TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[rohing99]

goodwin pfo. oh no, im not going to work at a us law firm and be a slave..

 

[zonnonomo]

Usually the forms won't let you submit if they are closed. The fact it submitted suggests you are fine.

i once submitted bakers at 00:02

 

[stilltrying]

are these goodwin rejections post vi?

 

[ilikelaw]

my thoughts go out to everyone grinding last minute sidley applications 😭 🙏

 

[Shaky_Pete]

People who have received Goodwin PFOs, is this after the VI, or application?

 

[abc124]

are these goodwin rejections post vi?

For me it was post app

 

[Harvey Specter]

Goodwin PFO post app as expected haha. I sent my app on 07/12 for the Summer VS.

These PFOs are likely to be post app and not post VI for those of yous that are asking.​

 

[lawyersum]

listening to return of the mack while doing last minute applications is something i highly recommend:

 

[Rejections PFO]

my thoughts go out to everyone grinding last minute sidley applications 😭 🙏

Honestly yall are brave soldiers, I sacrificed my sleep by staying up until 2 am to finish mine. My anxiety makes me incapable to leave a task for the next day if that's the deadline 💀

 

[rohing99]

where tf is dentons man. give me something brev

 

[Harvey Specter]

my thoughts go out to everyone grinding last minute sidley applications 😭 🙏

I stayed up until 3am to submit mine cos I didn’t want to risk missing their deadline cutoff today. I was sat at my desk like:

 

[abc124]

Is it still worth it to submit Gibson Dunn today/tomorrow?

 

[TCLA0322]

Goodwin pfo post app, and I haven't heard anything from K&E (Both got vi last year and went to their open days), I guess they did not want to give a second chance

 

[BobThebIlly]

so random but i rlly like the use of gifs in this years thread. i dont recall last years thread to be as quirky it was serious

 

[stilltrying]

Honestly yall are brave soldiers, I sacrificed my sleep by staying up until 2 am to finish mine. My anxiety makes me incapable to leave a task for the next day if that's the deadline 💀

did the exact same now got 5k words due tomorrow for uni 😂

 

[TCLA0322]

Is it still worth it to submit Gibson Dunn today/tomorrow?

The cliche is: just apply (but given they are rolling & their test is so long and daunting)- maybe invest the time applying to some other similar firms since there are so many ddls coming up and they have an easier app process compared with GD🫡 (just personal thought)

 

[abc124]

The cliche is: just apply (but given they are rolling & their test is so long and daunting)- maybe invest the time applying to some other similar firms since there are so many ddls coming up and they have an easier app process compared with GD🫡 (just personal thought)

Yep I was hoping for some realistic advice so thanks a lot, you're probably right

 

[User2640]

Clyde & Co PFO 3hr after completing the test 😖

 

[rohing99]

Clyde & Co PFO 3hr after completing the test 😖

strange, i completed the test ages ago and have received nothing since

 

[elle woods]

HUGE CONGRATS!!! I heard the SJT is rlly tough so pls help a girl out here and share what you found worked best for you (im so desperate)

me three please

Honestly girl, I don't know if you've been here when I kept failing cappfinities, but yea, I'm honestly not the best person to turn to for advice as I literally failed the ones for FF, Latham, Hogan etc. haha

But for this one, I felt the sliders and ranking exercises were pretty obvious in terms of what skill or agility they're testing - I didn't really find it hard to know which answers worked best at the top etc. The only tough bit for me was the critical thinking exercise. I said in an earlier post that they defo picked the toughest ones out of the batch to use haha (I know this because I did a cappfinity for another firm recently and they had the exact same statements, but had the batch of 4 questions per statement, whereas W&C just had 1 question per statement [aka, the hardest one out of the 4]).

Hope that makes sense! So I guess having had practice (I did the Gibson Dunn one yesterday), and having come across some of the WG questions before definitely helped?

Just keep the skills of work ethic, adaptability, taking ownership, credibility, and collaboration in mind when doing the SJT - that's what I did! Hopefully this helps? Best of luck!