Starting to think we won’t hear back in March like they said
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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Yeah me too, I applied to Sheffield and haven’t heard back yet so it seems across the board
I thought they did as well and on the feedback report I thought at least some of the earlier ones would have heard back mine was nearly two months ago
In my AC they said hopefully earlier in March, but latest by end of March lmao
Still 45 minutes i suppose 
I got a rejection from Mishcon on the last day of their response deadline at like 8pm so we could very well hear well after 5Still 45 minutes i suppose
I have news on Irwin Mitchell! Through to the insight day and final stage.
Gatwick / Brighton office
Gatwick / Brighton office
Gatwick / Brighton - I heard back about 20 mins ago
IM insight day offer as well! We can all breathe now longest day at work ever lol
The new Baker McKenzie form is absolutely god-awful
Weirdly, the cvmail form is still active... do we know which of the two forms should be used? They are not the quite the same. Although the questions are identical, the new form suggests a 300 word limit for the second question (cf 400 word limit in cvmail) and does not require referees (cf 2 referees in cvmail)...
No ano it’s atrocious. Whoever decided to approve of this format needs to give their head a good shake and wobble ngl. It’s so bad omg…
The worst part is everytime I tried to log back in it wouldn’t accept my password. I entered my email for a new one and it refused to send a link…
Eventually I figured it out by some holy asspull. It asks for us to enter our academic details twice on the form to make things more frustrating.
Then the work experience section is a nightmare to navigate too. It asks us to upload a CV only to ask us to manually enter the WE all over again anyway.
The only decent part is the section for answering app questions cos it lets you format it and tweak the styling so it looks presentable…
The worst part is everytime I tried to log back in it wouldn’t accept my password. I entered my email for a new one and it refused to send a link…
Eventually I figured it out by some holy asspull. It asks for us to enter our academic details twice on the form to make things more frustrating.
Then the work experience section is a nightmare to navigate too. It asks us to upload a CV only to ask us to manually enter the WE all over again anyway.
The only decent part is the section for answering app questions cos it lets you format it and tweak the styling so it looks presentable…
I thought CvMail was bad until I came across this new Bakers portal it’s snatched the crown straight off of CvMail for worst app form lmao. It took me hours to figure it out but glad it’s over…
Now I’m confused cos I submitted my form using the new portal. Were we meant to use their CvMail one? I only did 300 words per Q and I’ve not even included any references either yikes…
Now I’m confused cos I submitted my form using the new portal. Were we meant to use their CvMail one? I only did 300 words per Q and I’ve not even included any references either yikes…
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Didn't it say 2000 characters limit - I had to check that since its acc quite different from 300 words lolNo ano it’s atrocious. Whoever decided to approve of this format needs to give their head a good shake and wobble ngl. It’s so bad omg…
The worst part is everytime I tried to log back in it wouldn’t accept my password. I entered my email for a new one and it refused to send a link…
Eventually I figured it out by some holy asspull. It asks for us to enter our academic details twice on the form to make things more frustrating.
Then the work experience section is a nightmare to navigate too. It asks us to upload a CV only to ask us to manually enter the WE all over again anyway.
The only decent part is the section for answering app questions cos it lets you format it and tweak the styling so it looks presentable…
I thought CvMail was bad until I came across this new Bakers portal it’s snatched the crown straight off of CvMail for worst app form lmao. It took me hours to figure it out but glad it’s over…
Now I’m confused cos I submitted my form using the new portal. Were we meant to use their CvMail one? I only did 300 words per Q and I’ve not even included any references either yikes…
@Abbie Whitlock I did a VS in March and think it would be great to put in applications, especially since I don't have any other recent legal work experience. I will do so moving forwards, but what about previously submitted apps currently in progress? I have multiple direct TC applications which I submitted before doing my spring VS. Would you recommend sending grad rec emails to add this to my application? Thank you!
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