TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[lookingforaTC]

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.

 

[lookingforaTC]

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

 

[chrisbrown]

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

 

[M123]

Hi - Can someone who has completed the W&C VI, please share insights on DM. I can share information for Linklaters, HSF, AOS, and Sidley.

Is this for the spring or summer vac scheme? x

 

[Amakaa]

Is this for the spring or summer vac scheme? x

Hi. When did you apply and when did you get an invite please? Is this for summer as well please.

 

[James Wakefield]

Is the Withers Vacation Scheme freestanding? As in, do you have to separately apply for their TC after?

 

[futuretrainee8482]

Is this for the spring or summer vac scheme? x

Spring

 

[TheInevitableTCholder2024/25🙏]

Is Addleshaw closed? it says its still open but I'm not seeing anything?

 

[M123]

Spring

If you haven’t sat it already, dm me! I applied for the summer vac scheme so haven’t heard back but i spoke to a future trainee who gave me an insight to it

 

[Jessica Booker]

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

Unfortunately that won’t be a legitimate reason - nearly doubling a placement length by rounding up a three day placement to a week could bring into question judgement/integrity.

Hopefully the reference check agency or recruitment team will not be concerned given it was a very short placement or won’t cross reference the discrepancy.

If you have to confirm employment details for the employment reference check (eg you have to resubmit your employment details to them) - then make sure that information is correct at the point of submitting the information again.

 

[bsh]

Unfortunately that won’t be a legitimate reason - nearly doubling a placement length by rounding up a three day placement to a week could bring into question judgement/integrity.

Hopefully the reference check agency or recruitment team will not be concerned given it was a very short placement or won’t cross reference the discrepancy.

If you have to confirm employment details for the employment reference check (eg you have to resubmit your employment details to them) - then make sure that information is correct.

Hi Jess, just wondering what the situation with this will be for self-employed roles?

 

[Shandy101]

That Goodwin VI was unnecessarily stressful!

Really? I thought it was ok.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hi Jess, just wondering what the situation with this will be for self-employed roles?

You typically have to provide another form of proof of employment. For instance, I have had to provide either my corporate tax returns, bank statements, or even a reference from my accountant. Any formal document that shows income is likely to be sufficient.

 

[AI212121]

@Jessica Booker @Amma Usman @Andrei Radu

When a firm says that during an interview they will be looking for "knowledge of current affairs and ability to apply this knowledge to the benefit of a discussion" in a case study exercise, what exactly do they mean by this? Does this mean that, for example if the case study is related to an M&A and has a specific element to it, I should be able to discuss a similar M&A with that element that has been in the news lately? Apologies for a clumsy question.