TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[Jessica Booker]

Hi @Jessica Booker @Andrei Radu!
I am planning to write cover letters for Freshfields/ Davis Polk, and was wondering if you have any advice on how I can discuss my mitigating circumstances (which seriously impacted my first and second-year grades) without breaking the flow of my cover letter?

Thank you

I would personally not include them in cover letters or personal statements but include them elsewhere. In the Freshfields form I think there is somewhere else to provide such details and if not, you could always send them as a seperate email after applying rather than putting them into a cover letter/personal statement.

 

[ashwright]

Is anyone else waiting to hear back from W&C Winter VS after sending off their app? (i.e. no VI, no comms)
Hopefully they're just pushing some to the next season's scheme

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hi @Andrei Radu @Jessica Booker @Ram Sabaratnam !

Any advice on how to tackle the following question (and how I should divide the word count)?: "Please choose a recent (less than 12 months) development in UK/European news. How are such developments relevant for Skadden’s clients?"

I was thinking of writing 1-2 sentences outlining the recent development. Then, I am not sure about whether I should discuss why I find the development I chose interesting because usually the 'commercial' question like this in an app would explicitly state "a news story that interests you" in the question, but this is not the case in here. So, should I spend the rest of my word count simply outlining how the news/developments would affect Skadden's clients and how Skadden would get involved as a result?

Thank you!

You don’t have to mention why the development interests you (as it is not asked) but I have seen people weave this briefly into their answer at the same time.

I would focus more on how it will impact clients rather than how Skadden could help, as the latter is not being asked in the question either.

 

[Tintin06]

Dechert PFO.

 

[Arbiter141]

I applied for King+Spalding's Insight Day and was rejected due to a lack of space. However, in the same email they invited me to their second virtual insight day being held later if I was to be interested. I emailed back in earnest last week (when I got the email) and sent a follow up yesterday since I have still not received an email back from them. Should I be worried or wait a little more (the virtual Insight Day deadline is in December anyways).

 

[m12]

is anyone still waiting on HL?

 

[g.cl.2020344]

Dechert PFO.

I'm still waiting after written exercise 15th oct! Got Ana email yesterday saying to hold tight cos they were still making assessments even tho the VS starts soon

 

[legalxp2]

So for the Freshfields graduate workshop they advertise that they'll - 'Show you what life as commercial lawyer is like, and what sets us apart from other firms, so you can make a confident decision on whether to apply for a vacation scheme or the trainee associate programme.'

However the vacation scheme for Freshfields states that 'You’re eligible to apply for the Summer Vacation Scheme if you are a penultimate-year undergraduate student studying any degree discipline.'

Could someone confirm whether a graduate can apply to the vacation scheme or am I limited to applying straight to the TC? Thanks!

 

[yasmars]

So for the Freshfields graduate workshop they advertise that they'll - 'Show you what life as commercial lawyer is like, and what sets us apart from other firms, so you can make a confident decision on whether to apply for a vacation scheme or the trainee associate programme.'

However the vacation scheme for Freshfields states that 'You’re eligible to apply for the Summer Vacation Scheme if you are a penultimate-year undergraduate student studying any degree discipline.'

Could someone confirm whether a graduate can apply to the vacation scheme or am I limited to applying straight to the TC? Thanks!

VS is only for second year students. Anyone over that will need to apply directly for a TC.

 

[billyonthespeeddial]

I'm still waiting after written exercise 15th oct! Got Ana email yesterday saying to hold tight cos they were still making assessments even tho the VS starts soon

also still waiting, this gives me some hope!

 

[Jessica Booker]

I applied for King+Spalding's Insight Day and was rejected due to a lack of space. However, in the same email they invited me to their second virtual insight day being held later if I was to be interested. I emailed back in earnest last week (when I got the email) and sent a follow up yesterday since I have still not received an email back from them. Should I be worried or wait a little more (the virtual Insight Day deadline is in December anyways).

If you have emailed twice, I don’t think there is value in emailing again. I don’t think there is anything to worry about - I suspect they will come back to you to confirm detail in time.

 

[yasmars]

Is anyone else still waiting on an update from Simmons ?

 

[Jessica Booker]

So for the Freshfields graduate workshop they advertise that they'll - 'Show you what life as commercial lawyer is like, and what sets us apart from other firms, so you can make a confident decision on whether to apply for a vacation scheme or the trainee associate programme.'

However the vacation scheme for Freshfields states that 'You’re eligible to apply for the Summer Vacation Scheme if you are a penultimate-year undergraduate student studying any degree discipline.'

Could someone confirm whether a graduate can apply to the vacation scheme or am I limited to applying straight to the TC? Thanks!

No - you won’t be eligible for the vacation scheme unfortunately. I think the wording for the graduate workshop is just a mistake with referring to the summer vacation scheme.

 

[Uch21]

Is osborne clarke VS rolling?

No it's non-rolling

 

[Kodak123]

can anyone who went to the Covington application tip session today pm me

 

[AlegalA]

Yeah, I only became aware of this by a post in this thread this morning haha

Where can you find this on their website? It was my first time doing Artic shores and I failed that catastrophically so a chance for a re-do would be ideaaall

 

[FutureTraineeMaybe]

No it's non-rolling

Thank you!

 

[James Wakefield]

Is osborne clarke VS rolling?

The website says ‘We’ll read applications as they come in but won’t fill our assessment centre places before the deadline closes.’

I take that as possibly rolling, as it implies they may allocate some AC places before the deadline. Would be interested to know if anyone has heard otherwise.

 

[Interested_In_Law]

Anyone still waiting on Sidley (post interview)?

 

[josiemusgra]

Hi, for the question "Please choose a recent (less than 12 months) development in UK/European news. How are such developments relevant for Skadden’s clients? (max 250)", does it need to focus specifically on a new regulation, or would discussing commercial trends also be appropriate?