TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[Samridhi Jain]

What would be your top tips for the Willkie app? anything you'd like to highlight that's worth noting?

 

[ccfuturetraineesolicitor]

not sure if this is just a glitch on my Taylor Wessing application portal but I can no longer see my submitted responses to the TW application questions? Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

 

[Deleted member 27336]

not sure if this is just a glitch on my Taylor Wessing application portal but I can no longer see my submitted responses to the TW application questions? Is anyone experiencing the same issue?

Think thats normal - I can't see mine either

 

[amrita6399]

I wanted insight on an application question for a Vacation Scheme. The question is: Think of a current commercial issue that has recently attracted your attention. Why does it interest you, why do you consider it to be significant and how do you think this will impact on the firm's clients? What does "significant" mean? Does the firm want to know about the potential opportunities and challenges of the commercial news story?

 

[Dakuai]

Yes - you can reference this as part of your reason. Remember it shouldn’t be your sole explanation, purely because something drew you to apply to the firm the first time around (before you met the partner at the AC), but it’s fine to reference something like this as part of your answer.

thank you so much!

 

[VacayScheme]

Anybody who has applied to Fieldfisher - is the application form asking for individual modules or just your degree and overall resulted?

It is structured like it just wants you to input the overall degree, but the form also looks a bit like it only wants achieved results not predicted. A bit confused 🤔

 

[LLB]

Late to the game but just found a Latham PFO sat in my junk folder since friday💀

 

[Lastseasonwonder]

I have been invited to take the TW online test. Anyone who has done it, can you please PM me?

I won't ask anything very specific or something that would be unfair to other candidates; just want to garner a basic idea of what the test looks like and number of questions/timing (if timed).

 

[Deleted member 27336]

I have been invited to take the TW online test. Anyone who has done it, can you please PM me?

I won't ask anything very specific or something that would be unfair to other candidates; just want to garner a basic idea of what the test looks like and number of questions/timing (if timed).

it's an extremely hard WG without assumptions

 

[Deleted member 32324]

Late to the game but just found a Latham PFO sat in my junk folder since friday💀

May I ask when did you apply?

 

[Manuchelsout]

Any cms VI advice and anyone done the VI yet

 

[laby201]

I have been invited to take the TW online test. Anyone who has done it, can you please PM me?

I won't ask anything very specific or something that would be unfair to other candidates; just want to garner a basic idea of what the test looks like and number of questions/timing (if timed).

Completed the test a couple of weeks back. From memory, it was timed but not for the whole test but per question (you only had 3 minutes to answer 2 questions on a set passage).

In terms of format, it’s essentially a WG but harder (they throw in “fairly strong”/“fairly weak”/“very strong”/“very weak” for the arguments section). It’s a difficult one to prepare for other than doing their practice test.

 

[LLB]

May I ask when did you apply?

11th november

 

[legally.brown]

Just took my Linklaters WG and it says my application is ‘on hold’.. Does it say the same for everyone else?

 

[Hana ♥]

Just took my Linklaters WG and it says my application is ‘on hold’.. Does it say the same for everyone else?

I'm on hold too, but I bombed that WG. I took mine a few weeks ago.

 

[legally.brown]

I'm on hold too, but I bombed that WG. I took mine a few weeks ago.

Is it a usual response to be on hold or does it mean rejection?

 

[FutureTS13]

I'm on hold too, but I bombed that WG. I took mine a few weeks ago.

What is considered a good score tho?

 

[Zi48]

Is it a usual response to be on hold or does it mean rejection?

For linklaters I think everyone goes on hold while they process applications

 

[lawapplicant]

it's an extremely hard WG without assumptions

Thanks for telling us this. Is that all the test is then? No weird games or SJT added on as part of the assessment?

 

[Deleted member 27336]

Thanks for telling us this. Is that all the test is then? No weird games or SJT added on as part of the assessment?

Nope none of that! Literally similar to WG but without assumptions and that’s it!