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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Just throwing it out there again, but is anyone able to offer any insights into the Mayer Brown VI, please? I'm aware of how many questions, and prep/response time, just curious if the questions are mainly motivational/commercial/competency/situational/strengths-based, or if it's e.g. one of each- DavidJC
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I'm trying not to, but I've very much got a list of "back-up" firms that I intend to apply to, time permitting. I also view it as giving my preferred firms 90% (in the way Andrei's talked about it before) and these "back-up" firms something closer to 75% (see what sticks approach). The depth of...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
"Please outline the skills you possess that make you well suited to a career as a commercial solicitor and explain why you believe this makes Dechert the right Firm for you to develop your career." I can totally see how it feels like a standard Why law/Why Dechert question, and I think that...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I just had to re-copy + paste everything for PW cos I've got like 4 new things since I last applied to their Open Day 😭- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I've got one mostly done, honestly the real challenge is Dechert's first question (it's very loaded for 300 words) cos idk how to link skills to specific practice area interests lmao, I definitely put this one off for too long (I'd originally intended to finish and send it off first week of the...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I can relate, I've got to finish MB tomorrow and I'm currently travelling, and I've still got four applications I'd like to get in before Christmas too- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
mfw i sense TCLA members about to clash again- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I got mine instantly, so should be pretty soon- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Gotta throw the Paul, Where Next? speculation somewhere in there too 🤣- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I think Andrei and someone else has answered another person's question about approaching this app question before, I have them saved cos I'm planning to apply to SPB too, hopefully it helps...- DavidJC
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I just realised that I never got a confirmation email for completing Freshfields Stage 2 either, hope it doesn't mean anything bad :/- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I make notes and bullet points and hopefully cover them while remembering the actual content for each point etc. For me, the most challenging VI questions I've had were actually when they were softballs rather than curveballs, which I wasn't expecting, thereby becoming curveballs in themselves...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I'm not really an expert but, depending on what you consider to simply be economic knowledge vs commercial awareness, the most immediately applicable situations are increased transactional work because the cost of borrowing (i.e. most types of finance work) is cheaper, which means more deals and...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Apparently TW and Winston & Strawn have some actual synergies in their practice areas and focus. HL and Cadwalader is really surprising to me cos I don't feel like HL particularly needs to merge and Cadwalader doesn't really fit their core strategy (regulated industries, lobbying in US...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
rn I'm just trying to wind down and take a break, get back to work on applications later cos I think I really need it, at least I had a useful chat with my uni's careers service today (different person from the usual) and I've got a better idea on how to fix my application answers. But...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
6467 in the Weil SJT and I think I bombed the VI (at least the first question which is the one question I could've been really prepared for) so that's probably gone 😅- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Sadly extremely relatable... but we carry on Good luck tomorrow to you and everyone else on Skadden's WE!- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
I thought Milbank was non-rolling, grats to the AC invitees! 🥳- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Willkie rejection :( honestly not really sure where I'm going wrong with my applications at this point as I feel I've definitely gotten better at researching and writing them than before and I think they're also more tailored and specific compared to before. Sure I understand there's an element...- DavidJC
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
Just got the invite myself! Mayer Brown Grad Rec said it would be four questions, of which two have unlimited prep time and two have limited prep time, they all have two mins recording time. I think there was something about the order of these too but I can't quite remember. I was also told to...- DavidJC
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