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  1. ilikelaw

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    does anyone know what amberjack scores are considered competitive for reed smith... got 7767 (...) and mid verbal reasoning and numerical reasoning😓 my first experience with the amberjack pillars also, do firms place much weighting on the sjt or is the VI component more decisive?
  2. ilikelaw

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    A bit of a silly question... for Cooley's summer programme, one of the questions is 'Please tell us about interests and activities you pursue and positions of responsibility that are relevant for the role.' I was wondering if I should place advising at my university's legal clinic in this...
  3. ilikelaw

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi ! Does anyone know what the general recommended format is when completing the work experience section for vac scheme applications? Are we supposed to use bullet points or paragraphs? I spoke to a couple of firms at a careers fair and they both gave contrasting answers, so I was wondering what...
  4. ilikelaw

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi, I’m applying to a vacation scheme and they have asked on the form whether you have applied for any position at the firm before. I applied to an open day, does this count as a position? It isn’t part of the drop down list but there is a toggle for ‘other’ so I just wanted to check, thank you !

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