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

[lawstudent1111]

Hi! Anyone else still waiting to hear back from White & Case and Skadden post app?

 

[WillF]

Anyone else still waiting to hear from Hogan Lovells and HSF post tests/WG (for summer VS)?

 

[Law2022]

Skadden telephone interview!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhh please help me with some tips- this has been a long time coming to get past app stage😂

 

[AAA_a]

For Covington's question "If you could bring into force any law, what would that law be and why?" Is it better to be a piece of law in the UK context? Or can I talk about something that applies to another country?

 

[bibss]

Skadden telephone interview invite! Anyone have any tips?

Skadden telephone interview!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhh please help me with some tips- this has been a long time coming to get through app stage😂

Congrats to you both!!! 🏆🏆🏆Sorry to ask, but when did you apply?

 

[Law2022]

Congrats to you both!!! 🏆🏆🏆Sorry to ask, but when did you apply?

I applied on the 11/12

 

[griz149]

Congrats to you both!!! 🏆🏆🏆Sorry to ask, but when did you apply?

I applied 1/12. Thank you so much!

 

[GK8997]

Anyone have any advice for the Dechert AC?

Feel free to PM me!

 

[Jessica Booker]

If a VI doesn’t say “reviewed” yet and only says “completed” does this mean it definitely hasn’t been seen yet?

More than likely yes, although it could have been reviewed and the recruiter could have just reset it to completed for it to be reviewed again.

 

[Jessica Booker]

What to do if a firm only gives you one slot to choose for an assessment centre? unable to make as have an exam!

Call them and explain you have an exam on that date and ask whether there are an alternatives dates you can attend.

 

[Jessica Booker]

My laptop crashed around 2/3 of the way through the Emotify game for Ashurst. Once I restarted my laptop it said I had completed the game. Has anyone had a similar experience and is there anything I can do?

You should email the graduate recruitment team explaining the circumstances and ask them to reset the assessment.

 

[Jessica Booker]

For Covington's question "If you could bring into force any law, what would that law be and why?" Is it better to be a piece of law in the UK context? Or can I talk about something that applies to another country?

I’d try to focus on the U.K. if you can given that is where you are applying to and you’ll be working as an English/Welsh solicitor

 

[Asil Ahmad]

For Covington's question "If you could bring into force any law, what would that law be and why?" Is it better to be a piece of law in the UK context? Or can I talk about something that applies to another country?

I am working on this application question now also. Am thinking of discussing removing CVA for retailers. But would love to know other people's views on what people think of this question and my suggestion.

 

[aspiringlawyer123_]

More than likely yes, although it could have been reviewed and the recruiter could have just reset it to completed for it to be reviewed again.

Thanks! Can you think of a reason they would reset it to be reviewed again? It’s just I know people who did the VI on the same day as me have had theirs reviewed

 

[Jessica Booker]

I am working on this application question now also. Am thinking of discussing removing CVA for retailers. But would love to know other people's views on what people think of this question and my suggestion.

My only challenge on this is how much is it a policy rather than a law.

 

[M777]

Anyone have tips for Skadden TI?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Thanks! Can you think of a reason they would reset it to be reviewed again? It’s just I know people who did the VI on the same day as me have had theirs reviewed

There is a range of reasons - none of them are anything to worry about, especially where it is highly unlikely to be the case.

It’s just likely yours hasn’t been reviewed yet. It may be allocated to someone who hasn’t had the opportunity for review. Or they just haven’t got to yours yet.

I really wouldn’t worry about this.

 

[Asil Ahmad]

My only challenge on this is how much is it a policy rather than a law.

Thank you for this. Yes I agree with you.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Thank you for this. Yes I agree with you.

I think you can spin it as a law, because ultimately the mechanism is a legal one. But making a separate process for a particular industry is likely to be policy led rather than legal as you are ultimately setting an exception to the legal rule.

 

[RS31]

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the Vantage platform? (I am trying to finish my Weil app, it is due on the 10th - so it isn't even deadline day)