• 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 →
  • A Deep Dive Into Reed Smith's Sector Focus (Transportation)
    24 Nov 2025 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)
    Dive into Reed Smith’s transportation practice to see how their legal advice drives the world’s largest shipping, aviation, and logistics businesses, and how trainees can make their mark.
    Register on Zoom →
  • How to Secure a Vacation Scheme (Ropes & Gray)
    1 Dec 2025 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (UK) Zoom (registration required)
    In this interactive session, Maya Shah, Senior Early Careers Specialist at Ropes & Gray, will walk you through every stage of the firm's application process.
    Register on Zoom →

TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

Jannatahan

New Member
Dec 14, 2023
4
0
Has anyone reached the interview stage for Slaughter? If so, what type of questions and articles have they used. I haven’t heard back from them about my application. Can feel a rejection from a mile away.
 
D

Deleted member 17013

Guest
Has anyone reached the interview stage for Slaughter? If so, what type of questions and articles have they used. I haven’t heard back from them about my application. Can feel a rejection from a mile away.
U get asked a lot about your grades, modules etc. and about your CV generally.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • Like
Reactions: Tintin06

rk2809

Standard Member
Aug 21, 2024
7
2
Has anyone reached the interview stage for Slaughter? If so, what type of questions and articles have they used. I haven’t heard back from them about my application. Can feel a rejection from a mile away.
And yeah, I did do one with them for the summer. Wasnt successful presumably because I did poorly on the article discussion. I was asked about my grades quite a lot so I'd prep answers and preempt those sort of questions.
 
T

Tintin06

Guest
I'm not trying to dissuade anyone. Go for it and good luck. Their interview is idiosyncratic though, honestly. Idiosyncatic as in a unique experience. Watch this to help you prepare.

 

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.