TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[Amma Usman]

i have Willkie and Weil Vi!!!

any tips? Much appreciated

Hi @Toenails , very well done!

I’ve linked @Andrei Radu ’s VI guide here - https://www.thecorporatelawacademy....de-for-competency-interview-preparation.9380/

Best of luck 💪🚀

 

[Amma Usman]

Can you apply to both the linklaters direct TC and vacation scheme? I would really prefer not to do a vac scheme as I work full-time but my success rate with direct TCs is awful compared to for vac schemes…

Hiya @desperateTCseeker1998 , very good one. I’ve just consulted @Ram Sabaratnam‘s wonderful thread and found out that Links falls under this scope:

These firms recruit predominantly from their vacation schemes, but they have frequently made more than one direct TC offer every year in recent years – a direct TC app to these firms will almost certainly be read and considered seriously for a TC.

Thus, this could be a possibility still. I suggest tailoring your application strategy with a nice balance of VS and TC applications across the broad spectrum of firms you are applying to. Similarly, I know of candidates that have worked full-time and taken leave for the duration of their vac scheme or come up with some sort of alternative arrangement. I also understand if you may not want to use up your holiday leave!

Hope this helps

 

[Amma Usman]

Hi @Toenails , very well done!

I’ve linked @Andrei Radu ’s VI guide here - https://www.thecorporatelawacademy....de-for-competency-interview-preparation.9380/

Best of luck 💪🚀

i have Willkie and Weil Vi!!!

any tips? Much appreciated

Hiya! Well done on securing the VI. I’ve quoted this post above to help

 

[SS21]

Apologies if this has been asked before but does the ‘on hold’ application status with Linklaters mean it has been submitted? Completed the Watson Glaser but not option to ‘submit’, just went to on hold

They really have the dumbest app form - I just did mine and yes I think it seems to automatically submit after you complete the WG

 

[A worried graduate]

If you go in to your profile settings on Vantage you'll find a work experience section that will have your old data in it. if you put your new info there your applications will autofill with those instead, had the same problem for a while.

My profile doesn't show a work experience section

 

[NCTC2025]

i have Willkie and Weil Vi!!!

any tips? Much appreciated

If you dont mind me asking, when did u apply? And is this for summer?

 

[Toenails]

If you dont mind me asking, when did u apply? And is this for summer?

they are both for spring/summer

i applied to Willkie beginning of the week

i applied to Weil October

 

[Zaraa.x]

Their winter scheme started a week ago, seems W&C aren't the best with letting people know results..

Yepp! My friend applied for W&C summer vac last cycle and got her rejection email in October…

 

[NCTC2025]

they are both for spring/summer

i applied to Willkie beginning of the week

i applied to Weil October

Congrats! Is Willkie's VI automatic or do they screen your app first? I haven't submitted my Willkie app but I submitted Weil about a week ago.

 

[Toenails]

Congrats! Is Willkie's VI automatic or do they screen your app first? I haven't submitted my Willkie app but I submitted Weil about a week ago.

thank you

i attended a workshop where they said it is not automatic

good luck

 

[AnAnonymousDuck]

@Jessica Booker

When asked in an application question "Provide an example of a time you provided exceptional client service," is it bad to talk about a job you worked in general over time. I had only one experience that could have answered that question but the form had another that the experience matched to better, so instead I talked about a job I worked in a bakery during university for 3 years. Is this bad because I really do not have any other specific example to talk about whereas I can go into to quite deep detail about my university job over the years I worked there?

 

[Thom&as]

weird question, but to those who have done the Linklaters test, is the percentage on the application portal 77%?

Mine says 'on hold' and is at 66%. Do you reckon that means anything?

 

[0livia.pope]

Mine says 'on hold' and is at 66%. Do you reckon that means anything?

This is usually what is said after completing the tests so other than that, I don’t think so!

 

[WillkieGemma]

Congrats! Is Willkie's VI automatic or do they screen your app first? I haven't submitted my Willkie app but I submitted Weil about a week ago.

Hi @NCTC2025 - it isn't automatic (I very much doubt whether a video interview at any firm is automatic).

 

[WillkieGemma]

i have Willkie and Weil Vi!!!

any tips? Much appreciated

Hi @Toenails we had a session with Jaysen on Tuesday evening, which you can find here: https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8

 

[Toenails]

Hi @Toenails we had a session with Jaysen on Tuesday evening, which you can find here: https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8

thank you

really cool to see a member of the firm using this platform

 

[gazdgazd11]

I’ve not received anything from Baker McKenzie since applying on 28/11. Should I anticipate a PFO?

 

[NJS]

Mine says 'on hold' and is at 66%. Do you reckon that means anything?

I'm not sure, mine was a 66% last year, and I don't recall it being 77% at any point then, I don't want to speculate or fearmonger, so I guess we'll just see

 

[user5287645235644]

Sending off the Ashurst VS app and waiting for Mishcon to get back to us 'later this week'.... Anyone else feeling sick today?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

@Jessica Booker

When asked in an application question "Provide an example of a time you provided exceptional client service," is it bad to talk about a job you worked in general over time. I had only one experience that could have answered that question but the form had another that the experience matched to better, so instead I talked about a job I worked in a bakery during university for 3 years. Is this bad because I really do not have any other specific example to talk about whereas I can go into to quite deep detail about my university job over the years I worked there?

I would try to find a specific example within an experience rather than talking about a role broadly. The only way I can see this working for a general experience rather than a specific example is if you have got clear evidence that your exceptional client service led to better outcomes for the business or received any kind of recognition for your consistent exceptional client service.

Clients don’t just have to be customers, it maybe that your “clients” are members of society or club, or a charity if you did any fundraising, or peers if you had to advocate for them.