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

[Su Ozkan]

Hey everyone! Just got the BCLP online test feedback report, but it doesn't say anything about whether I proceeded onto the next round of the application. Am I supposed to get another email regarding this? Does anyone else have a similar issue? Please let me know if anyone has any answers. Thank you!

 

[TCApp2021]

Hey everyone! Just got the BCLP online test feedback report, but it doesn't say anything about whether I proceeded onto the next round of the application. Am I supposed to get another email regarding this? Does anyone else have a similar issue? Please let me know if anyone has any answers. Thank you!

Hey, they'll respond with either a rejection or invite to an interview with GR. Not sure how long this usually takes but I completed my online test (and got the report) a few weeks ago.

 

[GXA123]

Any rejections out from Hogan?

 

[pfoapplicant]

@Jessica Booker

Hi guys - does anyone know if Sidley Austin accept summer vac scheme applications from final-year law students (this isn't made entirely clear on the firm's website)?

 

[Lian Lian]

Do Latham & Watkins recruit summer vac scheme candidates on a rolling basis? I am planning to apply to them but I don't know if I am way too late. The app deadline is 2 Jan 2022.

 

[Jessica Booker]

@Jessica Booker

Hi guys - does anyone know if Sidley Austin accept summer vac scheme applications from final-year law students (this isn't made entirely clear on the firm's website)?

Unfortunately I don’t know the answer - sorry I can’t be of more help.

 

[summer207]

Thank you, this is so helpful. It is often difficult to know where to start but this has provided a really useful structure! So I guess they are expecting you to actually name-drop other firms given the comparative element of the qu?

I attended a session with graduate recruitment earlier in the year and they made it clear that they’re not expecting you to name-drop other firms. I’d say just convey in your answer how Latham differentiates itself and why that appeals to you.

 

[Rob93]

Do Latham & Watkins recruit summer vac scheme candidates on a rolling basis? I am planning to apply to them but I don't know if I am way too late. The app deadline is 2 Jan 2022.

Fairly confident that Latham is non-rolling.

 

[RkRk0681]

congrats!! when did you complete the WG?

Thanks! I completed the WG on the 11th of December

 

[M991]

@Jessica Booker

Hi guys - does anyone know if Sidley Austin accept summer vac scheme applications from final-year law students (this isn't made entirely clear on the firm's website)?

Hello!

I just had a look at Sidley's website and they say: "You can apply for a vacation scheme from your penultimate year of a law degree or final year of a non-law degree", so I assume they mean that you can apply from your penultimate year onwards.

 

[F99]

I attended a session with graduate recruitment earlier in the year and they made it clear that they’re not expecting you to name-drop other firms. I’d say just convey in your answer how Latham differentiates itself and why that appeals to you.

Thanks for this!

 

[F99]

Fairly confident that Latham is non-rolling.

I was always under the impression it was rolling, but must have misread/got mixed up with another firm. Definitely welcome news that it's non-rolling! So I'm guessing no-one who has applied has had an outcome yet (since the deadline hasn't yet passed)?

 

[lawful_neutral216]

Mayer Brown PFO post online assessments. Completed tests on 20th Dec.

 

[Rob93]

I was always under the impression it was rolling, but must have misread/got mixed up with another firm. Definitely welcome news that it's non-rolling! So I'm guessing no-one who has applied has had an outcome yet (since the deadline hasn't yet passed)?

Just checked and their Chambers Student profile says non-rolling.

 

[BM99]

Mayer Brown PFO post online assessments. Completed tests on 20th Dec.

I'm sorry to hear that. Which stage did you stop at? SST and verbal test stage or the Job Simulation Stage?

 

[koshka]

how long do hogan lovells usually take to get back to you post WG ?

 

[bananak]

For Clyde & Co VI, does anyone know what commercial awareness questions they ask?

 

[F99]

Thoughts on using firm name abbreviations in apps, e.g. 'Latham' instead of 'Latham & Watkins'?

 

[Lian Lian]

Fairly confident that Latham is non-rolling.

okay this is great news. thank you!

 

[Asil Ahmad]

Does anyone know why on CVMail some answers to my application questions for Baker McKenzie were in a darker colour is it an indication of copy and paste from another application. Also, will the law firm see it like this also when they are reviewing my application.