TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[Manuchelsout]

Does anyone know what score for Simmons & Simmons is good?

I actually want to know this also.

 

[Dae]

Has anyone heard from Linklaters for spring VS?

 

[Jessica Booker]

I know their minimum degree classification requirement is a 2.1, but does Milbank realistically recruit candidates with 2.1's? A look at LinkedIn shows that whilst they don't seem to be Oxbridge fixated like Davis Polk and S&C, most of their current trainees have high firsts.

Has anyone on here passed the first stage with a relatively solid 2.1?

You have to remember that many people on LinkedIn wont state their degree grade at all. It’s only those with the absolute highest grades that don’t.

So if you factor in the trainees’ not on LinkedIn and those who have t stated their grades, you are probably only seeing a skewed version of things based on what people are declaring.

 

[Percypig12]

w&c vi for spring - that was super quick i applied on the 28th dec

I applied 16th Nov and haven't heard back 💀

 

[Jessica Booker]

Is it fine to refer to addleshaw goddard as AG in apps?

Yes - that is fine as the firm uses the acronym on their website. You may want to list it as Addleshaw Goddard (AG) in the first instance, and then use AG throughout the rest of your application though.

 

[IwantaVacSchemePlz]

I applied 16th Nov and haven't heard back 💀

they took 7 weeks last cycle to give me a vi. who knows their methodology!

 

[Untilwinter]

I must not be getting WC VI this cycle💀
I got to VI last cycle and reused parts my app this year so maybe that's why.
Well I thought my app was good and there really wasn't much to change so what could I have done lol

 

[Untilwinter]

Taylor Wessing PFO
2 PFOs today!!

 

[F12M34L]

is the AG deadline at 11.59 pm tonight?

 

[Standardlawapplicant]

If I pronounced a firms name completely wrong in a VI, is this an automatic PFO?

 

[LawTCAPYES]

Has anyone done the VI for BBC yet?

 

[yasmars]

If I pronounced a firms name completely wrong in a VI, is this an automatic PFO?

I wouldn’t say so, unless you referred to a completely different firm altogether

 

[IwantaVacSchemePlz]

Taylor Wessing PFO
2 PFOs today!!

sorry to hear is this post app or post test?

 

[Legalstalker]

WFW PFO
Stings as it was one of my top firms and i literally work in maritime and aerospace (3rd one today... hoping to get 1 more today so it's an even number) x

 

[TakeAChanceOnMe]

Taylor wessing pfo

Same. I don't even mind. The whole TW application process, overly short questions limited by character count, and ancient IT were painful. I have pursued working for the firm for years, attending event after event, but the application experience turned me off.

 

[77777law]

For Osborne Clarke, it says we will be sent a verbal reasoning test after submitting our application, does anyone know if this means we also have to complete the test by the deadline (15/01/2024)?

 

[EllaClayton]

Same. I don't even mind. The whole TW application process, overly short questions limited by character count, and ancient IT were painful. I have pursued working for the firm for years, attending event after event, but the application experience turned me off.

Same as you, had attended several events but condensing the form by that much just felt like a waste

 

[lawyerinzootopia]

Does anyone know when the next cycle of applications will happen?

 

[Heartofglass]

For anyone who received a PFO in a past few days

I hope you understand that no matter what external forces are acting against you, you still have intrinsic internal worth.

Recognise that if people reject you, it said everything about them and what they value, yet nothing about your worth.

And most importantly, try to trust yourself, to see what you can do. You can't live in dream if your dream were to come true. There's a better life that's waiting, but past the mountain you must climb. Then there will be a day when you will live your once upon a time.

At the mean time, let's all find hope and joy in our circumstances, even if it's not ideal.

 

[legalgrinch]

For anyone who received a PFO in a past few days

I hope you understand that no matter what external forces are acting against you, you still have intrinsic internal worth.

Recognise that if people reject you, it said everything about them and what they value, yet nothing about your worth.

And most importantly, try to trust yourself, to see what you can do. You can't live in dream if your dream were to come true. There's a better life that's waiting, but past the mountain you must climb. Then there will be a day when you will live your once upon a time.

At the mean time, let's all find hope and joy in our circumstances, even if it's not ideal.