TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[futuretrainee2025]

Writing this application has been one of my favourites so far. Whether I will progress is a completely different question lol.

Out of curiosity, what are the questions?

 

[sxw517]

Out of curiosity, what are the questions?

Why would you like to pursue a career as a solicitor at Covington?
Focusing on a particular practice group at the firm, what challenges and opportunities do you foresee over the next 12 months?
Name a historical figure that you admire and outline why.
Discuss a topic you are passionate about, outlining why it interests you. (We are looking for a structured and succinct answer. Your topic does not need to be related to law or Covington, this is a chance to tell us more about you and your interests).

 

[SemperParatus]

Did anyone get linklaters pfos today?

 

[-legal-]

Why would you like to pursue a career as a solicitor at Covington?
Focusing on a particular practice group at the firm, what challenges and opportunities do you foresee over the next 12 months?
Name a historical figure that you admire and outline why.
Discuss a topic you are passionate about, outlining why it interests you. (We are looking for a structured and succinct answer. Your topic does not need to be related to law or Covington, this is a chance to tell us more about you and your interests).

It was so annoying because the questions were really interesting but it took me so much time to answer them

 

[Sunshinepink]

Post TI

What is 'TI'?

 

[Sunshinepink]

It was so annoying because the questions were really interesting but it took me so much time to answer them

I agree, I really loved their questions!

 

[Sunshinepink]

Does RPC recruit on a rolling basis or non-rolling basis?

 

[simib]

Did anyone get linklaters pfos today?

was it for summer or spring ?

 

[thenublawyer]

What is 'TI'?

telephone interview

 

[Callumw123]

Does anybody have experience with grammatical errors on applications? I accidentally wrote "responsibilities" instead of "responsibility" in one of the work experience boxes and now I am concerned that this will get me rejected

 

[SemperParatus]

was it for summer or spring ?

I applied for spring, I still haven’t got anything lol

 

[simib]

I applied for spring, I still haven’t got anything lol

same for me too

 

[Sunshinepink]

telephone interview

Ahhh i see, thank you so much!

 

[Sunshinepink]

Does anyone know what seats are available for trainees at RPC? I can't seem to find it anywhere

 

[heyhola]

Any tips for Reed Smith VI? Do you guys know whether prep time for the questions is timed (and if so how much time we have to prepare)?

 

[ia1234555]

does this mean that if you haven’t heard back yet from them that I’ve probably not gotten in? Assuming they only
Do interviews in next week and not any other time?

Wondering this too

 

[Z48]

Does anyone know what seats are available for trainees at RPC? I can't seem to find it anywhere

On their Chambers Student profile it says:

London: commercial seats (corporate; commercial & banking litigation; restructuring & insolvency; tax litigation; employment; white-collar crime & compliance; media; intellectual property; technology, outsourcing & commercial contracts) and insurance seats (construction; cyber & technology; professional & financial risk; property & casualty; property & casual international; medical & life sciences)
Bristol: insurance seats (cyber; construction; general liability & medical; professional & financial risk; property & casual)

 

[yxngd2x]

Congrats, I’m sure you did better than you give yourself credit for! If I may ask, when did you do your VI?

Appreciate it — I did it last Friday so the 5th

 

[Law_Between_Life]

Reed Smith VI and Assessment. I have to submit that by Friday 17:00 (I assume most do), so it's going to be a busy week with the CMS AC on Tuesday.

If anyone has advice I'm all ears. Happy to share my experiences with other firms if they will help you as well. I'm intrigued as to the Reed Smith assessment; I have only sat WG tests so far.

 

[McSquash]

Oh congrats! When did you send in your application? And was that information in the email inviting you for an interview or a more general one

They called me to schedule the interview. I sent my application on the day before the deadline.