TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[aspiringlawyer47]

At last, my Travers PFO

 

[Deleted member 31343]

Travers PFO
I do not accept their sincere apologies

 

[lawtab]

Travers PFO
Glad they finally put us out of our misery

 

[Kodak123]

Travers PFO! just waiting on W&C to take me out of my misery

 

[Marissa]

Pfo from Travers too. I’ve given up on that firm atp.

 

[ADKM]

Travers PFO too

 

[spamelinazoid]

Love the uniformity of the wave of PFOs Travers sent out this morning. Can finally focus on the summer scheme application with a clear conscience lol

 

[Deleted member 21782]

Love the uniformity of the wave of PFOs Travers sent out this morning. Can finally focus on the summer scheme application with a clear conscience lol

If you get a WVS PFO, can you still apply for the SVS?

 

[Deleted member 31263]

Simmons & Simmons SVS AC invite!

 

[aspiringlawyer47]

Pfo from Travers too. I’ve given up on that firm atp.

I definitely won’t be applying there again tbf it’s a shame too

 

[LawEnthus]

If a firm does not have a 'positions of responsibility' section, but their work experience section says they want 'paid employment, paid or unpaid placements or internships and any other office and non-office work experience' and that 'non-legal work employment & experience' is important to them, is it appropriate to put student union positions of responsibility that lasted a year or an intense voluntary position e.g at a library for 6 months in the work experience section? the tasks I performed and analysis of skills are like work experience/jobs rather than involvement with extra-curricular interests or student societies relating to them, and they are not current 'interests' but ones I did at undergrad. (I am doing the LPC). My additional info section is quite full, but I don't want to 'answer the questions wrong' so to speak, and so I am unsure where to put these positions of responsibility. @Jessica Booker @axelbeugre any advice?

 

[spamelinazoid]

If you get a WVS PFO, can you still apply for the SVS?

According to Grad Rec yes

 

[tillywizz98]

Travers Smith and Slaughters & May PFOs today in one, fabulous <3

 

[AJ0]

Anyone heard back HL WVS Post AC (from last week)?

 

[Marissa]

Has anyone ever requested WG results from CMS?

Just got an email saying I didn’t meet their benchmark which is odd cus I think I’m quite good at the test and have passed it multiple times before…

 

[dms21]

Simmons & Simmons SVS AC invite!

Do you mind me asking when did you do the blended assessment and which office did you apply for?

 

[ADKM]

Cms pfo post wg didn’t pass their benchmark
What a glorious Monday

 

[Ash2323]

Hey @Ash2323,

1) I would say that there is no fixed amount that you should stick to, it totally depends on your personal judgment so I would say to include all the experiences that you feel will help you and make your application strong. I included 6 work experiences and only a couple were legal, so there is no need for you to have legal work experience. There are plenty of people from non-law backgrounds at Goodwin! I did have a lot more experience I could talk about, but I personally made a selection based on what experiences could best showcase my interest in start-up, technology and law, and that is what I did. Maybe following a criteria like I did would be beneficial to you too.

2) For what concerns the description of the work experience, I personally only described what I did during my professional experiences and the skills I acquired. I did not link it back to Goodwin per se. Additionally, I used prose to describe my work experience section. It is advised to not use bullet points in any law firm application so I never used that form.

I hope that helps and good luck with the application!

Thank you, good advise as always!

 

[Asil Ahmad]

@Jessica Booker hope you are well have the mock interview prices changed recently it says they are £50 as have an AC next month and was looking to book a mock case study interview?

 

[trainingcontract]

travers pfo