TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[LawBrah]

CRS VS Offer! (Guildford Office)

 

[tcplease2345]

Does it make a difference if I gain paralleling experience at a small regional firm? does it hold good value in a tc application.

 

[Kld]

CRS PFO on same day as Withers PFO - not great feeling! Thought I had nailed the video interview too for CRS. Any tips on keeping going with knockbacks and video interviews? Feeling a bit dejected

 

[lookingforaTC]

Hey everyone, feeling a bit existential rn. Had a question for you.

I'm 3rd year non law, and applied to 20 firms this year. Rejected from all but one, I've got a Summer VS at a big international corporate firm. Application window is closed, and I haven’t made any non-law grad scheme applications.

I'm wondering whether, if I don't get a TC from my summer VS, it would be wiser to

A) Bite the bullet and self - fund a conversion. I'm aware the course is very intense so unsure how I'd make this work with sending out more applications
B) Get a part time job and really nail the applications post uni, and, if law doesn't work out, I'd have the time to apply to non law grad schemes as well

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

I am in the same position of final year and possibly no TC. For me, because firms will be mostly recruiting for 2027 start next cycle, I do not see the benefit of self-funding the SQE. If I got a TC next cycle I would still be waiting two years to start it - and in that time I'd do the SQE and get it funded + grant.

 

[bangarangbass39]

CPS Paralegal PFO

 

[OliviaPope]

CRS PFO

 

[ssssmme]

Does anyone know/have any idea on the conversion rate of Baker McKenzie’s Vacation Scheme to a TC?

 

[legally.brown]

travers pfo! marks the end of the cycle for me!
you would think better grades and experiences will matter but apparently not. feel like giving up but onwards and upwards

 

[yasmars]

travers pfo! marks the end of the cycle for me!
you would think better grades and experiences will matter but apparently not. feel like giving up but onwards and upwards

Don’t give up! I’m currently focusing on direct applications and diversifying the types of firms i apply to.

 

[AlegalA]

Hi, I have an AC coming up, and one of the exercises is a written exercise where you need to write an email to a partner. Does anyone have experience/advice for this or a good example of what this might look like? I've never done an exercise like this so would love some help!

 

[Untilwinter]

Gibson Dunn post app

Could I ask when did you submit your app?
They have been mia for months

 

[lonelycruise]

@Jessica Booker out of curiosity, what could cause a delay to GR sending offers/rejections by a time they specified? I'd love to know of the kind of operational issues that could slow things down.

 

[tanamontana]

Has anyone had any experience in asking a firm offering you a VS offer to a TC offer instead (whether by re-interviewing or else) - if so please PM me!!

 

[tryingnottocry]

Anyone heard anything from Bakers this week? 🥲

 

[SirLancelot7777]

Anyone heard about Bakers this week? 🥲

Yes, they've started sending out acceptances. They have been doing this today, and yesterday. Haven't seen any rejections yet

 

[Jessica Booker]

@Jessica Booker out of curiosity, what could cause a delay to GR sending offers/rejections by a time they specified? I'd love to know of the kind of operational issues that could slow things down.

Most common: client work.

Graduate recruitment haven’t got the feedback from the fee earning assessors as they have been pulling several late nights to do fee earning work.

Incredibly common: illness/absence

All it takes is for someone to be off ill unexpectedly or people to take time off from work and deadlines are pushed back. If the Graduate Recruitment Manager is off sick, it’s highly likely no one is going to make any decisions until they are back.

Happens often: priorities change

Graduate Recruitment typically aren’t just doing recruitment. There will be a whole load of things they have to work on outside of making offers, and offers are often not the most pressing issue.

Happens enough: waiting for information

Whether it be waiting for references or waiting for someone to come back to them that will influence the process, it could be that they are all good to go but are just waiting for someone else to provide information that allows them to proceed.

Other reasons:

- Extended the recruitment process (eg they want to see more candidates. They may have planned for their last assessment to be last week, but then may choose to arrange another assessment to see more candidates
- technology fails!
- disagreements in decision making (can drag it out if people don’t agree)

 

[nliro85]

Gibson Dunn post app anyone I applied in December and nothing like can I please have my pfo already

 

[nliro85]

Could I ask when did you submit your app?
They have been mia for months

Sorry should have been clear in my post meant to say has anyone heard from them since applying.

 

[tosingrey]

Can anyone please share the questions for the Stephenson Harwood vac scheme?

 

[Jessica Booker]

Has anyone had any experience in asking a firm offering you a VS offer to a TC offer instead (whether by re-interviewing or else) - if so please PM me!!

Transferring a VS offer directly to a TC offer isn’t common (although not unknown). Most firms will just transfer you to the direct TC hiring process - it maybe that you can be fast tracked through this if you completed similar assessments for the VS, but it’s likely you will need to be reinterviewed or complete other assessments for the vast majority of firms.

Are you not able to do the VS with a firm who has offered you?