TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[UnTCSilVousPlait]

DLA Piper updated my application on the portal a few days ago for the first time since submitting it a month ago. I took the WG 3 weeks ago. People who have applied to DLA before, does this mean anything?

 

[Maddy8901]

Anyone get sent the Mills & Reeve online assessment ?

Are there any questions in the assessment relating to the firm/commercial awareness or is it just multiple choice answers?

 

[John Travoni]

Is anyone on here going to be on Clyde’s WVS starting next week?

 

[Asil Ahmad]

Does anyone know where I can find Mayer Brown competencies or values.

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

Hi! Did you manage to take the tests? I am on the same boat!

Hi, I actually haven't yet received tests from either! So I guess my organisation wasn't actually necessary!

 

[Adrian_S]

Does anyone know where I can find Mayer Brown competencies or values.

This may be outdated - but the values of 'commitment to client service, responsiveness, integrity, teamwork and the highest quality of legal work' were mentioned in their 2010 global exchange document

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

Does anyone know where I can find Mayer Brown competencies or values.

On their ‘Meet the recruiter’ page for lawcareers.net, they say “At Mayer Brown, we’re looking for hard-working and committed individuals who demonstrate a passion for the work we have on offer for our trainee cohort. We want our trainees to be intellectually curious and business minded. As a firm, we also pride ourselves on our culture, and so we’re looking for authenticity and enthusiasm in our prospective trainees. Throughout the recruitment process, we’ll be testing candidates’ resilience, adaptability, and commercial awareness, as well as placing an emphasis on their knowledge of the legal industry and, specifically, Mayer Brown.”

Also, could I please ask how long it took to receive the test post-application?

 

[Ambs123]

Hi @Ambs123- with the attention to detail task, I'm guessing it will be a document checking exercise where you have to identify and correct errors. My best tip for this is to ensure you're reading everything line by line and keeping an eye on grammar, cross-referencing, obvious legal error (misspelling a piece of legislation or including an unrelated one).

As for the commercial awareness exercise, I have a feeling this may be modelled on a classic case study. Have you checked out this article by any chance? It's got some great tips on how you can approach such case studies!

Hi Avni! Thank you so much for the advice, I will definitely read the article that you have attached

 

[confusedlawstudent]

One of the Pinsent Masons VS applications questions is What are the things that have shaped you into the person you are today?

What are they looking for with this? Obviously the things that really shaped me are the things I can't really put on an application like mental illness, trauma etc. All I can think of is my year abroad, but would need to think of something else too. Could I write about books/films/TV shows, or is that too superficial?

Thank you!

 

[starman]

Hey, has anyone had any experience with Withers (vs, tc, ie etc.) and would be willing to tell me a little bit about the firm?

Totally unrelated to applications, I’m just genuinely curious about the firm’s culture and its deals.

 

[Aashni]

Anyone heard from w&c post AC

Hey yes I heard back yesterday with an offer. Fingers crossed for you!

 

[Hope4aVS]

For the question ‘tell us about a news articles that interest you and why?’ Does my answer have to relate to law? And if so, should it be an area of law that the firm practices?

 

[Jessica Booker]

For the question ‘tell us about a news articles that interest you and why?’ Does my answer have to relate to law? And if so, should it be an area of law that the firm practices?

It should have some kind of relevance to law firms. For instance, would their lawyers be interested in the story because it has some form of implications for either them or their clients? Will it change the way they do business or the advice they give to their clients?

I would stress this covers a broad spectrum of commercial stories though - whether it’s supply chain issues in supermarkets or large scale redundancies across tech companies will all be of interest on some level to law firms given the clients they work with.

 

[aspiringlawyerr]

Hey yes I heard back yesterday with an offer. Fingers crossed for you!

Congrats! How long after your AC did you hear back?

 

[legally.brown]

Has anyone heard back from Latham for their open day? I applied for the December 7th session!!

 

[average_jo123]

Can firms e.g. Clifford Chance see the work that you submit for their virtual internships on Forage? I can't seem to figure out how to opt out from sharing any of the work I submitted to the employer.

 

[AvniD]

Can firms e.g. Clifford Chance see the work that you submit for their virtual internships on Forage? I can't seem to figure out how to opt out from sharing any of the work I submitted to the employer.

Even if they could access it, I highly doubt they'll use the work you submitted for a Forage internship to decide whether to progress/reject your vac scheme/TC application as that's unfair to you and your peers from an assessment stand point. I wouldn't worry too much about this if you're unable to figure out how you can opt out!

 

[BM99]

Anyone heard back from HL Lift Off?

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

For those who received Taylor Wessing’s test post-application, how long did they take to invite you to the test? I am trying to gauge my chances, as I applied a while ago now and have heard nothing!

 

[lw2000]

I don’t know if I’m reading too much into this but I just got an email after completing last stage of application process (written exercise) saying that my application is still under review but asking me to confirm my availability for the scheme, is this a good sign 🤨