TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Apple]

I was given 1 days notice... it varies so much!

I feel like this is such an unreasonable request by law firms.

 

[Apple]

Congratulations! Was this right after submitting the written app? No intermediate stages?

Yep!

 

[AryanAgg]

Im curious, in proofreading exercises, how to make sense of the use of ; if youre accustomed to just using a full stop on that spot?

 

[lawstudent2]

Anyone else still not heard from ashurst post ac?
I feel like it must be a guaranteed rejection now after all the offers that came out this afternoon

 

[Diana54]

I feel like White & Case is definitely a rejection for me as the candidates that did their interview at the same time as me have received offers.

I just wish firms were kind end to just send rejection and not leave us in limbo

 

[LH4]

Congrats everyone who got offers today!!

Does anyone know what the process is for Faegre Drinker? I honestly can't find much about them - they don't have anything on Legal Cheek, and I haven't seen many people talk about it on here.

 

[strollinthepark]

does anyone know faegre drinker's app process for the vac scheme?

 

[V2002]

HIII does anyone have A&O direct TC AC insights? I would be super super grateful and I can help with loads of other firms.

 

[ABC234]

does anyone know faegre drinker's app process for the vac scheme?

Been trying to Google it today and couldn't find anything it's so weird

 

[Kenomy]

That late pfo from Blake Morgan

 

[Z48]

Congrats everyone who got offers today!!

Does anyone know what the process is for Faegre Drinker? I honestly can't find much about them - they don't have anything on Legal Cheek, and I haven't seen many people talk about it on here.

does anyone know faegre drinker's app process for the vac scheme?

Last year it was just the application and a teams interview (30 mins with head of grad rec who used to be a lawyer at the firm)

 

[shreyachopra1]

Last year it was just the application and a teams interview (30 mins with head of grad rec who used to be a lawyer at the firm)

are you aware if they recruit on a rolling basis?

 

[Donna Paulsen]

Were today’s Orrick PFOs post app or post WG? X

 

[AryanAgg]

Were today’s Orrick PFOs post app or post WG? X

Post app for me

 

[AryanAgg]

Scored 32/40 and 72 percentile

Im really curious about this score in linklaters WG though, is it decent enough to make it or it's a doomed situation?

 

[badmintonflyinginsect]

is W&C still doing interviews (and until when)?

 

[TortillaTC]

Were today’s Orrick PFOs post app or post WG? X

I think post app for all since no one said post WG.

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

I think post app for all since no one said post WG.

Yeah I did the WG on the 12th I think like a day or two after they sent it, and I’m still waiting for my post WG PFO it’s been crickets since I did it…

Does anyone know when they sent post WG PFOs last year? Was it super late like April time or was it fairly quick after the WGs were sent?​

 

[LaDiva]

does anyone know faegre drinker's app process for the vac scheme?

Ain't got a clue, but the more I hang around on this forum, the stranger the firms' names get

 

[TCtoothfairy]

Hey everyone!

Sorry to dampen the mood but I'm just feeling so frustrated and need to write to get things off my chest....

Are there any graduates that have struggled to get vac schemes this year, because I feel like i'm going insane and that I am alone in this?
I finished my LLB in June, getting a low 2:1 (mitigating circumstances) and went directly to a vac scheme. I fumbled getting a TC during my time there- everyone was shocked, including trainees, that I didn't get an offer. I decided I would absolutely funnel my energy into working part time and perfecting vac scheme applications... but I just seem to be getting nowhere. Not even paralegal roles are working ahhhhh

It's coming up to March and I feel like how I was in June after graduating, facing the prospect of another year working as the most overqualified waitress in the entire company and I feel so defeated.

I know the job market is messed up etc, but I just don't know what I am doing wrong to be getting to video interview stages and passing watson glaser tests, to be rejected months after applying to a firm on a random wednesday afternoon?
Are any grads in a similar position- if so sending so much love.

(Notyet)TCtoothfairy over and out xxx