I have no clue I literally send off an app now so I was wondering what their thing was
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
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I went to an event of theirs and grad rec said it is non-rolling.
No but doubt they will send it to me but worth a shot applying we will see if I win or lose in this 1
baker Mckenzie has one of these qs on their apps this year:
'Choose one of our clients and explain a challenge they are currently facing. What could the organisation do to overcome this challenge and how could we assist? (400 words max) *'
does anybody have an idea on how I could approach this 🥹
'Choose one of our clients and explain a challenge they are currently facing. What could the organisation do to overcome this challenge and how could we assist? (400 words max) *'
does anybody have an idea on how I could approach this 🥹
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Exit interviews tend to be for the firm not for the recruitment process. An exit interview typically means you are giving feedback on your experience so they can try to improve future schemes. They will be different to TC conversion interviews.
Because of this exit interviews typically will happen in the last day or two of the programme, as any earlier and they don’t get insightful feedback on how to improve the programme.
Conversion to TC interviews tend to happen in the last week of a vacation scheme, or if the scheme is a week or less, then usually in the last day or two of the programme.
When you join, you can ask Graduate Recruitment or HR to confirm the timings to you.
Holding myself accountable (again). TLDR: 28 apps, five PFO's
Willkie Farr & Gallagher ✅📼📝
Covington & Burling ✅❌
Shearman & Sterling ✅
White & Case ✅📼🎙️
Milbank ✅
Ropes & Gray ✅
Arnold & Porter ✅
Sullivan & Cromwell ✅❌
Latham & Watkins ✅
Kirkland & Ellis ✅
Skadden Arps ✅
Vinson & Elkins ✅
Weil Gotshal & Manges ✅
Akin ✅📝
Gibson Dunn ✅❌
Goodwin ✅
Cleary Gottlieb ✅
Paul Hastings ✅
Ashurst ✅ 📝❌
Macfarlanes ✅📝
Mayer Brown ✅📝
King & Spalding?
Winston & Strawn ✅
Morgan Lewis ✅
Fried Frank (1st January)
Orrick ✅
Dechert ✅
Cooley ✅
Morrison Foerster ✅
Slaughter and May ✅❌
✅ = applied; ❌ = PFO; 📼 = VI; 🎙️ = AC; 📝 = test.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher ✅📼📝
Covington & Burling ✅❌
Shearman & Sterling ✅
White & Case ✅📼🎙️
Milbank ✅
Ropes & Gray ✅
Arnold & Porter ✅
Sullivan & Cromwell ✅❌
Latham & Watkins ✅
Kirkland & Ellis ✅
Skadden Arps ✅
Vinson & Elkins ✅
Weil Gotshal & Manges ✅
Akin ✅📝
Gibson Dunn ✅❌
Goodwin ✅
Cleary Gottlieb ✅
Paul Hastings ✅
Ashurst ✅ 📝❌
Macfarlanes ✅📝
Mayer Brown ✅📝
King & Spalding?
Winston & Strawn ✅
Morgan Lewis ✅
Fried Frank (1st January)
Orrick ✅
Dechert ✅
Cooley ✅
Morrison Foerster ✅
Slaughter and May ✅❌
✅ = applied; ❌ = PFO; 📼 = VI; 🎙️ = AC; 📝 = test.
I can’t imagine a firm using the forage internship as a tool for pipelining (unless they specifically say they would do so) - I would think the only advantage that completing forage gives people is a wider insight into the firm - which can be used to display and highlight your motivation for the form a lot better in the applications. Something you could easily do through other means as well.
As for those checklist questions on an application form, such as where have you heard about us? Did you complete our forage? Which events have been influential? I could be wrong but I have always considered these as a ROI tool - for the firm to see whether they are seeing a return on investing in these things. For example, a stall at the Legal Cheek law fair could cost £2,000 - so they would want to see if candidates are actually coming from there - so that for the next recruitment cycle they can decide if they wish to do spend money on those things again.
I could be wrong, but I wouldn’t worry too much.
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