TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[yk1906]

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

 

[yk1906]

Literally have been wasting my time on the forum all evening... Oops

 

[yuhhhh]

Literally yesterday which is why I think it might be automatic but I'm still trying to savour some good news this cycle haha

bro i swear kirkland are sending out invites on a reverse rolling order 🤣

sent my app in in october hoping to hear back earlier but it seems people who are receiving invites now submitted this week

 

[BM99]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

Woo Freshfields PFO baby I've been waiting for you
Now just Hogan and Latham next please

 

[testing123]

has anyone heard from white & case spring/summer

no, i dont think so. have you received any vi invite, if so how long was this after submitting the online assessment if you dont mind me asking. i havent received anything sadly

 

[elle woods]

Noooooooo, oh god I'm so sorry ( I'll put my phone on DND now I'm so afraid

haha don't be sorry, I was expecting it since I wasn't progressed onto stage 2 for ages 🤣 at least they're faster in rejecting than Hogan and Latham man

 

[BobThebIlly]

submitted my Goodwin app with only minutes to spare... that was terrifying but so exhilarating lmfao

 

[elle woods]

did you apply to VS or DTC?

well, this is the VS thread haha so yes, the VS

 

[Harvey Specter]

why do all my apps sound good until the moment after i hit the submit button and suddenly i decide i sounded like a potato in my app

Same here lmao, idk what’s going on atp. It’s like my brains only activates AFTER I’ve submitted my app and only then will I spot 13849 mistakes and my app reads like it’s the most generic thing in all of human history… Just have to hope for the best in these circumstances I guess. 🫤​

 

[spongebob]

Sorry for this, wishing you luck for the rest of your apps. Could you please say when you completed VI?

8/12

 

[W5690]

If that's what your portal says it just means they are reviewing ur app and wg now before any invites to TIs. I wouldn't worry tbh

@QuillandCounsel Hi! Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. I am pretty worried as some people were sent TI invites earlier today, so I thought it was not a good sign for me and it is almost half-December. Someone who took the WG test the same day I did was sent a TI invite earlier today, hence my worries. 😅

 

[elle woods]

I just knew that I was going to hear back from a firm today inbox no longer dry

 

[Winter]

haha don't be sorry, I was expecting it since I wasn't progressed onto stage 2 for ages 🤣 at least they're faster in rejecting than Hogan and Latham man

I think with Latham, theyre waiting for people to finish VI's? I think today is the last day for people to submit. So hopefully next week we hear back!! Also can I ask what you got on ur feedback report for Freshfields?

 

[elle woods]

I think with Latham, theyre waiting for people to finish VI's? I think today is the last day for people to submit. So hopefully next week we hear back!! Also can I ask what you got on ur feedback report for Freshfields?

haha no, they haven't progressed me onto stage 2 lol. So it's the same situation as Freshfields. I think cappfinity and I have beef guys 😭 I cannot, all the cappfinities I do never turn out right

 

[lawyersum]

Same here lmao, idk what’s going on atp. It’s like my brains only activates AFTER I’ve submitted my app and only then will I spot 13849 mistakes and my app reads like it’s the most generic thing in all of human history… Just have to hope for the best in these circumstances I guess. 🫤​

so true. praying for us nonetheless!!

 

[boots pharmacy]

Any AC invites for FF DTC or HL Spring/Summer VS's recently?

 

[TinaT]

submitted my Goodwin app with only minutes to spare... that was terrifying but so exhilarating lmfao

my vantage decided at crunch time to send me error messages and basically stop functioning🤣 wasn't meant to be!

 

[W5690]

ffs dla piper pfo after passing wg two weeks ago😭

@lawyersum Hi! So sorry about this. I suppose you had completed the TI? Thank you.

 

[BobThebIlly]

random qs but when did "pfo" become a thing? i swear its only on TCLA ive never seen it on other forums lol

 

[llblawstudent]

Anyone else have that same sinking feeling when you read back an old app that you haven’t heard back from yet and notice a typo………ffs