TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[average_jo123]

Does anyone have London MoFo's graduate recruitment email? Would like to enquire about final year law students' eligibility to apply as their website isn't 100% clear

 

[mckelly]

Has anyone contacted the Jones Day Grad Rec team regarding the answers on the application form turning into one huge paragraph – essentially line breaks and paragraph breaks just turning into spaces on the preview screen. All my responses have paragraph and line breaks but on the preview screen doesn't display any.

Don't worry - I had the same 'problem', but in reality it was just a formatting issue our end

 

[S206]

Winter vac scheme at Jones Day 😵‍💫

thank you to everyone who helped my frantic ass

congratulations!! Had you done their virtual vacation scheme before applying?

 

[Lastseasonwonder]

The Kirkland & Ellis cover letter is only 400 words - do we still have to include the cliché CL introduction where we say what stage of study/work we are at and that we are applying for a vacation scheme?

 

[Jessica Booker]

The Kirkland & Ellis cover letter is only 400 words - do we still have to include the cliché CL introduction where we say what stage of study/work we are at and that we are applying for a vacation scheme?

You don’t have to do this in any cover letter, let alone K&E’s.

 

[Adrian_S]

congratulations!! Had you done their virtual vacation scheme before applying?

Nope They did ask me this at interview though and I said that I don’t find the forage modules suited to my learning style.

 

[purplestar20]

Regarding Gibson Dunn, I had a first stage interview this week and the Graduate Recruitment team said that whilst a decision on whether to progress your application or not to the second (final) stage will come within 1-2 weeks, the second round of interviews will not take place until the new year.

hi! when did you apply and how long did It take to hear back from them re getting a 1st stage interview?

 

[di]

What do you find attractive about Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's sectors/departments and which area(s) are you interested in having exposure to in your Training Contract and why? (Max 200 words)

In your first 3 months as a trainee at BCLP, who would you seek to build relationships with, and what strategies would you implement to ensure that these relationships are long lasting? (Max 200 words)

Imagine you are a trainee at BCLP and you have been working on a task for an associate in the Finance department. The associate is away and a partner in the department urgently wants a summary note of the research to send to a client, and has asked you to send it to them by tomorrow morning. How would you react? (Max 200 words)

Please tell us about a time where you failed at something; what was the situation and how did you react? (Max 200 words)

Hi @Jessica Booker,
Is it possible that BCLP changed the word count of the questions? I opened the applicaiton form and started working on it a coupleo of weeks ago and the word count for each question was the same as the one you have stated. However, I logged into the application today and the word count for the first 3 questions have changed to 500 words. Is this normal?

 

[Aga123+]

Has anyone heard back from Weil or DLA Piper yet? (for any of their schemes, insight days or tc applications)?

[thanks]

 

[daisy_yawn]

Has anyone heard back from Weil or DLA Piper yet? (for any of their schemes, insight days or tc applications)?

[thanks]

I've heard back from Weil for their in-person insight day next Tuesday

 

[Aga123+]

I've heard back from Weil for their in-person insight day next Tuesday

Thanks 👍

 

[cherry777]

Has anyone heard back from Bates Wells?

 

[Asil Ahmad]

What would be legal tech challenges for law firms. I am thinking of innovation things like Fuse that law firms use and what would people say are the challenges for law firms.

 

[Jessica Booker]

What would be legal tech challenges for law firms. I am thinking of innovation things like Fuse that law firms use and what would people say are the challenges for law firms.

What are your initial thoughts?

 

[Asil Ahmad]

What are your initial thoughts?

The costs of investing into technologies and the risk if they don't work in some practise areas.

 

[kitkat]

Has anyone had NRF AC yet? Or had W&C VI?

 

[lllaaawww098]

Hey, has anyone heard from Linklaters post candidate review?
My application is still at 77%.
Thank you!

 

[sxw517]

Hey, has anyone heard from Linklaters post candidate review?
My application is still at 77%.
Thank you!

Also still at 77%

 

[CorpLawyer00]

Hey, has anyone heard from Linklaters post candidate review?
My application is still at 77%.
Thank you!

I am also at 77% but heard some AC's have been given out, not sure if all have.

 

[sxw517]

I am also at 77% but heard some AC's have been given out, not sure if all have.

Do you know if they have PFO'd anyone?