TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[wannabesheridansmith]

Okay thank you! Hopefully I hear from them soon. Well done on your AC!

Thanks Grace, you must be my lucky charm as I heard back not long after you posted it!

They implied on the call that I would get the option over spring/summer and so there must still be places to fill if they can guarantee that. Fingers crossed for you on your end! 🙏

 

[Amehta1]

No I meant have done VI but not heard

Yeah I’m in the same boat as you

 

[lllaaawww098]

Anything from K L Gates London VS?

 

[Pennine Valley]

Can't believe this one, but Addleshaw Goddard VS offer!
(Glasgow/Edinburgh - Spring/Summer)

Guess it shows that even the worst interviews with the worst case study performances can also have a chance 🥳

Obviously you didn’t have the worst interview and case study then?

 

[aspiringfuturetrainee2025]

No I meant have done VI but not heard

NGL, It was my first VI and I bombed it bad. But its that tiny hope you always have like its for a guy liking you back 😂😂😂

 

[aspiringfuturetrainee2025]

@Jessica Booker Can you please highlight how to answer questions focusing on an individuals weakness. need some inspiration please.

 

[farr_x]

Got WBD assessment! For the video interview, do we have unlimited prep time? Does anyone have any insights?

I couldn’t say for this year, but I did it last year and it was unlimited prep time! They can see how long you take though and they recommended “a minute”, but they always say that. I got 3 questions: ‘How do you deal with change’, ‘how technologically impacts lawyers’ and this one threw me off guard - if I could change or introduce a law what would it be or something along those lines. Again, this was last year, so may not be helpful

 

[Farhan65756]

Thank you ! It was actually the one regional office I applied for, so its the Manchester office. I received the email yesterday and its next week. If yours was the London office I wouldn't worry as I haven't seen anyone post about that yet

First of all congratulations on your AC for TLT!!! I hope you do well. Second of all, you had worried thinking that I got rejected since I applied to the London office but since you got it for Manchester, it still gives me hope 🙏

 

[LKG]

Does anyone know when Mayer brown starts sending out AC invites for spring?

 

[I’m_Batman]

Clyde & Co rejection (I never completed the VI)

Go back and explain that and ask for an extension

 

[IwantaVacSchemePlz]

Bakers VI for spring, received yesterday - if anyone has any tips, plz DM me. Can provide guidance for W&C, Ashurst, Jones Day, Macs, or Slaughters

 

[wz_13]

if im still waiting for RS post VI should i just assume a pfo as AC invites have been sent out

 

[SolicitorHopeful]

if im still waiting for RS post VI should i just assume a pfo as AC invites have been sent out

They sent an email earlier this week saying they would get back to us by Friday. I haven't heard anything from them since.

 

[Amehta1]

Anyone still waiting for Akin post test?

 

[Apple]

Macfarlanes plz put me out of my misery

 

[Njaliwe Ungwe]

Anyone heard back from Hogan Lovells post-WG for their summer vacation scheme?

 

[Bubbles]

Any news from Irwin Mitchell?

 

[191919191]

Has anyone heard from Freshfields about the Winter Trainee Associate Programme?

PFO post- WG for Freshfields

sorry to hear that, can i ask when did you apply?

 

[jesslawapps]

Macfarlanes plz put me out of my misery

Have you completed the AC?

 

[Meena]

Bakers VI for spring, received yesterday - if anyone has any tips, plz DM me. Can provide guidance for W&C, Ashurst, Jones Day, Macs, or Slaughters

Hey! Sorry correct me if I'm wrong but didnt you say you got a PFO post-test yesterday? Did they by any chance make a mistake? I'm wondering if I should email because I was in the same position with high scores but still PFO lol