TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2026-27

[Antoni Trochimowicz]

also @Antoni Trochimowicz in response to my previous question on Sullcrom cover letter word count and format - could you also lmk how you would structure the answer? Thank you in anticipation!

Hi! You can definitely do the standard why law, why firm, why me format. One of my close friends (future trainee there), did it in many short paragraphs, which never fully stuck for me (making me take a different approach).

I personally did (and progressed to interview stage with) why law, then why S&C X 3, but then each of the why S&C paragraphs I linked it back to why me at the end.

Hopefully this was understandable !

 

[Molly16]

For those people who have done HLC's first assessment and received either a rejection or the job sim, how long did they take to get back to you?

I got the job sim invite 3 days after submitting the first assessment

 

[Novaa]

Of course, I’ve gone to start a practice video recording before my SJT/VI and my laptop camera isn’t switching on and is flashing green…. 🫩

 

[yau1234]

Has anyone heard from Winston Taylor re Open Day?

 

[QuillandCounsel]

DLA Piper test invite finally!

Hi! Did the applications bit on your profile change to "Thank you for your interest in DLA Piper. Please complete your assessments as soon as possible." when you received your test?