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  1. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    TCLA forum users attending Lord Sumption’s milk nutritional benefits class and taking notes: Honestly I didn’t even know any of this info so I’m defo gna start drinking more milk lmao. 😂
  2. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Me when a firm ghost me for weeks so I assume it’s a PFO and crash out before I get milk to drink: VS Me after I drink some milk to help me completely forget about the future PFO, sit back and relax:
  3. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Ngl beggars cannot be choosers in this game so I guess I’d *reluctantly* accept the TC scraps… But then I can imagine the firm’s reaction after they discover that they weren’t my top choice:
  4. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Sigh *you guys’ bank balances after subscribing to CLA, Watson’s Daily and ZipLaw which easily costs £100s per month (ouch)* Fr though do yous think these subscriptions are acc worth it cos I’m skeptical about the ROI/VFM and will end up protesting for refunds like:
  5. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    PFO continued: ‘The quality of other vac scheme hosts went above and beyond our expectations, so we have made a difficult decision to reject your application. Due to the high number of applications received, we are unable to provide individual feedback, out of fairness to other vac scheme...
  6. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I might have to also reconsider applying to Orrick…
  7. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    There are 2 to 3 days of ACs per week, so it’s 16-24 people per week, 60-65 across all ACs. Each day has a morning and afternoon slot, with 4 people per slot, so 8 people a day for ACs. This week’s slots were filled and when I selected my Weil AC for a later slot most had been filled. They...
  8. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I think so yeah cos they’ve invited around 60 for the ACs for up to 30 VS slots. They sent out three separate AC batches last week and new AC slots yesterday. Idk if they sent more invites out at the same time cos nobody posted about it. I can try rem to ask grad rec when I’m there? Edit: I...
  9. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    ACs are running this week and next, going into the first week of Feb. Perhaps you guys are all on a waiting or reserve list. So if current AC’ers don’t do well (likely for me lmao), then they’ll send out more AC invites to fill in those extra VS slots? I’m just hazarding a guess idk Weil’s GR...
  10. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I love how there was a whole discussion about stopping memes and gifs being posted and yet so many of us are still posting them. Hoping we’re not gna get cancelled or banned for this lmao. Lowkey gna try slow down with them for a bit now.
  11. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Why are Morgan Lewis’ grad rec team stalking my LinkedIn and I’ve not even sent my app yet lmao?!
  12. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’m so confused cos I sat my stage 1 on Dec 17 but still haven’t gotten the PFO. Did they even get my submission cos idek what’s going on. 😂
  13. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I get where yous are all coming from but I do have one question: why are we policing what should be appropriate to post or not post beyond something being offensive or rude which the admin team deals with anyway? People create their own threads to have focused discussions on particular firms...
  14. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I saw someone on LinkedIn received a vac scheme offer from Davis Polk so I’m assuming that they’re commencing interviews atm?
  15. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    New username is here: Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner of Pearson Specter Litt LLP. 🤩
  16. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Managing Director!! I’m gna change my name now to Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner lmao.
  17. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    Harvey’s Horror Story (TC journey edition) 👻 🎃

    Hey peeps, I’ve decided to relocate my ongoing TC journey thread into this one, so from now on any updates will be posted into this thread (with a new name)! For those unfamiliar with me, I’m Harvey (an LLB Law grad from a northern RG: think of Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Liverpool). I...
  18. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    Documenting my TC Journey (Project TC🚀)

    What’s meant for you won’t miss you even if you tried to run away from it. The right law firm is waiting for your application to offer you that TC! So try to hang in there cos you’re almost at the finish line! It’s only gna take one single yes. :)
  19. Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    I’ve had one bad experience this cycle requesting reasonable adjustments and that was with Hogan Lovells (yeah I’m name dropping). I’ll set out a brief summary of it below lmao. I asked if I could do the stage 2 VI as a TI with extra time (standard request that I haven’t had any issues with...

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