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  1. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I have a controversial question. Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? It appears it’s technically both at the same time (botanically and culinarily). It therefore seems tomatoes are very versatile and adaptable. I would also like to be a tomato. 🥲🥲
  2. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    “If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be?” is a crazy question what the hell. 😂😂 I didn’t realise these kinds of questions would be asked in interviews. It looks like I need to spend some time on figuring out which fruit I want to be. I’m thinking maybe an apple. 🍏
  3. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    You may have seen my posts on the forum in the middle of last week where I was on the verge of crashing out because I hadn’t heard anything from Paul, Weiss and I had convinced myself it was a PFO (seeing others had also been PFO’d). 🥲🥲 To my surprise (literally I was shocked and I still am)...
  4. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I don’t think there are many city law firms that offer TC’s to majority of the candidates on the VS. In most cases, I think that the VS to TC conversion rate is between 25-50%. Some firms, such as the Magic Circle, only recruit 1/2 of their trainees from the VS. The rest of its trainees are...
  5. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you so much man I really appreciate it. 🙂
  6. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I might be wrong here, but wouldn’t the offer of a TC to those that did the VS, be based on the fact they did the VS and not based on their AC performance? I don’t think city law firms (who invest at least £100k in training) would be able to make a decision solely off of an AC. In the instance...
  7. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Congrats matey and best of luck! 🤞
  8. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think I saw someone say on the forum recently that they had either been invited to the HSF AC, or completed the HSF AC, but were told that HSF’s Spring VS was full and that HSF was recruiting for Summer VS’ only from now on. Best of luck for HSF! 🙂
  9. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I am thinking it’s going to be both motivational and competency questions so I am preparing for both just in case. 🥲
  10. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi @Ram Sabaratnam, In relation to the final point, what would you say about a hypothetical situation where the firm may have made its initial judgement that advising a client would not impose harm to their professional branding and reputation, but it actually later turned out that it most...
  11. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    White & Case post-VI/TI PFO. 🥲 For reference, I think I applied on the 5th of Jan, received VI invite around the 28th of Jan, and sat the VI around the 31st of Jan. I had applied for both Spring and Summer VS.
  12. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate it. 🙂 PEP = Profit Per Equity Partner. I actually first came across PEP on Legal Cheek (the firm’s most list), way back in July/August when I was beginning to think about which firms I wanted to possibly apply to in this application cycle. On...
  13. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Just adding to this that you won’t be at a disadvantage if you don’t have straight A/A* at A-level or a 1st in your degree. I have neither of these and got invited to a Paul, Weiss interview on Friday. 🙂 Whilst I went to a RG, it wasn’t a university like Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/Imperial so that...
  14. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think a good one would be the change in M&A activity from the start of last year compared to this year. I saw a post on LinkedIn by Paul, Weiss which was a memo discussing this topic. I have linked it below: It has a lot of tables, charts and graphs but I think it is a current commercial...
  15. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Fair enough perhaps the word new isn’t the best to use, although I did put relatively as it isn’t literally brand new in London. Neel Sachdev has emphasised how they are building something from scratch in London. 🙂 To be fair though, I did refer to Paul, Weiss as “relatively new in London” in...
  16. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Since late 2023 - early 2024 they have been rapidly expanding and now they have over 200 lawyers, 40-50 of which are partners. I think it’s relatively new in London because it opened its London office in 2003 but has only really began focusing on growing its London presence since 2023. Some US...
  17. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    This is actually incredible! I was thinking about how I could structure and articulate an answer to questions like ‘who are Paul, Weiss’ competitors and how does Paul, Weiss compare to them’ or ‘what are Paul, Weiss’ USPs when compared to its competitors’ and then I see this post, which...
  18. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I applied for both Spring and Summer VS. At this point I’d be happy to get anything. 🥲
  19. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I’m not entirely sure tbh. I didn’t do any practice tests (not the smartest decision I’ve made this cycle) but instead I watched some YouTube videos on the amberjack assessment. They helped to break down the nature of the test. There were a few videos I watched. I searched ‘amberjack test...
  20. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    The test had four pillars for the SJT: grit, applied intellect, digital mindset and creative force. Each pillar was scored out of 9, so it was 36 in total. In my case, I got 24/36 across the four pillars (7566) which I’m guessing was high enough to get invited to the AC/interview stage. I...

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