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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Donna Paulsen

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  • Sep 23, 2025
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    Novaa

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    So, I am preparing a list of questions that can be asked at an AC. Any ideas on how to approach this question: What transferable skills do you wish to pick up between now and the vac scheme/training?
    Sorry just to confirm, do you want to know how to answer what skills you’d want to pick up between the AC and vac scheme? Which would assess how you’d prepare for the vac scheme?

    Or what skills you’d want to pick up between the AC and training, which would assess how you’d use the vac scheme to prepare for your training?

    Or both? :) Let me know and I can try to give a couple of options
     

    lelezb1

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    Jan 6, 2025
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    Sorry just to confirm, do you want to know how to answer what skills you’d want to pick up between the AC and vac scheme? Which would assess how you’d prepare for the vac scheme?

    Or what skills you’d want to pick up between the AC and training, which would assess how you’d use the vac scheme to prepare for your training?

    Or both? :) Let me know and I can try to give a couple of options
    Both will be helpful. Thank you so much.
     

    Novaa

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    Dec 2, 2022
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    Anyone know if the W&C capp test has a VI? Trying to work out why it's supposedly going to take 90 minutes!
    It doesn’t, but there are videos which they say you “have” to watch and material to read. But it’s mainly just content providing you insights into firm departments and culture.

    I’m assuming they’re probably expecting people to spend more time on the critical reasoning part.
     
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    toughluck

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    does anyone have any insights into how they structured their research and answer to "where do you think the firm should open its next office?" brainstorming for an international law firm which already has significant coverage in Europe and Asia
     

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