TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[patternteddybear]

anyone heard anything from pinsent masons?

 

[lawapplicant]

For Shoosmiths app it is not mandatory to give a module breakdown. Am I still supposed to do this though? (yes I'm trying to hide my 2.2).

 

[lawapplicant]

I never thought this time would come for me, but Shearman & Sterling VS offer!! 🥰 Also quite shocked since I did not attend Oxbridge! So keep applying and keep your hopes up!

UCL?

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

Anyone know if you can get adjustments where things that might impact your interview will be taken into account when the assessors are scoring your interview? Ie not something that can be mitigated against by set adjustments.

 

[Seabird15]

Ropes & Gray's application did not ask for any work history? Is this normal or is it a mistake?

 

[bonnax]

Does anyone know how long Shearman take to get back to you after interview?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Anyone know if you can get adjustments where things that might impact your interview will be taken into account when the assessors are scoring your interview? Ie not something that can be mitigated against by set adjustments.

Feel free to PM to discuss the specifics of this, as it’s always a case by case basis as to what the adjustments need to be. It is highly unlikely you will get favourable scoring though and that an adjustment would need to be put in place instead.

 

[AG2000]

Just got a Goodwin interview - hour long on zoom!

Does anyone know if this is the final stage of the application, or if there is an AC after? I'm slightly confused as the website says something about a written task, but I haven't heard anything about that from Goodwin directly - is the written test the next stage post-interview (if successful)?

Do you think they are still sending offers? I applied late December, but haven't heard back yet.

 

[AG2000]

Has anyone still not heard back from Goodwin?

 

[bhbuygu]

Not at all. I understand completely. I’ve wanted to be a lawyer as long as I can remember. At 34 I’m still trying to get there. Believe me, I understand more than most what it’s like to feel embarrassed, undeserving or unworthy, especially when I stand in a room with my husband at some event (he’s a CFO) and all I get asked is “so what do you do?” I’m a mother to 3 under 4, just finished my degree from home and have two property renovations on the go yet I freeze and instantly feel I’m actually nothing, unemployed with no real prospects. So I answer “oh not much really, I’m just mum at the moment” and want the ground to swallow me whole.
So I get it (and I’m working on taking my own advice 😉). You absolutely have this 💪🏻

Without all the hardworking and loving mums in the world, there wouldn’t be many of us in this position (I certainly wouldn’t have the confidence if it wasn’t for my mum’s motivation and belief in me!). Don’t undermine the incredible resilience and patience it requires to raise 3 children AND apply for VS/TCs! We’ve all got this

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

Anyone know if there’s a disadvantage in choosing a later AC date? I assumed not, but do any firms recruit like this?

 

[Loveslaw1234]

Did Mayer Brown require a cover letter? I just read online somewhere that they ask for one, but I didn't see anything about it on the application form, and am wondering if I've missed something?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Anyone know if there’s a disadvantage in choosing a later AC date? I assumed not, but do any firms recruit like this?

Firms will not run later ACs if they aren't needed - they don't like wasting their own time, let alone other people's.

 

[legally.brown]

I was wondering what the post-interview process is like. For example, after an interview with two partners, do they contact the grad rec to let them know if they liked the candidate they interviewed? and after interviews do grad rec members evaluate a candidate's application as a whole or just based on their performance at the interview?
@Jessica Booker

 

[Jessica Booker]

I was wondering what the post-interview process is like. For example, after an interview with two partners, do they contact the grad rec to let them know if they liked the candidate they interviewed? and after interviews do grad rec members evaluate a candidate's application as a whole or just based on their performance at the interview?
@Jessica Booker

Feedback will be collected, either through to set of individual feedback from each interviewer or the interviewers discuss and combine their feedback and send through to graduate recruitment.

9 times out of 10 there will be no need to review the application form or earlier assessments. However, if there is a slight concern raised by the interviewers, then the graduate recruitment team may go back and look through the rest of the recruitment process to see if there is any evidence to either verify that concern or alleviate it.

 

[HopefulFutureTrainee123]

Firms will not run later ACs if they aren't needed - they don't like wasting their own time, let alone other people's.

Thank you ☺️ I’ll book the latest date then!!

 

[sdsou]

Hi all, i have a potentially stupid question. On All Hires application forms, they have this page between A-levels and Undergraduate, titled "Other Education".

This page states:
Were you educated in UK? (Yes/No) Please note that it is not necessary to provide information here if you were educated in the UK. If your education took place outside of the UK please describe it here.

My question: does this page refer to GCSE/A-level education or Undergraduate education?

Thanks a lot for any insights!

 

[CorporateCrocodile]

Taylor Vinters 'Arctic Shores' test! Anyone have any experience with this? lol

 

[Cryingtiger]

Anyone heard back from White & Case?

 

[bibss]

UCL?

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