TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

Speaking of sector knowledge and keeping up with the word on the street.

Those of you who love the Financial Services side of things, how do you do it? I understand Competition, ESG, TMT, Energy, and Infrastructure. But see the financial services side of things… I really struggle with it LOOL

This is where studying banking law at university comes in clutch for me cos we acc learned about financial services regulation, the laws governing financial services, tortious liabilities of financial services firms and then stuff about crypto assets and cryptocurrencies. So whenever I get stuck on financial services, I dig deep into the trenches to find the articles and books I used for banking law (I got 75 in that module too)! I used it to help me the Covington app more recently lmao.

 

[Lawyergyal123!]

Any advice on Weil AC would be really appreciated. Can give insight into Slaughters, Bakers, Macfarlanes and HSF AC. Also Hogan and freshfields stage two. WFW VI.

 

[trainee4u]

For Hill Dickinson SJT, how many video interview questions are there?

like 3 or 4 I think?

but you can view and go back unlimited times, so....

 

[Trainee590]

I imagine week commencing Feb 23 is when they will send the invites out

Last year, I got my invite late Feb

 

[Rafa]

Hey guys, any advice about a Latham & Watkins AC would be really appreciated!

 

[nalinp]

Hi guys - so I completed my online video interview and aptitude test the day of the deadline but I had technical issues (of course!). I had to reach out to grad recruitment, it was all ok in the end but im scared this is going to count against me. I know it's not a great impression, but will it be held against my application? What do you guys think?

 

[Lawlawland]

Howdy!
I am just curious if Anyone else is participating in the Ropes and Gray AI Prompt Competition...

 

[sebcathrew]

DM me - I did their interview last year!

Hi I'm also a non law student, i have my interview on Tuesday with slaughters do you have any advice. Thanks

 

[Jessica Pearson - Managing Director]

There was one test (I can't remember which, but one of the ones I did (maybe M&R, but I could be mistaken - I took the test a couple weeks back, so it could have been multiple ones), my answers were slightly off - a rounding error, either in the working or in the final answer. It was untimed, so I did them multiple times, getting the same answer (I got good maths grades at GCSE, A-level and Uni modules). In the end, I realised it was a small mistake in the answers (most people would have just clicked through, for some reason, I was stubborn, trying to get the exact answer). But it definitely was a mistake on their end, which I find ironic for a law firm.

I've spotted some mistakes as well in the questions

 

[sebcathrew]

Hi non law student here i have slaughters interview/AC in two days any advice. Still unsure on the written exercise in particular thanks.