TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[Jooooopp7]

is anyone still waiting to be sent the online tests from fieldfisher? For reference I applied on the 2nd Feb

 

[unserious candidate]

Does anyone know if law firms tend to the pay the GDL/LPC/SQE maintenance grant in one lump sum, or in instalments? and if the latter, how often?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does anyone know if law firms tend to the pay the GDL/LPC/SQE maintenance grant in one lump sum, or in instalments? and if the latter, how often?

It is usually one payment for ease and to ensure it happens within one financial/tax year (important for the firm, not the future trainee).

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does anyone know if the TCLA session with Laura was recorded? just saw a little snippet, not a future trainee yet but it does look interesting 😂

It should be available by the end of the week so keep an eye out for it as we will share it and announce where you can access it. It will be available to anyone to watch

 

[Legalmel_99]

Anyone heard from gateley leeds office?

 

[Law2021vacschemer]

Bakers AC for summer VS!

 

[S87]

Gibson just replied to me and stated that they hope to have responded to all the candidates within the next 4 – 6 weeks.

 

[LoveAspireLAW]

Anyone heard from Weil post AC?

 

[cycw]

Bakers rejection post VI *yay* (insert sarcasm)

Still waiting to hear back from HSF and Mayer Brown.

As an international student, it's very frustrating and it's an absolute fear that I'd not get a job here and at the end of the day I'd be deported back home. yikes

 

[mol3026]

Charles Russell Speechlys rejection literally put so much effort into that application lol give up

 

[TCG]

Charles Russell Speechlys rejection literally put so much effort into that application lol give up

Sorry for that - Which office? Summer VS?

 

[mol3026]

Sorry for that - Which office? Summer VS?

London office and yes Summer VS

 

[MandyAA]

Okay just received the online test invite for Fieldfisher. It says the link expires in 5 days - does this mean on Saturday same time?

 

[SK16]

I'm starting to think Pinsent Masons just binned the notes from my AC at this point 🤣

 

[A92167!8]

I'm starting to think Pinsent Masons just binned the notes from my AC at this point 🤣

Has anyone rung them up?

 

[TeeLaw]

If you click the link they give. You don’t have to start any of the questions. Basically you can flick through all four questions beforehand and the VI only starts when you click record but you can also re-record. They said you can re-record 3times but it seemed like they allowed more but I didn’t go over the 3 just in case

Ok great, thank you!

 

[Celestie]

TW PFO. Sorry for the negativity, but I really don't think that TW's arctic shores assessment is a true or fair representation of our personalities. I scored 0 for interpersonal skills which I find hard to believe.

This is an ongoing debate in the legal recruitment world where firms are starting to realise how damaging these recruitment methods are! Dw!

 

[law2022x]

Gibson just replied to me and stated that they hope to have responded to all the candidates within the next 4 – 6 weeks.

At what stage are you at? Have you had an interview yet? That's such a long time

 

[Karolinamakuch]

Does anyone know a good, UK-based source for law firm research? Law360 is great, for instance, but their articles are about US-based deals mainly

 

[jessicamcnamara]

I wanted to ask what people think about this.

In an application question about why this firm is it okay to talk about a firm's awards and deals that are not in their London office for example discussing an award for litigation in the USA office or discussing a deal that their New York office was working on. Is this okay to discuss in an application or should you always discuss awards and deals in their UK offices. I am talking about US law firms as I know most of their work is cross border work.

What do you lot think @Jessica Booker @AvniD @James Carrabino @George Maxwell @Jaysen

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Hey! My Mentor (Grow Mentoring) who is an associate at a US law firm, advised me to try focus only on the office you are applying to. He has worked through applications for his firm, so I would say try to focus on the London office! Hope that helps