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

[aspiringlawyer22]

@Jessica Booker I received a TC offer and need to complete the PGDL first. They said their next available opening was for March 2025 so I can’t start the PGDL until January 2023. I was wondering if delaying it (I was hoping to start it in September 2022) is an issue?

 

[captainhilts]

any word from skadden anyone?

yh offer

 

[ann.rose]

Anyone heard from Pinsent Glasgow office post GMA?

 

[Y-Gurl]

Has anyone else had something like this from a firm after applying and doing a VI? See below from Eversheds:

"Thank you for your application to our summer vacation scheme. We have been overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of applications and we were very impressed with your application and video interview.
Unfortunately we only have a limited number of spaces on our assessment days and at this stage, we are unable to bring you forward. However if a space does become available we will be in touch again.
We will confirm a final outcome either way by 4 March. "


I am thinking I should just write it off as a pfo.... Can anyone shed any light? @Jessica Booker ?
Thanks very much.

 

[Law2022]

yh offer

Congrats!! Did you receive the offer email this evening?

 

[amf2805]

Dwf VI!!

Have you completed it? How did it go? Planning on doing mine in the next few days!

 

[amf2805]

DWF VI invite!

How did it go? Planning on completing mines in the next few days.

 

[amf2805]

DWF VI for Manchester! Applied on the deadline

How did it go? Planning on doing mines in the next few days.

 

[amf2805]

DWF VI and Penningtons AC - both invites came through within 20 minutes of each other 😂

Me too (for DWF!) Have you completed it yet? How did it go?

 

[average_jo123]

Any news from Pinsent Masons (London) vacation scheme post GMA?

✅ - AC invite post-GMA
👍 - no news post-GMA
❌- rejection post-GMA

 

[AvniD]

Has anyone else had something like this from a firm after applying and doing a VI? See below from Eversheds:

"Thank you for your application to our summer vacation scheme. We have been overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of applications and we were very impressed with your application and video interview.
Unfortunately we only have a limited number of spaces on our assessment days and at this stage, we are unable to bring you forward. However if a space does become available we will be in touch again.
We will confirm a final outcome either way by 4 March. "


I am thinking I should just write it off as a pfo.... Can anyone shed any light? @Jessica Booker ?
Thanks very much.

Sounds sort of like a waitlist. Wouldn't consider it a PFO but wouldn't keep my hopes high either.

 

[AvniD]

@Jessica Booker maybe you'll have some insight on this but would you say it's worth a direct TC app with 1 week private practice and 3 weeks in house legal (both city/multinational)? So broken from VS rejections that I don't want to go through it if unlikely to get past app stage

I would encourage you to apply for direct TCs with the experience you have, especially if you feel they're better suited to your background, however, please know that they're not easier than VS apps.

I feel for you when you say you're broken from VS rejections- do you think you'll benefit from taking a short break from apps to reflect on your experiences, where you can improve and what's been working for you well? I did this after having a string of back-to-back rejections and it really helped me draw out my motivations for a career in commercial law, life experiences that made an impact on me, areas of my application that I needed to work on and helped me understand my strengths and USP.

 

[vacschemeapss]

Anyone waiting to hear from Pinsent Masons post app? Any clue if they send out invites in batches or should those who havent heard assume PFOs?

 

[Jessica Booker]

@Jessica Booker I received a TC offer and need to complete the PGDL first. They said their next available opening was for March 2025 so I can’t start the PGDL until January 2023. I was wondering if delaying it (I was hoping to start it in September 2022) is an issue?

No - shouldn’t be an issue at all. You could choose to do it in either intake if you really wanted to, although with the SQE, you may not want to have too much of a gap between the GDL and your SQE prep course.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Has anyone else had something like this from a firm after applying and doing a VI? See below from Eversheds:

"Thank you for your application to our summer vacation scheme. We have been overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of applications and we were very impressed with your application and video interview.
Unfortunately we only have a limited number of spaces on our assessment days and at this stage, we are unable to bring you forward. However if a space does become available we will be in touch again.
We will confirm a final outcome either way by 4 March. "


I am thinking I should just write it off as a pfo.... Can anyone shed any light? @Jessica Booker ?
Thanks very much.

No - you are on hold. You could be invited if they have enough candidates withdraw from the recruitment process. That is a possibility but at the same time might not happen either.

 

[aspiringlawyer22]

No - shouldn’t be an issue at all. You could choose to do it in either intake if you really wanted to, although with the SQE, you may not want to have too much of a gap between the GDL and your SQE prep course.

Thank you!

 

[captainhilts]

Congrats!! Did you receive the offer email this evening?

yeah

 

[ofm]

I'm wondering if I should follow up on some of my applications - I've seen people who applied on the same day as me or after already get VI/AC offers when I have heard nothing... e.g. W&C, Hogan Lovells, Akin, Sidley... Anyone in the same boat?

 

[Rob93]

I'm wondering if I should follow up on some of my applications - I've seen people who applied on the same day as me or after already get VI/AC offers when I have heard nothing... e.g. W&C, Hogan Lovells, Akin, Sidley... Anyone in the same boat?

Have any of those been closed for over a month?

 

[emilyrose99]

Pwc VI !