TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[alphabravocharlie]

Have people been invited to PW summer interviews ?

 

[WillKitchen]

Does anyone recall if the Latham & Watkins second stage assessment was automatic or selective based on the first stage application?

 

[Dannie]

Happy Wednesday! The right place is coming for us soon

 

[AbogadaAbocado]

Hello! Does anybody know whether you can apply for both a Mayer Brown VS and a training contract within the same cycle? Thank you.

 

[lawyerof2030]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

 

[AryanAgg]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

It is unethical in my opinion. Favoritism on the face of it.

 

[T_03]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

which firm? this is so weird of them and unfair to other candidates!

 

[Bread]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

Name and shame

 

[deejaykay]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

The only thing that comes to mind is WTF.

 

[Mvla]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

what? that's insane!!! if they're doing that, might as well not have y'all waste your time on the vac scheme!

 

[nonlawstudent98]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

This is genuinely insane. I cannot believe that any firms would do this

 

[Novaa]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

I don’t like the lack of transparency and almost sneakiness of it all. Let alone the clear favouritism going on if that’s what the purpose of the insight day is for…

 

[Leader of the Night Watch of the Contractless]

Does anyone recall if the Latham & Watkins second stage assessment was automatic or selective based on the first stage application?

Anything concerning Latham isn't auto!

 

[axelrod901]

FWIW it's a standard Amberjack, including verbal & numerical questions, SJT, plus VI at the end.

Hi, what do you mean by verbal questions? and if you don't mind sharing the VI questions at the end? thank you so much!

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

Has anybody on Willkie's waiting list heard back?

 

[lawyerof2030]

My point exactly. Recruitment might have predisposed ideas about people, but giving them special treatment is a whole different thing. Sad thing is, people I found out from didn't see an issue with it!!

I don’t like the lack of transparency and almost sneakiness of it all. Let alone the clear favouritism going on if that’s what the purpose of the insight day is for…

 

[flamingocelot]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

This is crazy

 

[Ernesto]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

Name the firm

 

[Z48]

Thoughts and feelings on this because it's really annoyed me. Certain US law firm is hosting an insight day for a select few of their vacation schemers before the VS begins to encourage them to accept 'potential' TC offers. The remaining VSers have no idea this is happening.

So strange, do you know what the invites were based on? Do they all have other VS offers? Don’t agree with it either way, but maybe the firm’s trying to convince the candidates to choose them over their other options

 

[lawyerof2030]

So strange, do you know what the invites were based on? Do they all have other VS offers? Don’t agree with it either way, but maybe the firm’s trying to convince the candidates to choose them over their other options

Yes that's why they did it. But also, like I said to the person who told me, they could take ALL their VSers out, make all of them feel special maybe even in smaller groups. But their response was that it's the exclusivity that makes them feel special and more inclined to choose the firm... I think the VS should do all the convincing