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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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Thanks! Great - that's the firm I am interviewing with for summer VS!
Invite to Stephenson Harwood Open day! Quite happy about this because this is my first open day. Anything I need to look out for?
Hey! I wanted to respond to your message because I have also felt similar things to you. I also managed to do well post-app last year and fear that I won't get anymore ACs or even past the app stage this year (I've never had a vac scheme after 2 years of apps btw)! But we have to remember that it is still so early on in the process. I relate to you with the rejection scenario, but I've always found that after a few rejections, a storm of opportunities will flood through! It's just so early on and we are all bound to experience rejection.
If you managed to get past the app stage last year, you can do it this year! As the process goes on, we only get better in our skillset and soon enough you'll be making your way through to ACs
It's just hard, but one day it'll be our turn to celebrate. If you want to talk about things more, feel free to DM me
Thank you so much - will message youHey! I wanted to respond to your message because I have also felt similar things to you. I also managed to do well post-app last year and fear that I won't get anymore ACs or even past the app stage this year (I've never had a vac scheme after 2 years of apps btw)! But we have to remember that it is still so early on in the process. I relate to you with the rejection scenario, but I've always found that after a few rejections, a storm of opportunities will flood through! It's just so early on and we are all bound to experience rejection.
If you managed to get past the app stage last year, you can do it this year! As the process goes on, we only get better in our skillset and soon enough you'll be making your way through to ACs
If you want to talk about things more, feel free to DM me
White & Case VI! Looks like they are still sending them even if I only have till Sunday to complete it 😅
Hi guys, I just got invited for an AC for the HSF Winter vac scheme. This the first AC I will ever sit and I'm extremely worried. I'm not good at interviews and my mind just blanks out during interviews or I rush myself when answering questions.
Any advice/tips will be extremely helpful!
Also if anyone has already completed a HSF AC I'd be grateful if we could talk!
Any advice/tips will be extremely helpful!
Also if anyone has already completed a HSF AC I'd be grateful if we could talk!
I was wondering if someone can clarify law firms' international structure?
I'm aware that if firms use a Swiss Verein structure, each office's profit pool and partnership is kept separate. e.g. Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie, NRF, Dentons etc
And I know some other firms have opted for a single global partnership instead (also one profit pool globally) e.g. Latham, White & Case, BCLP, Ashurst
But what model do UK firms like A&O, Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance use in their international expansion? Is it also one global partnership and one profit pool by default?
Also does anyone know after Herbert Smith and Freehills merged, did they opt for a full financial integration model like Ashurst? Or is their profit pool and partnership still kept separate?
I'm aware that if firms use a Swiss Verein structure, each office's profit pool and partnership is kept separate. e.g. Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie, NRF, Dentons etc
And I know some other firms have opted for a single global partnership instead (also one profit pool globally) e.g. Latham, White & Case, BCLP, Ashurst
But what model do UK firms like A&O, Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance use in their international expansion? Is it also one global partnership and one profit pool by default?
Also does anyone know after Herbert Smith and Freehills merged, did they opt for a full financial integration model like Ashurst? Or is their profit pool and partnership still kept separate?
Hi, I contacted grad rec and they responded by saying that the word count is 'currently" 500 words.
Is this for the Summer Vacation Scheme? If so, when I applied just a month or so ago, it was 200 words per question?
Yeah it's for the Summer Vac, I opened the questions about a month ago and they said 200, went to go submit my answers and they're now 500. Someone has said they got in touch with grad recruitment and they said it's now 500?
Hi, I am preparing an answer for a question about a commercial topic that has interested you. Is it okay to talk about topical issues, I was thinking about discussing the energy crisis and its impact on energy companies, but I was unsure if this was too obvious of an answer. Is it okay to talk about popular topics if discussed well/with a different angle?
I was part of AS Aspire this year and they advised to focus on a smaller specific topic when you want to discuss a broader commercial topic like the energy crisis. For example instead of trying to talk about its impact on consumers as well as energy companies, your approach to talk about energy companies only is much better
Advice on how to approach Goodwin application. Their question why Goodwin is only 100 words. Wanted to ask how to approach this question.
For Taylor Wessing’s work experience section, does anyone know if we can repeat skills for different experiences? I want to use attention to detail (as one of my three skills) for two separate jobs, and would write about different aspects of this. Thanks
Feel free to ask any questions! I did the summer scheme and now a future trainee there. Good luck!
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