TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Donna Paulsen]

Fellow Catholics, get your prayers in to this fella xx

 

[help]

Does anyone know anything (e.g., timing, question types) about the V&E VI? I heard it was personality based questions?

 

[letsdothis]

Has anyone done a Jones Day AC recently? Would appreciate if you could answer a couple of questions on the case study

 

[kim wexler]

But they only have a summer scheme

I know, I was just surprised that they would give AC offers so early and only two weeks after the deadline (non-rolling) when the vac schemes themselves are quite far off ... compared to other firms of course

 

[Monzer Joujou]

Hey has anyone done the CMS VI and would be willing to give any insight into it at all? I can help with Reed Smith, Weil, Willkie, Goodwin, Simmons, DLA VI + Hogan, Skadden, Pinsent, Macfarlanes, Akin Gump Goodwin and Fried Frank ACs

Hi, appreciate any help with Akin Gump Online Assessment and AC, I can help with Covington Burling AC

 

[hopingforamiracle]

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Fellow Catholics, get your prayers in to this fella xx

I'm sorry, for me its the Europop L'Amour Toujours in the background. I stan

 

[Donna Paulsen]

I'm sorry, for me its the Europop L'Amour Toujours in the background. I stan

Okay eagle eye!!
Nothing like a bit of L'Amour Toujours xx

 

[Cece176]

did someone have this problem with Mishcon's amberjack
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yes. I had to keep zooming in and out and resizing my window. Very distracting, and I hope it didn't raise their behind-the-scenes flags.

 

[Cece176]

Anyone heard back from Simmons & Simmons for their summer VS??

 

[hopingforamiracle]

Anyone heard back from Simmons & Simmons for their summer VS??

Nope and its been a while. I'm honestly assuming that they've handed everything out or else I'll be like this forever:

 

[TheSaulGoodman]

Has anyone who applied on the deadline day heard from Gibson Dunn? (besides the auto assessment)

 

[Bbhu19]

i just flunked my 3rd AC too... feeling so disappointed in myself. I also feel ashamed.

i would love to hear any advice from people too regarding this issue. Best of luck, this process is not for the weak indeed.

Would deffo recommend asking a lot of questions on your feedback call and doing your most to improve what was missing, for example for an AC I messed up they said my issue was my WE could have been clearer and more concise, which I’ve worked on

 

[Wompycapy]

Has anyone heard back from White & Case summer post app?

 

[jamsparkle]

hey has anyone applied to goldman sachs legal analyst role and heard back yet?

loads of my friends recruited for finance - they normally progress to vi stage very quickly if u pass hr screening, but it seems that they just leave you in limbo forever if you don't. if you submitted a while ago i'd regard it as a lost cause tbh (but never say never)

 

[hanahana]

hey - when did you do your VI?

In November

 

[Ijustwanttobealawyer]

I’m starting to feel like it’s a PFO from Weil post-ac

 

[Rads]

Will Hogan Lovells give out more ACs? Seems like they have given offers already

 

[sapphireoreos]

Are any of you that received Debevoise’s OD internationals? Sorry for the question, Ik that they don’t sponsor vac schemes,however, I wonder if they rly consider people who are on a student visa (i am on one)

I am! Am on a grad visa though

 

[Hugo2004]

Will Hogan Lovells give out more ACs? Seems like they have given offers already

I’m guessing not but would love to be told that they do them in batches… dunno why they can’t just get the PFOs out of the way

 

[Bread]

Does anyone know what the KL Gates application process is?

It mentions online exercises, are these SJTs, WG, something else..? Also, unclear whether they take place at AC or before then.

Thanks!