TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Legal Beagle]

Any insights on McDermott written exercises and AC?

 

[lawyer457892079§074]

Hey everyone — I’ve got an upcoming Hill Dickinson Direct Training Contract assessment centre in London. If anyone’s been through it before, I’d really appreciate any insight on what to expect (group exercise, written/case study, interview format, competencies they focus on) + any prep tips/do’s & don’ts. Thanks so much!

 

[radssss]

Hello!

Congratulations on the AC invite!!

The main resource that I used when preparing for a case study interview was this guide by Jacob Miller - I would definitely take a look! There is also a guide to Private Equity that is useful for understanding how a PE transaction is structured -you can find that here.

I have also quoted some more general posts I have made in relation to approaching case study exercises, so hopefully they are helpful too.

Best of luck!!

Thank you very much Abbie, this is very helpful!

I just had another question in relation to debt finance and equity finance. In case studies, how to figure out which option is better or if a mix of both options is suitable. What are some advantages and disadvantages of each?
Please do let me know if there are any articles/videos tcla has got on this! Thank you

@Abbie Whitlock

 

[TCLAuser2002]

Thank you very much Abbie, this is very helpful!

I just had another question in relation to debt finance and equity finance. In case studies, how to figure out which option is better or if a mix of both options is suitable. What are some advantages and disadvantages of each?
Please do let me know if there are any articles/videos tcla has got on this! Thank you

@Abbie Whitlock

hope this helps

 

[alphabravocharlie]

Ropes gave out AC invites on Tuesday 25th of Feb last year, but also handed out some PFOs before hand.... Can they just tell us asap, literally 9am Monday morning please, wait is killing me

 

[hxnnahrobinson]

Prepared hard for my CMS AC on Tuesday, but feeling the nerves

 

[radssss]

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hope this helps

Thank you so much!!
This is so helpful!