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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
It’s hard to know for sure what practice group you would want to qualify into prior to commencing a TC, as it’s very possible you gain experience in a completely different seat and change your mind mid-way through your TC. I think it’s important to keep an open mind going into a TC and forming...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Huge congrats my friend!! 🐐- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Damn huge congrats on getting a TC offer!! 🐐- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Damn thank you all so much for the kind messages and support on the forum. I really appreciate it!! You guys are all GOATed fr! 🐐🐐- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I can’t believe I’m writing this. Paul, Weiss VS offer??!! For reference, I think I applied for both Spring and Summer. 🥲🥲- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I think AS normally only get back to people that are successful in moving to the next stage of the process. After a while they send out the automated PFO’s to everyone else. For example, I applied to the AstraZeneca and Covington AS Mentoring Scheme. A lot of people on this forum hadn’t heard...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Best of luck to everyone waiting for Paul, Weiss and Willkie (post interviews). Hopefully we all get good news this week! 🙂- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Huge congrats!! Best of luck for your BCLP Summer VS and hopefully you are able to convert it into a TC offer! All of us on the TCLA forum will be rooting for you!! 🐐🐐- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
I think BCLP is also pretty good at Competition Law, M&A, Banking & Finance, Insurance and Dispute Resolution. I wrote about Competition, M&A and Dispute Resolution in my application (alongside Real Estate). It’s worthwhile looking at Chambers & Partners to see which practice areas BCLP is...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I think you normally have to download the application before you submit it because I don’t think CVMailUK gives the option to review applications once they have been submitted. I had to do this for my Paul Hastings application. 🥲- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I think it depends on which firm is your top choice. If you prefer the firm which has already offered you a VS, I think it would be better to sign their VS offer sooner rather than later. If your top choice is the firm you haven’t heard back from yet post AC, I think it’s best to sign the VS...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
I don’t think you should assume a firm ‘doesn’t want you’. This whole process is super competitive, with some firms having just a 0.5% chance of securing a TC! Just because Baker McKenzie rejected you last year, doesn’t mean they will do the same this year. Besides, you wouldn’t know unless you...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
I think Baker McKenzie, BCLP, Macfarlanes, and SH don’t have a minimum A-level requirement at all. To be fair, even for firms that do have a minimum A-level requirement of AAB, they will still consider applicants who marginally miss the grades (e.g., ABB-BBB), provided that they meet their...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I received a Paul, Weiss interview invite around mid Feb and had my interview last week. I was told that they were aiming for interviews to be finished by today, with VS offers or post interview PFOs to be sent next week. Quite a few people have had interviews who applied for Summer VS only. I...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Huge congrats matey! 🥳🐐- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Congrats on getting an AC! I think if anything, the fact that you have made it to the AC, shows you have demonstrated a high level of interest and potential to the firm in question. This is despite having ‘no contact with the firm through events or law fairs’. I don’t think a lack of in person...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I sent my application like 1-2 days before the deadline and selected Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2. 🥲- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
I think White & Case TC route is non-rolling, so since the deadline is in July, you probably won’t hear back from them until after the deadline has passed (July/August). 🙂- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I read somewhere that Orrick has between 12-16 places on their VS. I think they have around 4-6 TC places in total, so it could be they have a very low conversion rate (maybe 25%). If this is the case, perhaps they make 3-4 TC offers from the VS route and 1-2 offers from the DTC route. Orrick...- Harvey Specter
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I know it’s only been like 5 days since the deadline, but has anyone heard from Stephenson Harwood yet for their Spring and/or Summer VS? Does anyone know from a previous cycle when they usually get back to people post application with test invites?- Harvey Specter
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- Forum: Applications Discussion