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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    bro how long does it take to send decisions? obviously, I am the best candidate so why take so long to make me a partner, smh 😒 (obviously this is a joke and ik how few hr staff there are and how high the number of applicants are)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    anyone received any communication from Linklater's summer vs after completing the tests?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    hi, a bit random but I have a place for a firm's first year open day tomorrow... but I'm not eligible (I'm a second year on a three year course). I messaged grad rec a few days ago and they outlined the eligibility information but didn't reply to my follow up email asking whether I still have a...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Is HL like Linklaters in that (a) you have to email graduate recruitment to find out your WG results/report and (b) they will give it to u if u ask? Thanks and gl! :)
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    is it worth applying to mission's vacation scheme (deadline is today, ready to submit)? it's non-rolling but ik it's the last day and idk if it's true that applicants who've previously applied to law firms unsuccessfully can be automatically screened out... I also completed work experience with...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    late November - yes it was for the SVS.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    any advice for applying to Linklater's open day?
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    Open days

    hi, please can you let me know where you found out about this opportunity? was it through an organisation like seo London? thanks!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Slaughter and May - PFO. Low 2:1 in all Oxbridge modules, banging CV + cover letter. Will improve for next cycle because tbh I know that they focus a lot on grades.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    I was told by grad recruitment that they only look at applicants’ responses to the online questions (thoroughly) if you’ve passed the Watson Glaser, and that one reason they have it is to make their lives easier with less applications to review? Unless you mean something different?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    If a firm gives candidates 5/7 days to sit the WG test, does anyone know whether grad recruitment team considers the day you sat it on?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    how long after submitting an app to Hogan Lovell's VC did people receive a watson glaser invite?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Merry Christmas everyone, if you celebrate! Any recommendations for websites to practice the watson glaser that are genuinely hard/as ambiguous as the real questions are - this forum's course on the WG is great but I'd just like to practice as much as possible. Thank you!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    thanks - sorry just seen this
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    apparently some S&M applicants are getting interviews - if I haven't heard back from slaughters and may does it mean I'm screwed? (doubly since my grades are at oxbridge but a low 2:1)

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