TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

Slaughters PFO finallyy

Sorry Elle, Is this summer or spring VS? Post app or interview?

I applied to Dechert in late December, and I have not heard anything yet. Not even WE. Have people been rejected from Dechert outright yet post-app or is there still a chance with this firm?

I applied mid December and haven't heard back too. If you've applied to summer, we are on the same boat.

 

[baj5]

I think you also have to remember a lot of people aren’t ok the forum, especially for roles that are tailored towards grads like the LBA and most people on the forum don’t share publicly that they have an AC

That’s so true

 

[soph107048]

Jones Day SVS VI invite! Has anyone else done theirs earlier last year? Apparently there are only 48ish slots for Feb so idk if they did others earlier

doing mine on Friday, got the invite end nov and I think there were about 50 or so ish slots for January too

 

[Bbhu19]

Agreed but also when there’s places that are applied to by a lot of people on the forum there are usually one or two posts

Maybe they had to sign an NDA

 

[Miles Edgeworth]

Sorry Elle, Is this summer or spring VS? Post app or interview?

I applied mid December and haven't heard back too. If you've applied to summer, we are on the same boat.

I applied mid/end of December for summer and havent heard back. However, I am pretty sure that Harvey Specter got a WE recently from them for Spring so I don't think it's totally over

 

[Saul_specter]

Slaughters PFO finallyy

Edit: (this is for you @Laurel Lance - Black Canary ) and sorry i didnt add deets lol

summer work experience, post app

Sorry to hear
When did you apply if u don’t mind me asking

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

The good news about all this waiting is that they might actually be reading the applications

 

[startupgeek]

i have dechert WE tomorrow and im super worried about my slow typing... im also so worried that given how time-crunched it is i might end up getting some analysis wrong TT

can anyone who have had WE experiences pls give some tips and lmk how they got thru them <333

bump^ tysm!

 

[Lawlawland]

Simmons JUST sent an holding email for the AI internship and gave me a heart attack

It says there will be an update by the end of January. Dear Lord free me from this smh.

 

[Jennifer2003]

Any advice on how to answer 'tell us a bit about yourself' in an AC interview? I had a mock interview and was told to try to link to the firm somehow but not entirely sure how to do this naturally?

 

[vweewcvew]

Reed smith PFO and Cooley PFO

 

[SamiyaJ]

Cooley PFO post app -_-

 

[ilikelaw]

Reed smith PFO and Cooley PFO

sorry to hear was this post test or post app?

 

[HopefulTC]

Anyone got any tips to prep for a written task for an AC?

 

[Jessica Pearson - Managing Partner]

Anyone got any tips to prep for a written task for an AC?

this might be helpful:

2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

You can download this one here. I also remember a conversation some hundred pages back when someone shared their spreadsheet but I can’t find it at the moment. If I do will definitely send it over...

www.thecorporatelawacademy.com

 

[toughcookie]

I applied for Cooley Spring Vac on 1st Jan, haven't heard back post app!

 

[wqueens8]

Any advice on how to answer 'tell us a bit about yourself' in an AC interview? I had a mock interview and was told to try to link to the firm somehow but not entirely sure how to do this naturally?

Hmmm, happy to be told I'm wrong I've been advised before not to link to the firm in this question haha, unless explicitly relevant (i.e a previous scheme of some sort).

In my experience firms that ask this are looking for personality, and a full picture of you. They will almost certainly ask you some variation of why law and why this firm in the rest of the interview/application process, this is usually a bit of an icebreaker to give them an overview of who you are.

I generally go where I'm from, where I went to uni and what I'm studying. Then I move on to societies and personal interests (which for me combine as they're mostly sports and non-academic). And I'll mention a bit about career aspirations and work experience to date but again not like I'm answering "why law" all over again. For me this might take the form of "I've loved my stem degree but after doing X and Y scheme, I've realised my interests are more aligned to a law career" and I always mention my hospitality experience as it's the most significant part of my application usually.

Ultimately you're working to make yourself sound more interesting and different, what is your USP? If you go in and say "I'm a law student at X russell group, and I was the treasurer for the law soc, and I want to do corporate law, at a corporate law firm" that tells them nithing about you that's not on your CV, and makes you seem cookie cutter with not much going on.

 

[vweewcvew]

sorry to hear was this post test or post app?

Post VI test

 

[toughcookie]

Hi, has anyone heard back from Lewis Silkin since the deadline?

 

[EfficientBag123]

Anyone who has got to the baker McKenzie AC already please message me privately!