TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[Miss Chocolate]

I "guessed" way more than I would for a normal WG is all I can say. Hopefully luck is on our side!

how do you usually prepare for WG?

 

[yasmars]

yeah no for real? and their application form was so short what are they judging us on?? I think they place a lot of weight on critical thinking tests which is just 💀same for simmons -- they don't have any app questions and it's just an online test pretty much.

And what’s worse is that their practise tests are whack and nothing like the real one except the last section.

 

[James Wakefield]

Stephenson Harwood virtual open day. 😁

 

[BuddyingLawyer744]

A lot of firm ask for intentions about applying to PGDL's. As a non-law student, should I put down that I intend to do it if I get a training contract to pay for it? How should I approach this?

 

[Amiyrerose]

Hi does anyone know when Kennedys will inform us if we have made it to the VI stage j received my assessment feedback report yesterday

I received my VI today !

 

[g.cl.2020344]

Stephenson Harwood virtual open day. 😁

congrats! is this for the London office? and when did u apply if you dont mind me asking

 

[James Wakefield]

congrats! is this for the London office? and when did u apply if you dont mind me asking

Yep London. Applied on the 1st.

 

[mariistm]

any news for CMS Bristol post VI?

 

[jta227]

how do you usually prepare for WG?

I never really have honestly (note I don't get 99ptl every time lol, got 70ptl + PFO from Linklaters). The first times I did it I read the instructions super thoroughly and then kinda got the hang of it after that. Sometimes one of the wrong answers is perfectly reasonable but you have to recognise what they want you to do. Also they reuse the same questions half the time which makes me feel more comfortable as I just speed through those then go back and think about the ones I wasn't sure. I think that's probably why I got caught out here because you can't go back to check and all the questions were novel 😭


In terms of practicing for WG I think the most helpful thing would just be to do loads of practice tests, e.g. on jobtestprep or there's this site called Graduates First which you might be able to make a uni account for. I tried one practice test there it was a bit weird but honestly better prep for AG's type of test so I probably should've done more of those

 

[helloj]

That Goodwin VI was unnecessarily stressful!

 

[BillSikes]

omg omg that Reed Smith test and VI were BRUTAL😭😭

What is the test? and how many Qs for RS VI. Swear they had 8 Qs few years back.

 

[BillSikes]

Pinsent masons PFO!

Pinsent PFO

yep PFO

Pinsent masons pfo, kinda upset because my feedback report was pretty good!!

Yeah hate to be that guy but what office and when did you apply?

 

[Wannabe_Lawyer]

Yeah hate to be that guy but what office and when did you apply?

One person said they applied to Pinsent Mason's London office. I also got a PFO for London.

 

[BillSikes]

Did Fieldfisher extend their deadline? It says on the apply page that the post closes in 5 days but their Early Careers pages all say the deadline is today.

If that's what the website says then go by that. I swear they did the same last year too.

 

[sooae]

That Goodwin VI was unnecessarily stressful!

How come? 😭

 

[LawLawLawLawLaw]

hello im going to apply for White & Case and HFW but their deadlines are the end of this week, and they're rolling deadlines - should i just apply straight for their TCs instead or still worth a shot? @Jessica Booker @Ram Sabaratnam

 

[camrxc]

You mention this is for a pre-employment check - you’ll need to flag this discrepancy to the people doing the reference checks and they may flag it to the recruitment team who will make a decision on whether it is an issue or not. The multiple discrepancies could make this an issue.

If the reference company or recruitment team ask you about this, be truthful as to why both discrepancies happened - there isn’t much else you can do at this stage now.

Thanks for your guidance again, I guess I was just was under the impression at the time of writing that it was acceptable to round certain experience lengths up on cvs

 

[pleasepleaseplease]

Yeah hate to be that guy but what office and when did you apply?

applied for the London office - completed test on 13th October

 

[sapphireoreos]

is it worth applying to mission's vacation scheme (deadline is today, ready to submit)? it's non-rolling but ik it's the last day and idk if it's true that applicants who've previously applied to law firms unsuccessfully can be automatically screened out...
I also completed work experience with them via an organisation so I've been super picky about my application hence why it's so late...

I applied on the last day last year and got invited to their VI so never say never

 

[Chris Brown]

HSF and BCLP PFO on the same day 🥲🥲

HSF Summer VS: applied 1st Dec passed SJT 3rd Dec

BCLP Summer VS: applied 1st Jan took test on 4th Jan - didn’t meet the minimum benchmark