TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

Jessica Booker

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@Jessica Booker If I am submitting an application review for CC can this include both my work experience section as well as my answer to the prose question?

Thank you for your time😊
Hi there - unfortunately we cannot review both sections as part of one review. It would either be the application question or the work experience section, but not both.
 

asplawyer100

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Rejected from A&O Summer Vac scheme after a 3 month internship at their Paris Office (which they extended because they liked me!).
I got a near perfect SJT and have perfect grades + double first at Oxbridge
Mad that there's not even any feedback !
Wow, with your academics and experience it really is insane that they would reject you. You really have to question what is going on in the heads of law firm recruitment teams sometimes.
 

ashwright

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    Rejected from A&O Summer Vac scheme after a 3 month internship at their Paris Office (which they extended because they liked me!).
    I got a near perfect SJT and have perfect grades + double first at Oxbridge
    Mad that there's not even any feedback !
    Good things are going to come soon!! You've got an amazing academic record + stellar work experience so you'll be a very competitive candidate anywhere you go :)
    May I ask what stage you got to of the app process you got to + how you found out about your SJT result?
     

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