TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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GLP rejection. Haven’t heard back from Orrick post WG so I think I can officially call it an end on this cycle. What a disappointment. I honestly don’t know how people keep going.
Same here. About to be 3 years post-uni. It’s really taken a toll on my mental health. Feel like I’ve given this my all, even sacrificing meeting up with friends/family or going on holiday when I had multiple tests, interview, etc to do. I don’t know how people can go on for any longer. I don’t feel myself anymore.
DAC Beachcroft Training Contract!! 
Everything works out in the end! I am 25, from a non-law background and have been through 5 application cycles! You will all get there, make sure to get feedback from ACs, link to the firm practice areas and sectors, and truly understand how you will add value to the firm based on your experiences!
Everything works out in the end! I am 25, from a non-law background and have been through 5 application cycles! You will all get there, make sure to get feedback from ACs, link to the firm practice areas and sectors, and truly understand how you will add value to the firm based on your experiences!
I feel this, and it’s exactly how I was! I was so close to giving up, but the application that I did right before was the one that gave me a TC offer. You are a lot closer than you think!Same here. About to be 3 years post-uni. It’s really taken a toll on my mental health. Feel like I’ve given this my all, even sacrificing meeting up with friends/family or going on holiday when I had multiple tests, interview, etc to do. I don’t know how people can go on for any longer. I don’t feel myself anymore.
Huge congratulations, that is amazing news!! I hope you take some time to celebrate your fantastic achievementDAC Beachcroft Training Contract!!
Everything works out in the end! I am 25, from a non-law background and have been through 5 application cycles! You will all get there, make sure to get feedback from ACs, link to the firm practice areas and sectors, and truly understand how you will add value to the firm based on your experiences!
We would love to have you in our future trainee group!
Thank you so much Abbie!! And for your support and positive vibes on the forums for the application seasonHuge congratulations, that is amazing news!! I hope you take some time to celebrate your fantastic achievement
We would love to have you in our future trainee group!
)I shall join the group now!
You will probably only be one step away from getting an offer. If you knew how close it was, and had been told in life exactly when you would get an offer, you wouldn’t give up. Sometimes when it feels like it’s extremely tough and not working out, that’s when we lock in for the final time and the results are created!Same here. About to be 3 years post-uni. It’s really taken a toll on my mental health. Feel like I’ve given this my all, even sacrificing meeting up with friends/family or going on holiday when I had multiple tests, interview, etc to do. I don’t know how people can go on for any longer. I don’t feel myself anymore.
Hey - did anyone else receive an email from CC on thursday regarding an August newletter for future trainers and offer holders - I am not a future trainee or an offer holder
I can’t believe it, but after 4 cycles I have finally got a TC, and it quite literally dropped in my lap.
June I got to final stage direct TC for a firm and was CERTAIN I got it. Only to find out 3 weeks later I was unsuccessful. I was so disappointed, I wholeheartedly believed I finally did it. But, I took another rejection on the chin and pretty much wrote off this cycle. I assumed this was over for 2025/26. I stopped submitting further applications and mentally prepared to brush myself off and start my 5th cycle later in the year, and do it all over again…
Then I get an interview invite in my inbox from a firm I forgot I applied to. I didn’t put 100% into the interview, because I had mentally accepted that this cycle was over. To no surprise to me, I received a reply saying I was unsuccessful, but had been put on the reserve list for the final-stage AC. I put it to the back of my mind and didn’t think about it at all. I had never made it off a reserve list before, so why was this time any different? The day before the AC the firm called and said someone dropped out and asked if I wanted to take the place. I quickly booked the day off of work and had 8 hours to prepare. I was so close to not going because I thought, what’s the point if everyone else has had weeks to prepare and I’ve had half a day. I thought maybe I should just save the train fare and energy and not go.
I ended up going to the AC with no real expectation of anything coming from it. I approached it with a completely different mindset than I ever have. I put no emotional weight on getting a place. When I left I didn’t agonise over all of my answers trying to tally up points on how I may have scored.
I have since recieved a TC offer from the firm. From reserve list to TC, I just couldn’t believe it. Out of all the final stages I’ve poured weeks and weeks of preparation into, the one time it all worked out was when it was dropped in my lap last minute with no preparation!
This was not the way I expected to end this slog, but I am soooo over the moon. I just wanted to share this so people know there is hope, even when you think there is none left! Your TC offer is probably much closer than you think, don’t give up!
June I got to final stage direct TC for a firm and was CERTAIN I got it. Only to find out 3 weeks later I was unsuccessful. I was so disappointed, I wholeheartedly believed I finally did it. But, I took another rejection on the chin and pretty much wrote off this cycle. I assumed this was over for 2025/26. I stopped submitting further applications and mentally prepared to brush myself off and start my 5th cycle later in the year, and do it all over again…
Then I get an interview invite in my inbox from a firm I forgot I applied to. I didn’t put 100% into the interview, because I had mentally accepted that this cycle was over. To no surprise to me, I received a reply saying I was unsuccessful, but had been put on the reserve list for the final-stage AC. I put it to the back of my mind and didn’t think about it at all. I had never made it off a reserve list before, so why was this time any different? The day before the AC the firm called and said someone dropped out and asked if I wanted to take the place. I quickly booked the day off of work and had 8 hours to prepare. I was so close to not going because I thought, what’s the point if everyone else has had weeks to prepare and I’ve had half a day. I thought maybe I should just save the train fare and energy and not go.
I ended up going to the AC with no real expectation of anything coming from it. I approached it with a completely different mindset than I ever have. I put no emotional weight on getting a place. When I left I didn’t agonise over all of my answers trying to tally up points on how I may have scored.
I have since recieved a TC offer from the firm. From reserve list to TC, I just couldn’t believe it. Out of all the final stages I’ve poured weeks and weeks of preparation into, the one time it all worked out was when it was dropped in my lap last minute with no preparation!
This was not the way I expected to end this slog, but I am soooo over the moon. I just wanted to share this so people know there is hope, even when you think there is none left! Your TC offer is probably much closer than you think, don’t give up!
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