-
Join Premium →Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training ContractNow half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
-
Register on Zoom →SQE Student Panel with BPP19 Nov 2025 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)Join us for a live student panel with BPP University Law School. We'll be joined by Jonny Hurst, Senior Lecturer in Law at BPP, and current BPP students who will share their advice on passing the SQE.
-
Register on Zoom →A Deep Dive Into Reed Smith's Sector Focus (Transportation)24 Nov 2025 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)Dive into Reed Smith’s transportation practice to see how their legal advice drives the world’s largest shipping, aviation, and logistics businesses, and how trainees can make their mark.
Search results
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
To be fair I imagine most applications are sent close to or on the deadline and so HL will most likely have only began making decisions on who to invite to AC over the last few days and will send out those decisions over the next few weeks. If your application is well researched and error free...- Harvey Specter
- Post #9,257
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
Ask Willkie Farr & Gallagher Anything!
I’m not Gemma but I think I remember in one of Willkie’s application workshops it was mentioned that it’s marked holistically and that what matters is the content itself. Things like nerves are expected and will not affect the outcome of the VI as long as the answers themselves are clear (i.e...- Harvey Specter
- Post #307
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I would normally choose 3 reasons and try to allocate an even word count to each one e.g., 100 words per reason. This is a good balance between explaining your motivation but writing it in a coherent and succinct way. If you feel that you will not be able to get your ideas across in that limit...- Harvey Specter
- Post #9,201
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
The turnaround is normally 10-15 working days but factoring in it was xmas/nye period I would say you can expect to hear back by the end of next week or the week after for sure (regardless of the outcome) as some people that applied close to the deadline are slowly hearing back now. 15 working...- Harvey Specter
- Post #9,192
- Forum: Applications Discussion
-
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Has anyone heard from HSF about the Summer VS and been invited to AC? I applied on 30th November and took the SJT on 3rd December (I passed the benchmark). Not sure if I should assume it’s a rejection.- Harvey Specter
- Post #9,143
- Forum: Applications Discussion