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  1. Harvey Specter

    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. 🥲🥲
  2. Harvey Specter

    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...
  3. Harvey Specter

    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! 🙂
  4. Harvey Specter

    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!! 🐐🐐
  5. Harvey Specter

    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...
  6. Harvey Specter

    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. 🥲
  7. Harvey Specter

    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...
  8. Harvey Specter

    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...
  9. Harvey Specter

    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...
  10. Harvey Specter

    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...
  11. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Huge congrats matey! 🥳🐐
  12. Harvey Specter

    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...
  13. Harvey Specter

    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. 🥲
  14. Harvey Specter

    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). 🙂
  15. Harvey Specter

    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...
  16. Harvey Specter

    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?
  17. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I had mine fairly recently and it was definitely a bit harder than the Paul, Weiss interview. 🥲 Best of luck to everyone that has done their partner interview and waiting to hear back. 🙂
  18. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think the online test and VI will be separate stages, although I’m not fully sure tbh. Here’s the link to their grad rec website which explains the application process for both VS and DTC: https://uk-graduates.bakermckenzie.com/support/application-process/
  19. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Is this for VS or DTC? If you are asking about DTC, I saw this post a while ago on the other TCLA DTC thread:
  20. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    They began sending interview invites out from 14th Feb (Valentine’s Day) and I believe their interviews will finish at the end of this week. A lot of us have heard back post test (either PFO or interview invite), but there’s also a lot of people who haven’t heard anything at all, so I don’t know...

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