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

[CorporateLaw101]

tbf to RS, they said we'd hear back late-Jan post-VI and we've only just hit mid-Jan so I wouldn't say they're airing so sit tight if you're waiting to hear back from them

Very true. Not worried about RS. Linklaters summer is what we’re all waiting for which I’m 99% sure we will know the outcome by next week.

 

[Rob93]

Lemme guess,

being aired post interview by Reed Smith, Clyde and Co?

post app airing by White and Case and Linklaters?

- it’s been a lovely Christmas break but I need to get my head in the game. Out of 5 applications:

1 VI

3 post SJT/Watson that I haven’t heard a peep from

and one PFO from A&O

Links is still airing post-app? Wild

 

[CorporateLaw101]

Links is still airing post-app? Wild

White and Case is one that I’m more confused about… They say they hire on a rolling basis so unless literally no one from this entire forum has applied I’m rather confused as to how no one has heard anything from them.

 

[AvniD]

Hi guys,

I was looking at HL application and I was wondering how to approach a question where I need to give an example of something that shows my innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. Do you have any suggestions?

Haha I ditched the app on the basis of this question alone.

I think broadly though if you've ever done anything in a work context where you improved a process in some way, or helped kick off a new initiative with a student society or something, that should be fair play

imo the question framing is a bit janky because it reads like it's about starting a business or coding an app or something but obviously most people haven't done that, so I imagine that can't be exclusively what they're getting at - though for some people of course it will apply.

I feel like the question cuts off a wide range of candidates, my job does not allow me to really move things around and show how innovative I am.
I think that I need to make a decision by the end of the day...I cannot be stressed anymore. Covington sucked the life out of me lol!

I'd take a leaf out of a conversation I once had with a partner for inspiration to answer this question. For him, innovation meant finding new ways of doing an established task/process. It didn't need to include technological or business-minded innovation at all (and this came from a person whose firm won many awards consecutively for their innovation, btw).

With this in mind, the trick to answering this question lies in thinking deeply about instances where you have had to find a way to do something differently, where you have had to adapt to your circumstances to efficiently produce a result, complete a task or undertake a process.

Once you understand this, trust me, the examples will start flowing out. A time when you've had to work within a tight budget to produce a high-quality piece of work, how you finished a task in the event of a technological failure, how you delegated tasks within a team to get them done quickly, when you instituted a new process at work/uni/society to bring efficiency to the way things were being done- the list really is endless.

Once you've picked an example, the focus must shift towards demonstrating your innovative thought process and the impact of your actions. The structure could look something like this-

state the example ➡️ state why you needed to be innovative ➡️ walk through the choices you made to make to bring about innovation in said example ➡️ what was the impact of your actions on the task/result/process/.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Has anyone ever had success applying to direct TCs with NO legal work experience?

Ive only been applying to summer VACs and was thinking of switching things up a bit but I don’t know whether there’s any point?

I’ve recruited enough to know this is very possible.

 

[GXA123]

Which law firms recruit on rolling basis for direct TCs?

 

[Plato]

I applied to 12
1 rejection post-app 😍
4 currently airing me post-app 😍
5 currently airing me post-VI 😍
2 AC

stellar! btw I'm not sure it's you, but if my memory serves how did your CC AC go?

 

[Amanpreet Kaur]

Hey, does anyone know how a firm's strength in mid-market M&A bears in actual practice? What is the main difference between mid-market and high-end M&A? Any help would be v appreciated!!

 

[Rob93]

Anyone know what time Travers closes? Their site says the 17th but isn't more specific than that.

 

[Crystal86]

Hi, does anyone know if the Travers Smith Cover Letter needs to be signed?

 

[Plato]

it is indeed I!
It's actually on Tuesday and I am extremely extremely nervous

best of luck then!

 

[Rob93]

Hey, does anyone know how a firm's strength in mid-market M&A bears in actual practice? What is the main difference between mid-market and high-end M&A? Any help would be v appreciated!!

You doing Travers?

 

[Crystal86]

Anyone know what time Travers closes? Their site says the 17th but isn't more specific than that.

I would presume 11:59pm on the 17th?

 

[Rob93]

I would presume 11:59pm on the 17th?

This is what I'm thinking but I'm vaguely paranoid about going to submit tomorrow afternoon and being shut out

 

[Crystal86]

This is what I'm thinking but I'm vaguely paranoid about going to submit tomorrow afternoon and being shut out

Same! I think I will submit mine today just in case.

 

[Rob93]

Hi, does anyone know if the Travers Smith Cover Letter needs to be signed?

Not with an actual signature but a sign-off is probably appropriate - can use sincerely since we know the addressee's name

 

[lm450]

For those waiting to hear from White & Case, I spoke to them on the open day and they said that they don't really start to review applications until after the deadline date!

 

[elizabethjo123]

Anyone know what time Travers closes? Their site says the 17th but isn't more specific than that.

Travers said that their deadline was 11.59 tomorrow at an event last week!

 

[Crystal86]

Travers said that their deadline was 11.59 tomorrow at an event last week!

Thanks! Did Travers mention anything regarding what they are looking out for in the work experiences section?

 

[S87]

I'd take a leaf out of a conversation I once had with a partner for inspiration to answer this question. For him, innovation meant finding new ways of doing an established task/process. It didn't need to include technological or business-minded innovation at all (and this came from a person whose firm won many awards consecutively for their innovation, btw).

With this in mind, the trick to answering this question lies in thinking deeply about instances where you have had to find a way to do something differently, where you have had to adapt to your circumstances to efficiently produce a result, complete a task or undertake a process.

Once you understand this, trust me, the examples will start flowing out. A time when you've had to work within a tight budget to produce a high-quality piece of work, how you finished a task in the event of a technological failure, how you delegated tasks within a team to get them done quickly, when you instituted a new process at work/uni/society to bring efficiency to the way things were being done- the list really is endless.

Once you've picked an example, the focus must shift towards demonstrating your innovative thought process and the impact of your actions. The structure could look something like this-

state the example ➡️ state why you needed to be innovative ➡️ walk through the choices you made to make to bring about innovation in said example ➡️ what was the impact of your actions on the task/result/process/.

That’s a good point