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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Had this issue with a Bristol-based law firm. I found the grad rec team to be very dismissive + non-engaged which was made worse by a partner basically twiddling on his phone the entire time during the networking session 😅 Was a very helpful reminder of why open days + vac schemes are not just...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Summer!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Has anybody heard back from Dechert post the VI and written exercise?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Any news from Latham post VI?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Amazing! Can I ask when you applied?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Can anybody who has done the Dechert VI advice me on what to expect?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    CMS ACADEMY 2022!!! Finally feeling like this application cycle was worth it 😭
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Can relate to this so much. Felt like I was an absolute shoo-in at Weil since I had the right competencies and a great rapport with grad rec. Did a great practice WG too and then lost out on my dream firm because of the final WG. I am failing to understand how the WG can be an accurate measure...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Starting to think it might be a PFO from Weil. Anybody else waiting to hear back after WG?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    5th October!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I think it was in the second week of November!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Weil Gotshal and Taylor Wessing test invites this week!
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    AS Commercial Awareness Competition 21/22

    Anybody heard about the quarter-final results?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Yes. Still says under review. At this point starting to think it might be a PFO
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Anybody still waiting to hear back from A&O? I received an email saying I had passed the SJT two weeks ago now. Applied super early, around the 20th of August. Should I just be taking this as a rejection now?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I'd very much like to know if this is possible too!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hello! The ashurst cover letter question says "please use this space to talk about yourself, your skills, achievement and why you want to train as a solicitor?" Would you also use this space to talk about your motivation for applying to Ashurst? I don't necessarily want to shoehorn something...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hello. I am a bit confused about how I should answer Ashurst' new application questions : Please summarise for us what a commercial lawyer does (250 words max)* Should I be discussing the role of a solicitor and then linking it back to my own skills? Or should I continue to stick to answering...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I was told by Grad Rec it could be around mid-Feb! Hang tight!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Has anybody heard back from Stephenson Harwood or Ashurst?

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