TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[BillSikes]

Do firms review the application again after the VI stage? or getting an AC depends just on the VI.

I've always assumed it was the later

 

[Madeline186]

Just got the email for Bevan Brittan VI!

 

[BillSikes]

Bevan Brittan VI finally

 

[lllaaawww098]

Has anyone emailed Dentons re our applications or has asked them in the Legal Cheek fair these past days? I am getting a bit irritated ngl

 

[sm99]

Anyone who has the Gateley AC - does your info sheet say the placement week is in Manchester? I am slightly confused 💀

 

[mp2000]

Have Mayer Brown held all ACs for their Spring VS?

 

[r407]

Has anyone reached out to Gibson Dunn for an update on their Dubai Vac Scheme? Its been 2.5 months since the deadline closed, and looks like nobody has heard anything.

 

[hopefulforatc]

I've always assumed it was the later

same, but I would like to know whether they look at the application again.

 

[trainee2025]

Do firms review the application again after the VI stage? or getting an AC depends just on the VI.

No single answer for this - it is entirely firm-dependent. I would say the latter is more common but there are also many firms who view the VI/application form in conjunction, possibly alongside other tests as well, when making AC decisions.

It’s one of those frustrating things where you really just have to look at how each individual firm conducts their recruitment process.

 

[axelbeugre]

Do firms review the application again after the VI stage? or getting an AC depends just on the VI.

It is usually a combination of both but this may vary from firm to firm so it is difficult to say objectively.

 

[axelbeugre]

Just got the email for Bevan Brittan VI!

Congratulations!

 

[3000to1shoteverytime]

I feel like that's worse? Firms will want to train you up there. No good firm is gonna hire me as an NQ that way.

You would be surprised. Many of the larger firms are now taking interns, then keeping them on when they are NQ and indeed the qwe is all relevant to their practice area rather than 6 months in 4 different areas. Thus they are better at that area than a NQ trainee. Same as FILEX solicitors always were.

And indeed sometimes interns who have SQE behind them are switched by firms who like them onto their training contracts.

 

[hopefulforatc]

It is usually a combination of both but this may vary from firm to firm so it is difficult to say objectively.

I think the ones that mention on their website that they have a VI benchmark for the AC, they only look at the VI

 

[hungry_for_TC]

Morgan Lewis VS !!! Yipppeee 🥳

 

[hopefulforatc]

No single answer for this - it is entirely firm-dependent. I would say the latter is more common but there are also many firms who view the VI/application form in conjunction, possibly alongside other tests as well, when making AC decisions.

It’s one of those frustrating things where you really just have to look at how each individual firm conducts their recruitment process.

Yes but then I dont get why do they progress the application to the VI, if they have to review the form again.

 

[PFOenthusiast]

Just got the email for Bevan Brittan VI!

Congrats, same here!

 

[Mariyah_T]

Morgan Lewis VS !!! Yipppeee 🥳

same! omgggg.

 

[A worried paralegal]

I feel like that's worse? Firms will want to train you up there. No good firm is gonna hire me as an NQ that way.

The word “good” explains what the system was trying to achieve.

The idea is that the good firms fund anyway and the self finders get the rest of the firms who save on SQE costs but lose out on training.

It creates a weird scenario where qualifying can become a negative if you have big firm ambitions but had bad application cycles and only widens the two tier gap

 

[NMA]

Has anyone received their travel reimbursements for the Weil AC yet? it's been a month and a half of me chasing a couple times :/

 

[desperateTCseeker1998]

Can you get postgrad student finance for the SQE? I won't be getting any financial support from my parents and the grants from firms will probably only just cover rent lol