TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[Scarlett27]

Shoosmiths London VS rejection. Did anyone get accepted for London?

 

[Law Student]

Shoosmiths PFO which marks end of my second application cycle with no VS offers 😭

Mine is nearly ending too, with no VS offers so far

Does anyone know what you do if you have not received a VS offer during second year of University? Do you try again third year?

 

[DKLaw]

Shoosmiths Manchester rejection, and that marks the end of my first app cycle. Now with the LLB final year pressure next year 🙃 Do law firms hire a year in advance or most of them do 2 years ia?

 

[DKLaw]

Mine is nearly ending too, with no VS offers so far

Does anyone know what you do if you have not received a VS offer during second year of University? Do you try again third year?

Same question, except for me it's fourth year due to the llb being 4 years here in Scotland. I guess we have to apply for training contracts mostly instead of VS if it's a year in advance but not sure

 

[Emilia]

Shoosmiths vacation scheme London PFO

 

[jakiru]

Shoosmiths London rejection too

 

[gdelle]

VS London intake must be really small at Shoosmiths, so I'm set on not letting it get me down. Good luck to the rest of the little club out there too! Back to regularly refreshing our inboxes in a couple of months.

 

[Hb1234]

VS London intake must be really small at Shoosmiths, so I'm set on not letting it get me down. Good luck to the rest of the little club out there too! Back to regularly refreshing our inboxes in a couple of months.

Only 3 places for London! Birmingham is the most with 9. Unfortunately they don't take many for their vac schemes

 

[CallumJR]

Only 3 places for London! Birmingham is the most with 9. Unfortunately they don't take many for their vac schemes

Do you know how many TCs they have in London?

 

[mona09]

Anyone heard from Browne jacobson?

 

[Hb1234]

Do you know how many TCs they have in London?

Their website says 26 overall for all offices every September, so I can't imagine many if they have 12 offices in UK and NI :/

 

[MontereyPK]

Let me know if anyone hears back from Marriott Harrison or Stephenson Harwood (Summer VS scheme offers) 🤝

 

[BeGrateful.101]

What type of tasks are people generally given in vac schemes?
Will they ask people to do proper legal drafting of documents?

 

[rayemuse]

Mine is nearly ending too, with no VS offers so far

Does anyone know what you do if you have not received a VS offer during second year of University? Do you try again third year?

Yep try again in third year. I got rejected from everything in 2nd year but managed to get a VS in 3rd year. I did more apps and definitely improved myself interview and application wise tho using the experience I had in 2nd year. You got this! 💪

 

[Bubbles]

Anyone heard from Browne jacobson?

Do you think we should email and ask when we should expect to hear back?

 

[adafdadfadfafdaf]

anyone heard anything from CRS

 

[UnTCSilVousPlait]

Have BM started contacting people who attended their Summer VS ACs last week and yesterday?

 

[Deleted member 21782]

Surely W&C won't drag this on till next week?

That would be almost 4 or 5 weeks post-AC for some people. That is so nerve-wracking compared to most other firms who reply after 1 or 2 weeks post-AC.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi guys

Wondering if anyone or @Jessica Booker can help with the following questions:

1) Do firms expect to see AS level results in addition to A levels detailed on the form?
2) Do I need to declare a resit I did at AS level? The firm doesn't ask about resits on their application form.
3) I did IGCSE but there's no option to pick this so can I just put them down as GCSE? They're very similar.
4) I did a foundation year before going onto to do my degree. Do I need to detail the modules for my foundation year or can I just state the overall % achieved.


Thanks in advance!

1) Not necessarily, as many people don't have AS levels. It really depends on what the individual law firm is asking you to submit though.

2) Look at the specificness of the question - if it says "have you ever had a resit an exam" then I would declare it, but if it is just asking you whether you have had to resit your degree/degree modules, then I would not.

3) This is fine - otherwise choose the “other” option.

4) I would put down all the module results

 

[IT7]

White & Case VS VI invite! Please DM if you have any experience with the VI.

Also, has anyone tried converting their VS interview invite into a TC interview invite? And what is the general post-VS to TC conversion rate?