• 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 →
  • Office Hours with BCLP (Live Q&A)
    17 December 2025 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (UK) Hosted on TCLA TV
    Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!

    📺 View Event →

Search results

  1. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Off of the back of this, what are some of the best ways to find out more about a firm’s clients?
  2. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Thank you so much! 🥺 I got it yesterday at 11am.
  3. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hiya, I've had a direct TC AC invite from A&O Shearman. I've never been to an assessment centre before, and I was wondering if anyone has any advice on preparing for it. The AC is end of next week. Also how much technical knowledge do I need? I'm a law grad but I've got literally no knowledge of...
  4. F

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Has anybody heard back from A&O Shearman for direct TC applications?
  5. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    @Andrei Radu @Abbie Reed Smith I was wondering if we should mention non-selective law firm insight events we've attended at other law firms in our application as well as the events that pertain to that firm? Thank you!
  6. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Hi does anyone know if there are any resources to help with SJT/ cappfinity tests. I’m happy to pay for resources too. Thanks!
  7. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Thank you so much! I was also wondering for the work experience section do I include extra curricular and volunteering too? I feel like including them in the work experience section and then writing about them again might be repetitive. @Abbie Whitlock
  8. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Does anyone have any advice on how to answer Clifford Chance's new application questions: A) In no more than 1440 characters (this is approx. 200 words), what are your motivations for applying to Clifford Chance? B) In no more than 1440 characters (this is approx. 200 words), tell us how the...
  9. F

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

    Haha yeah I keep getting told people have received AC invites from LL but no one has directly said they've had one.
  10. F

    transferring university after first year

    When I started my law degree I was studying at a good RG law school however I didn’t enjoy the culture of the university so I moved at the end of first year to a different RG university in Scotland which has a four year law course. I was wondering whether the fact that I moved law schools will...

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.