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  1. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Happy new year TCLA gang! May 2026 be the year we all secure our dream TCs! 🥳
  2. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’m pretty sure Milbank has been rolling cos a lot of people have alr received AC invites for Spring and Summer VS (LevFin and Trad). Idk if they’re still actively considering apps but if tests are still being sent out I assume there’s a chance?
  3. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’m on this question atm (left it till last). This app has felt like walking up these stairs cos it’s been non-stop and never ending:
  4. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’m lowkey beginning to sound like a broken record but has anybody heard from these firms, especially around these dates: Dechert Spring VS post app (applied 1 Dec) Goodwin post app (after the first batch of VIs) Akin post app (applied 13 Dec) Weil post SJT and VI (test 14 Dec, VI 17 Dec) Reed...
  5. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Yup I’m still waiting for Reed Smith. I sent my app early hours on the deadline but I’m gna assume it’s a PFO now. :(
  6. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Yeah during my call with early careers they said we would hear back early in the new year with an app update cos they’re reviewing our VI atm over a few weeks period to determine final AC invites.
  7. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’m not a morning person or a night owl so I have to eeny meeny miny moe between both options every day just so I can get stuff done like:
  8. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    That’d be extra work for grad rec and they prefer to keep things rly ambiguous. They probs read these forums and see our daily crash-outs over whether they’re rolling or non-rolling and be like:
  9. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    You’re gna have a stampede of people rushing to msg you now for “insights” into Goodwin’s VI like:
  10. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    My bad boss. I hope you receive your insights and go on to secure the Reed Smith TC.
  11. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Dear [insert name], “Thank you for your application for a place on the Gibson Dunn Vacation Scheme and for completing our online Capptivate Law Assessment. Following the completion of your assessment you will be sent a feedback report. Please note, this will not be sent instantly and may take a...
  12. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I got a notif from Candid and I was all excited cos I thought finally I’ve got an app update but it turned out it was just a reminder from Travers… smdh 🥲
  13. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I saw someone got theirs last week and they’d only applied two weeks prior. Others waited 6-8 weeks so it’s all over the place lmao. I sent my app early Dec and haven’t heard since.
  14. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Smh my inbox is quiet asf. I’ve had no updates from firms at all lmfao. I’m just sat here like:
  15. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    This is how I know we’re in the trenches of apps cos why have the grammar brigade appeared out of thin air policing people using abbreviations like surely yous can’t be that bored lmao…
  16. Harvey Specter

    My TC app journey (25/26)

    Hey guys, it’s me again lmao. It’s been a slow week so not an awful lot has happened. Guess it’s time for me to post another update on this tracking thread though, so here goes: Apps that were rejections: Jones Day Winter VS post app HSF Kramer Winter VS post test Paul, Weiss Winter VS post...
  17. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Ayyyy congrats rkid you’ve smashed it frfr! 🥳
  18. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Technically it’s for the vac scheme but they only recruit vac schemers from their open day which I think has an interview as part of it, so it doubles as an AC too? Idek it’s very weird lmao.
  19. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    This is grad rec after watching live recordings of us taking the tests and seeing our reactions to some of the ridiculous questions they set:
  20. Harvey Specter

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

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