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  1. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think Ropes & Gray will get back to us by the end of Feb as that’s what they did last year. On their website they say we can expect to hear back a month after the deadline. 🙂 For MoFo I have seen some people get interview invitations. Best of luck in all of your applications!
  2. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think I got 7566 in the SJT, mid verbal and high numerical.
  3. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    They might be doing it like this. I applied for both Spring and Summer because I’m just too indecisive lmao. 🤣
  4. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I went to a Russell Group uni. However, in terms of my background: 1. I went to a comp state school and was eligible for free school meals between the ages of 5-16. 2. I think the average A-level grades of my sixth form college were roughly DDD around the time I did my A-levels. 3. I am from a...
  5. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I might be wrong here but there’s another account spamming ‘🤣’ under my posts and i think it’s the same person from last time lmao. Is @Yourworstnightmareisback the same person as @BreadandButter?
  6. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Huge congrats on getting a VS from Akin Gump and an interview for Paul, Weiss. 🥳
  7. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you so much I really appreciate it. Thank you for your kind words as well. 🙂 I genuinely wouldn’t have made it to this stage without the support from all you guys on the TCLA forum. 🙂 I also want to thank @Andrei Radu for his amazing advice and guidance on tackling one of the Paul, Weiss...
  8. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Yeah most likely I imagine they will ask about PE because that’s their main client base and focus in London. In my application I wrote about my interest in restructuring and antitrust as well. I’m not sure if I would become a debt finance lawyer but then again, never say never. I might even end...
  9. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you man I really appreciate it! 🙂 I am super nervous though because this is my first proper interview. I’ve only done short VI/TI so far which have 3-4 questions (Willkie and White & Case). I have no idea what to expect for Paul, Weiss. 🥲
  10. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I think they are sending them out in a staggered approach similar to the SJT invites and PFO’s. I felt this way yesterday and I had convinced myself it was a PFO, only to check my emails today and see that it wasn’t. No news is always going to be good news! I wouldn’t assume a PFO just yet. Best...
  11. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you I appreciate it. 🙂🙂
  12. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you! 🤩 I think I got the test invite on the 30th of Jan and completed it on the 2nd or 3rd of Feb. I sent my application one week before the final deadline so I think 12th or 13th of January.
  13. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Not yet. I’m trying to mentally process this whole thing right now. One thing at a time for me. 🥲🥲
  14. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Huge congrats. 🥳
  15. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I can’t believe what I’m seeing right now. I am in complete shock. 🥲 Paul, Weiss AC/interview invite. I’m so confused right now idk how this is happening. 😭
  16. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi Gemma, thank you for clarifying this. It has been something on my mind for some time, from when I attended the in-person open evening to now being at the post written exercise stage. I don’t have any personal connections in the legal industry and I come from a socially mobile background. As a...
  17. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    From what I have seen, Travers smith seem to call everyone that has submitted a successful application to inform them that they have made it to the partner interview stage. I don’t think they hand them out in one go. 🙂 Based on last year’s forum, some people even received invites in early...
  18. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    LinkedIn is the most common one for sure. I have had partners view my profile and then later on send me a request and I’m sat there like wtf should I do or say, this is normally supposed to be the other way around or something lmao. It actually scares me every time because I’ve no idea what...
  19. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    I think Paul Hastings (‘PH’) recruit around 12 trainees a year. I don’t know for sure whether the summer placement scheme leads to a TC offer or whether they are two separate applications, although I imagine if someone did complete the placement scheme it would help them stand out in their DTC...
  20. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Congrats! 93 on the WG is crazy! 🤯🐐

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