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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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when doing VIs are the firms looking on you to expand on your application or just basically reuse it for some questions? for example I have a Kirkland VI and I wrote why kirkland in the cove rletter and one of the app questions, and one of the VI questions will likely be some form of why kirkland? how am I meant to answer?
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I have been busy working today, so haven’t picked up the posts this afternoon, but please can we keep this civil and just drop this tone around “brudda”, whether that be something you chose to use language wise in the forums, or whether you then try to use it back at people who have.
I haven’t had to formally warn anyone on this forum for a very long time. So long, in fact that I am having to remind myself how to do this (there is an actual process we undertake to record warning).
I get that tensions run high at this time of year, but please stay civil to one another. And if someone is rude/passive aggressive, use the downvote system to show your disapproval and just don’t respond if you only are saying something that lowers your tone to that what’s already been said (or worse).
I haven’t had to formally warn anyone on this forum for a very long time. So long, in fact that I am having to remind myself how to do this (there is an actual process we undertake to record warning).
I get that tensions run high at this time of year, but please stay civil to one another. And if someone is rude/passive aggressive, use the downvote system to show your disapproval and just don’t respond if you only are saying something that lowers your tone to that what’s already been said (or worse).
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It is one submission per calendar month if you want feedback.
I’ll check whether you can access it more generally to practice (but not get feedback from the TCLA team).
Does anyone have some tips please on Why Commercial Law and not IB or Consulting? @Jessica Booker any help would be really appreciated!
I think it'll differ based on each person's current stage in the process and priorities. This is my 2nd cycle and I'm only applying to 8-10 firms this time. I over-applied to firms last year and realised I didn't actually want some firms I'd applied to, and I'd only applied for the sake of getting a certain number of applications through. So I'm restricting my applications and only applying to firms I actually want this time. I've realised this gives me enough time to send in quality applications, instead of rushing through them.
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I agree with this approach, I am also limiting myself to 8 live applications. I overapplied in the last application cycle and received interview and vac scheme offers at firms that didn't really align with my career ambitions. It was a good learning experience and gave me more interesting interview examples but lesson learnt!
If it helps when I selected my dates for the AC there was anywhere from 10th Jan through to around 15th Feb. I also applied very early in the window so they may just be getting round to later applications etc. Don’t be too disheartened, its not over until its over!
Thank you Jessica. I don’t appreciate the apparent sarcastic use of the language that I use.
Classist imo but I’m not going to call out anyone and I’ll leave it at that as I want peace on this forum.
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My post was to describe the conversation as a whole, not just the responses to you, and I would encourage you to reflect on your active role in that unnecessary conversation if you have an issue with it.
I have done 9 and plan to do 2 more. Finding it very difficult to balance all the tests and VIs as well as finishing applications (as someone on here has already said). Doing a VI and a test every day at this point
Baker McKenzie VI for Spring VS 😯
This is the first time I've gotten past application/WG this cycle. Any tips for the video interview would be extremely helpful!
This is the first time I've gotten past application/WG this cycle. Any tips for the video interview would be extremely helpful!
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Also just received VI invite for Baker McKenzie Spring VS! I know this has been asked before but do we know if they screen apps again in between WG and VI?
You could focus on the different skills that these careers engage? I have friends in IB and consulting and from hearing about what they do, the work is very different. Often you'll see commercial lawyers, IBs and consultants working together on the same matters (e.g. M&A deal), but their roles in a transaction are different. This is a generalisation but in terms of M&A, IBs usually do modelling to value a company, consultants advise on whether that acquisition is a good business strategy and lawyers help execute the strategy. Feel free to PM me because I was asked this exact question at an interview!
Baker VI! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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