TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[dlc3266]

A fair few ppl received PFOs today (you'll find a few posts about this in the last couple of pages on this thread. Not sure if anyone's received AC invites or if Ropes send PFOs in batches though...

Looking at posts from last year, they do send it in batches

 

[QuillandCounsel]

AG VS Offer last week

Congrats!! Which office?

 

[MONA23]

shoo smiths PFO should I kms?

 

[ADhillon01]

Fladgate AC 😮‍💨

 

[trainee4u]

very quiet. Expecting Shoosmiths & Ropes PFOs.
Not got anything today yet at all.......

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

very quiet. Expecting Shoosmiths & Ropes PFOs.
Not got anything today yet at all.......

I don't want to get your hopes up, but if you didn't get a Ropes PFO you could be awaiting a positive progression there

 

[meredithgrey]

Anyone heard from Northridge post WG?

 

[TCGrad1642]

Has anyone heard from Willkie today?

 

[nicoledm]

AG VS Offer last week

well done! is this for spring or summer1

 

[radssss]

shoo smiths PFO should I kms?

So sorry to hear that
Which office and when did you apply, do the test?

 

[BobThebIlly]

Anyone else hear from sidley for their TI? I applied on deadline day and still nothing 🤔

 

[trainee1012]

How long are group assessments usually in ACs?

 

[Madison Pinewall]

Anyone else hear from sidley for their TI? I applied on deadline day and still nothing 🤔

nothing here

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

Willkie PFO post-WE after being waitlisted

 

[Dolphin270]

Anyone heard from Withers?

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

shoo smiths PFO should I kms?

Don't worry, they are hiring a suspicious amount of AI engineers rn. I know every firm wants to win the arms race, but I still have this feeling that they aren't going to be retaining so many of their trainees in the future...

 

[tc2026]

hey are the shoo smith pfo's for London?

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

Anyone else hear from sidley for their TI? I applied on deadline day and still nothing 🤔

Also nothing here. I’ve seen waves of PFOs and a good number of TIs and I’m just sat like a loaf of bread waiting to be picked up off the shelf… 🫠​

 

[BelleOfTheLawBall]

wait am I missing something? why are we separating the shoos from the smiths? 😭

do the smiths no longer like the shoos 👞?

 

[clbtchnhl]

OC rejection post virtual AC

Can’t say I’m surprised it was such a horrible interview 😭 kinda put me off the firm, they were quite cold and uninterested from the beginning