helpful advice!! i've been staring at the paragraph for so long trying to figure out how to word it sensitively, thank you!!- LeilaScott
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Im trying to write an app question on a diversity initiative I was involved with, is it bad vibes to say that the society was predisposed to a white demographic? The whole goal of my role was to change the image and membership of the society to better reflect the university body but seems...- LeilaScott
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Still waiting for Dechert Summer VS, CRS, Reed Smith VS Summer ...- LeilaScott
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Ropes and Gray PFO lets goooooooooo lmfao- LeilaScott
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Has anyone applied to Baker McKenzie yet? Just editing my final draft and looking to send it off before next week!- LeilaScott
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