• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now 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.
    Join Premium →

Search results

  1. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi all! How long do you have to wait for the TW assessment after submitting an application?
  2. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    That's so weird, they said they weren't at the Target Jobs and Legal Cheek law fairs as well as the GROW insight day. Maybe its a semi rolling process like CMS where they will review all apps submitted but progress people before the deadline. I'm not a fan of the inconsistency :/
  3. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    No, I only submitted my app like 2 days ago and they're meant to be non-rolling, but posts on this forum seem to suggest otherwise so who knows what's going on on their end🤔
  4. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    It was a VI last year but they have now changed it to a short telephone interview (10-15 minutes) that assesses your motivation and alignment to the firm’s values :)
  5. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    TW aren’t actually rolling in the standard sense. If you haven’t heard back yet post test that means you passed but you won’t hear back re progression to written assessment until after the deadline :)
  6. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Sorry to hear this :( Did you check if the firm has a policy to reject candidates that made it to AC or the Internship in a recent cycle? I wouldn't take it heart and wish you the best of luck in your other applications!
  7. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Thank you so much! :)
  8. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Please can someone confirm Mischon's new application process as 1) online application + AI video interview, 2) situational judgement test, 3) AC, 4) vac scheme. Their website is so confusing :(
  9. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    For the question 'what is your biggest achievement', if I had a standard answer across all applications last year that was successful in passing the written application stage and it remains my biggest achievement to date, can I reuse the answer?
  10. safari3

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

    Seems so, but I can imagine it coming up somewhere else in the recruitment process - maybe AC? Also seems they have removed the personal statement for standard questions and they now recruit on a rolling basis. Lots of changes this year :oops:
  11. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi! Does anyone have any advice / resources for building legal research skills prior to a vacation scheme? As well as any other preparation tips? Thank you!
  12. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Can anyone who attended a Birds Eye View please PM me!😃
  13. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you @Jessica Booker! I will aim to give them a call in the morning and then follow up by email if I cannot reach them.
  14. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Thank you! I’ve been stressing so much, but hopefully they haven’t filled all the spaces yet - I will send them an email first thing!
  15. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Has anyone had to reschedule an assessment centre and if so how did you go about it? Something important has come up on the same day I have an AC scheduled in February and it would be just as detrimental to miss it :(
  16. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    deadline for spring was 6/11 and summer is 08/01 - just so that no one reading this gets confused
  17. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    deadline is not today its 08/01
  18. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    10th Nov😊
  19. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Bird & Bird Summer AC🤯🤩
  20. safari3

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

    Hi (non-law graduate progressed to VI) Sorry to hear you got rejected post app. I understand how frustrating that can be. To answer your questions: - B&B are super open to non-law, particularly if you are STEM (which I am not), so I don’t think that could be a reason; - I attended an insight day...

About Us

The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.

    Share this page

    Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2022 XenForo Ltd. | Style and add-ons by ThemeHouse | Community services from Audentio
    XenCarta 2 PRO © Jason Axelrod of 8WAYRUN
    Top Bottom