TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[ACHat8r]

In other news. Received Paul Weiss AC for spring. Applied day before deadline. Any insight please PM me. I’ve heard it’s very technical

 

[zonnonomo]

if someone attended the links AC info session today, could you let me know what was discussed😭

 

[msclm]

In other news. Received Paul Weiss AC for spring. Applied day before deadline. Any insight please PM me. I’ve heard it’s very technical

Hi! I did the interview for PW winter vac. IMO it wasn’t any more or less difficult than other acs. I didn’t get any oddball questions and I don’t think they tried to throw me off ever. However, they really really read your application. I mentioned a specific technical term in my application and they came prepared with questions on it! Good luck

 

[TCLAuser2002]

Anything about Bakers? PFO or AC?

 

[TCLAuser2002]

Since today was linklaters AC information session, should I assume a PFO

 

[Jennifer2003]

Has anybody had the WG for Cooley summer or has it just been holding/PFO emails?

 

[tc2026]

if someone attended the links AC info session today, could you let me know what was discussed😭

Hey! if you get this could you please send to me also - would really appreciate it!

 

[Novaa]

Since today was linklaters AC information session, should I assume a PFO

No, from memory they do AC information sessions for a batch of AC dates.

You’ll still hear back from them.

 

[Novaa]

Power through, you've got this

Thank you!!

Going to lock in and get it done.

 

[Rejections PFO]

Everyone else list of shows that inspired them to pursue law:

HTGAWM
Legally blonde
Suits

mine was Mr Burns lawyer I always admired how ruthless and capable he was as a kid

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I have a rogue one, the Ace Attorney video game series 😂

 

[chiichii]

Hi @Abbie Whitlock ! Hope you are doing well. I am currently applying for a law firm's training contract, but i wasn't too sure on how should I approach this question. Could you help me give me some guidance on how to approach this question, especially the second part of the question? Should I talk more about what skills did I developed from my interest? If not, what kind of impact I should talk about? )

The question: Tell us about a passion or interest of yours outside of law, and how this impacts you (or others)

 

[confusedbird]

Does anybody have any AC advice, i don't feel like I'm good or competent enough to do it at all

I've been crashing out all week..

Hi,

Not sure if this is very helpful but what i did to avoid feeling this was treat the AC as a practice run ANDDD think of it as a hurdle before you get a treat of choice (mine was gelato).
I was so focussed on trying to make the most of the AC AND getting done with it well so I can thoroughly enjoy my gelato that I forgot to compare myself to others there (you best believe I went out in the rain to get that gelato afterwards😂).

Ps. getting done with it well here just means doing what you can with the cards you are dealt. I know you can't always control the outcome but you can control your responses to whatever they throw at you and if you think you did your best, you deserve the GELATO (or your equivalent)

 

[BobThebIlly]

omg r they starting to send out ACs for P, W?? I am not prepared to be PFOd

 

[Rejections PFO]

Hi! I got through to the final interview for TS and I focused only on their private equity work in the energy field. I also only focused on this topic for my other applications that I’ve progressed with (including the firm I got my tc offer from). So my apps were always super specific to a particular area of the firm!

Although I don't have a TC and quite a few rejected applications, this is the strat I have gone for. I feel like the key is making sure you have some sort of grounding for why that one specific area. (I did a dissertation on proposing a regulatory framework for heritable genome editing so I am leaning into the life sciences sector).

 

[Saul_specter]

Anyone heard from slaughters for vac scheme?

 

[ttso]

Does anybody have any AC advice, i don't feel like I'm good or competent enough to do it at all

I've been crashing out all week..

Maybe take this with a pinch of salt, as I did not convert my AC at Slaughters (though their reasoning was one of "way of thinking", not competency), but I found it really helpful just knowing that it's people on the other side of the table you are interacting with, not robots.

You are there because you are good enough; no question about it. This is just the final check for suitability.

Try to genuinely enjoy the conversation and get on with them. You are a much more memorable candidate if they can actually like you as well! Also, as long as you are comfortable with basic scenario responses, you will be able to adapt your responses to different questions - they tend to follow the same sort of themes just with different manners of approach.

Good luck though, you will smash it I'm sure.

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

quick question concerning the w&c test, is it recorded bc my laptop is lowkey unusable and my pc doesn’t have a webcam 💔💔

Potentially related: with certain apps you can use your phone as a webcam (I use it when I have a video meeting that I want to use desktop for.

 

[Ijustwanttobealawyer]

omg r they starting to send out ACs for P, W?? I am not prepared to be PFOd

Literal mood. Does anyone know if PW sent ACs in batches or in one go for winter?

 

[BobThebIlly]

Literal mood. Does anyone know if PW sent ACs in batches or in one go for winter?

Oh, I think I applied for spring so i'm not sure if that person had an AC for winter?

 

[James Wakefield]

Any news (good or bad) from Weil this week?