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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

TheInevitableTCholder2024/25🙏

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not yet, odd though bc they sent that email at the start of the week saying they will be informing by the end of the week?
these guys are liars man- if a grad recruiter at a law firm told me it was raining tomorrow, I'd wear my sunglasses; wouldn't trust a word they say lol
 

Jessica Booker

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Hi @Jessica Booker or anyone who can help.

I want to use the rare word ‘intrapreneurial’ in one of my law applications but All Hires is not recognising it as a word, and have put a red squiggly line beneath it.

If I use this word, am I risking the law firm thinking I’ve misspelt entrepreneurial? Or will they likely have come across this before?
I think the context in which this is being used will need to be clear as it won’t be a term everyone has heard of before (and it’s not a commonly used term in law firms) - it is fine to use it but the context in which you are using it should ensure that it isn’t misinterpreted as a mistake.
 

Jessica Booker

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yeah super weird tbh I dunno if we should assume it’s a no if we don’t get a reply by today
I don’t think you can assume that. All it would take is for someone to be off ill/ on leave unexpectedly and a deadline they were aiming for could easily be pushed back.
 

Tintin06

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Holding myself accountable again (BM test).

CC* ✅📝❌
HSF ✅📝❌
NRF ✅📝❌
Weil ✅❌
Akin ✅
Sidley ✅❌
Orrick
Willkie ✅🎥❌
Cooley
Latham
Milbank ✅
Kirkland ✅
Dechert ✅❌
Skadden
Goodwin ✅
Covington ✅❌
Linklaters* ✅📝❌
Paul, Weiss ✅
Slaughters* ✅❌
Gibson Dunn
Macfarlanes* ✅📝
White & Case
Morgan Lewis
Hogan Lovells* ✅
Cleary Gottlieb ✅❌
A&O Shearman ✅📝❌
Vinson & Elkins
Arnold & Porter
Baker McKenzie ✅📝
King & Spalding* ✅
Winston & Strawn
Morrison Foerster
Sullivan & Cromwell ✅❌

Key: ✅ = application submitted; 📝 = test received; 🎥 = video interview; ❌ = rejection.

*Training Contract applications

I'm actually ineligible for S&C VS. I'll be applying for their TC. 13 firm's rejections overall now.

I did the BM test yesterday. It didn't go especially well, honestly.

Applications left to do: Fried Frank; McDermott, Will & Emery; Paul Hastings (all for direct TCs).

I want to apply to Ashurst too. But I found their tests impossible.
 

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