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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker As an aside, would it be advisable to refer to Skadden by its full name the first time I mention it on the cover letter?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker @Jaysen Apologies to bother you guys - I just had a couple of questions about the Skadden application form: 1. It asks students to give "secondary schools" attended - given that there is no point in the form where it asks students to list their sixth form, I assume that...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker This might sound like a stupid question, but I assume that when the Skadden app asks for "any interests/hobbies you have outside of university/work", discussion of taking part in university sports societies is off limits?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker On the online application form for quite a few vacation schemes (including that of Simmons & Simmons), candidates are asked to give the "Year Commenced" under the "Secondary Education [14-16]" section; do candidates give the year they started the "14-16" period of their...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker 1. The Simmons & Simmons summer vac scheme application window runs from the 19th September to the 19th December. Do you feel that if I get my application in before the end of Monday, I've got a decent chance of having my application reviewed before all places get filled? 2. The...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thanks so much!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Took the HSF AC for the Winter VS about a fortnight ago (the last ACs were towards the end of last week) - the recruitment people at the AC stated that we'd be told whether we were successful "very quickly, and by the end of the week at the latest", but I still haven't heard anything. How likely...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker On the Further Information section under undergraduate results, is it appropriate to talk about academic prizes, or should the section just be limited to extenuating circumstances and similar content?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thanks so much - just to add, if the word limit is 500 words, do you think it would be an issue if my response only stretched to 250 words or so (given that the question says only to talk about the details and responsibilities of the career events "if necessary")?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker Baker McKenzie's application asks us to "list other work experience or career events you have attended" - does this include networking events and law fairs and Bright Network virtual internship experience events?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker On the Baker McKenzie form, candidates are asked to discuss "something - anything - that excites and inspires you" - would it be valid to answer this in a similar way to a "What motivates you" kind of question, and talk about how it excites me to go above and beyond what is...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker @Jaysen Hi guys - how many questions would you recommend to ask at the end of an interview? Is 1 perfect, or is it advisable to keep going until the interviewer calls time?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I received mine automatically, but the email says that it doesn't need to be completed until 3 days after the deadline
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Hi guys - does anyone know what the structure of Latham's Work Simulation Assessment is like?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    @Jessica Booker Hi everyone - just had a couple of queries about Latham & Watkins' Winter VS: 1. Are applications reviewed on a rolling basis? I'm sure I saw something about it being non-rolling on this forum (might have even been this thread), but I may well be conflating L&W with another...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Would the same go for the company's posting addresses? On the W&C application, there is no formatting option, so I can't place my own posting address to the right of the page - I assume the reason for this is that they don't want people entering their posting address.
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Cheers Jessica! Apologies for going off at a tangent, but in cover letters, is it preferable to include email and phone number as well as addresses of writer recipient (I'm currently writing applications for White & Case and Norton Rose Fulbright, although I think including contact details...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thanks! Out of interest, on the question entitled "Please detail below any further information that you would like us to consider when reviewing your application", would it be relevant for me to mention having completed Hogan Lovells' Forage scheme?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    Thanks! I'll bear that in mind!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

    I'm currently going through the Hogan Lovells application form - on the question about innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, the main example I can think of is organising a panel event as president of my university college's law society (through moving the event online due to COVID, liaising...

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