TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[lawyersum]

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?

yeah super weird tbh I dunno if we should assume it’s a no if we don’t get a reply by today

 

[LawAspirer]

Did anybody hear from Pinsent Masons post application and SJT? Applications closed over 2 weeks ago

 

[TheInevitableTCholder2024/25🙏]

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]

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.

 

[TheInevitableTCholder2024/25🙏]

Can anyone please send the bird and bird application questions? I want to get those sorted before filling out the rest of the form on candid

 

[Toenails]

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

this is funny!

it is still early on a friday, give them time?

 

[Jessica Booker]

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.

 

[elizabethkate]

this is funny!

it is still early on a friday, give them time?

i never got that email. is that for spring? my email says early february

 

[lawyersum]

i never got that email. is that for spring? my email says early february

yeah for spring x

 

[Tintin06]

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.

 

[cjwx]

Am i correct in saying that Clyde & Co only accept vac scheme applications from students and not graduates?

If this is the case, are we only allowed to apply through training contract applications? It seems a bit unfair considering they state they mainly take applicants from their vacation scheme from training contracts.

 

[James Wakefield]

Taylor Wessing PFO but Dentons VI!

 

[CarolineC]

Just received a Bird & Bird AC invite

Any tips (from last recruitment cycles?) would be highly appreciated can offer A&O AC insights

 

[Legalstalker]

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.

I’m pretty sure Ashurst can provide exemption from the emotify test if you’re diagnosed with Autism. Reach out before applying to double check!

 

[James Wakefield]

Have many people had the RPC WG or are most still waiting?

 

[Uch21]

HSF PFO but at least they read my app lol

So sorry to hear this but was this for Spring or summer?

 

[evianmineral]

So sorry to hear this but was this for Spring or summer?

spring

 

[AlegalA]

If this is the case, are we only allowed to apply through training contract applications? It seems a bit unfair considering they state they mainly take applicants from their vacation scheme from training contracts.

Yeah you are only allowed to apply through TC as a graduate. Especially annoying as they don't have a London TC. I think they are trying to put forward the paralegal route for graduates (aka applying internally).

 

[rose_tinted]

Woohoo! I'm a career changer and just completed my first ever VI, from my first ever VS application. Amazing how nerve-wracking sitting in your own house suddenly becomes when someone fires a question at you, starts a timer and expects you to give a competent answer. Fingers crossed it went well!

I've been lurking for a while and am amazed at the dedication and perseverance of you all with your many, many apps, interviews, tests, etc.! Good luck!

 

[The-PFO-Collector]

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.

Ashurst, EDF Energy, NRF and WLG Gowling all use the Artic Shores test.
Perhaps apply to one you don't want to get some practice, before doing the Ashurst test.