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  1. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    is the Osborne Clarke test only verbal reasoning?
  2. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I wish that firms just sent us our scores instead of a feedback report trying to psychoanalyse our best and worst traits
  3. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    ashurst made it super clear at their application event that if you pass the benchmark for the test, most people who pass and have their application reviewed will be progressed to the written exercise. i think rejections at this stage are most likely purely based on the score you achieve in the SJT.
  4. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    not an expert at all, but i'd say that the controversy around london as an attractive venue for stock exchange listings is a good topic to have in the back of your head. recent cyber attacks on large UK companies like Jaguar Land Rover, M&S etc. recent high profile merger between anglo-american...
  5. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Well done! Can I ask when you applied?
  6. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    has anyone done the white & case assessment yet? is it automatic?
  7. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    does DLA Piper still require you to submit a CV for the vac scheme ?
  8. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    In no more than 1440 characters including spaces (this is approx. 200 words), tell us how the skills and attributes you have developed to date will help you excel as a Clifford Chance lawyer. For this question, is it suitable to explain two experiences, each 100 words, that developed multiple...
  9. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Did anybody attend the Clifford Chance Virtual Application event on 24 Sept? If you did, could you please send me your notes/any key points? I was meant to attend, but work got in the way. Thank you
  10. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Did everyone else get an Ashurst holding email?
  11. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi Abbie, do you recommend we should pick a relatively recent article, in the last 6 to 12 months and not further than that?
  12. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Is DLA still rolling? Last year it was plastered all over their website that apps are very rolling and will close as soon as there is capacity. Now, there's a clear deadline for apps (21 Nov). Does anyone know?
  13. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hey, can I ask how long your cover letter was, and did you include the traditional cover letter formalities or just jump straight into it? Thanks :)
  14. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    It says in the test invitation email that the feedback report will take a couple of days to be sent to you, it is not immediate :)
  15. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    On another note, can someone else please have a look at the Squire Patton Boggs app question now and tell me if I'm not hallucinating....
  16. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I swear every time I do a Cappfinity test i literally feel so drained for the rest of the day ugh
  17. lawyersum

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I thought cv mail was bad then I experienced NRF's portal and was truly proven wrong lol

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