• 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 →
  • From AI to Energy Deals: Inside a Full-Service Law Firm with Osborne Clarke
    8 Dec 2025 · 6pm (UK) Zoom · Registration Required
    You want to write a strong Osborne Clarke application — but what really makes the firm different, and how do trainees experience the work day-to-day? In this session, you’ll hear directly from current trainees and Recruitment Advisor Patrick Fermin Ryan, so you can speak with clarity and specificity in your applications and interviews.
    Register →

TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

summersun

Legendary Member
Nov 8, 2024
128
147
Does anyone know if Mayer Brown/Stephenson Harwood send out tests to applicants without reviewing applications beforehand? And how long they take to do this? I have recently submitted applications to both and still haven't received emails requesting to do the tests...
Hi
MB first test is automatic but it might take a while to receive it. I applied in November and got it in January. It was probably because they were focusing on VS app but it might still take a couple of weeks to get it.
 

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.