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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi, does anyone have insight into the Mayer Brown test? Are the video interview questions competency-based or motivational? How much time do we have to prepare for them and answer them? And is the rest of the test timed as well, or can we complete it in multiple sittings?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi, is it advisable to recycle answers from past applications if they have been successful - particularly with respect to VIs? For motivational questions, my reasons for applying to a particular law firm haven't changed and with competency-based questions, the example I might have used for a...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi, is it advisable to recycle answers from past applications if they have been successful - particularly with respect to VIs? For motivational questions, my reasons for applying to a particular law firm haven't changed and with competency-based questions, the example I might have used for a...
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    A&O Shearman Assessment Day

    The direct TC!
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    A&O Shearman Assessment Day

    Hi, following up on the A&O Shearman AC, does anyone have any information on the written exercise? Also, any insight on sectors to research in depth for the case study, the length of the case study material, and whether the case study has guiding questions or is it just identifying key...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hi, do firms rescind training contract offers based on second-year grades? I have a vac scheme lined up this summer, but having just sat my exams, I am pretty sure my performance in most of my exams is in 2:2 territory. My first-year grades were high 2:1s/1sts. Will this affect my chance of...

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