TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[suhana]

Hi! Sorry how do you know how much you scored?

just email grad rec

 

[Wannabe_Lawyer]

Spoke to grad rec and they confirmed that we are going to hear back after the deadline, i.e., 6th Jan.

Thanks! I'll just put it into my reject pile in any case...

 

[charlotte1704]

88% percentile for Linklaters! Does anyone know whether they put more weight for the WG or their assessment?

How do you find this out?

 

[Adithi]

Hi guys, I got my WG test results for linklaters and its saying I got in the 58th percentile, I did very well on 2 parts of the test, but did really bad on the evaluating arguments portion. Should I assume its a PFO or do I have a chance?

 

[xxx]

Hi guys, I got my WG test results for linklaters and its saying I got in the 58th percentile, I did very well on 2 parts of the test, but did really bad on the evaluating arguments portion. Should I assume it’s a PFO or do I have a chance?

I would say wait, because they consider both this assessment and the CAPP so you can’t for certain say you would get rejected based on the WG alone

 

[AfVio24]

88% percentile for Linklaters! Does anyone know whether they put more weight for the WG or their assessment?

convinced they front load it based on their CAPP Assessment. I scored in the 93rd percentile for WG and got PFO

 

[0livia.pope]

On the topic of linklaters, what do they look for in CAPP

 

[andrecsaa]

Holding myself accountable again (PH app).

CC* ✅📝❌
HSF ✅📝❌
NRF ✅📝❌
Weil ✅❌
Akin ✅
Sidley ✅❌
Orrick ✅
Willkie ✅🎥❌
Cooley ✅
Latham ✅
Milbank ✅
Kirkland ✅
Dechert ✅❌
Skadden ✅❌
Goodwin ✅
Covington ✅❌
Linklaters* ✅📝❌
Paul, Weiss ✅
Slaughters* ✅❌
Fried Frank* ✅
Gibson Dunn ✅
Macfarlanes* ✅📝
White & Case ✅
Morgan Lewis ✅
Paul Hastings* ✅
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

TC apps left to do: Stephenson Harwood; Sullivan & Cromwell.

Very impressive! Keep going, you will get a TC this cycle.

Do you mind if I DM you regarding Willkie?

 

[NJS]

Caught COVID at the end of last month (must've been while attending a firm's open day ironically) and I'm just getting back to not being bedridden now, that's about 2-3 weeks behind on Forage VIs and applications 😭 going to have to put in a herculean effort to make up for it towards the end of the year. Also wondering whether I should even apply to that firm at this point because at their open day they said to apply end of Nov/early Dec to have a chance of the application being successful (deadline January but rolling)

drop the forage to ease the workload, they aren't that important

 

[andrecsaa]

convinced they front load it based on their CAPP Assessment. I scored in the 93rd percentile for WG and got PFO

Sorry to hear that. Do you mind saying which attributes did you get on Capp Assessment?

I got high score in Respect and Working with other and low in Leadership preference. Don't know if it is enough for the next stage.

 

[kokoprep]

Hey is it too late to apply fro Hogan Lovells Summer? The deadline is close now, also do they not recruit much from direct TC, I'm I better off applying for that instead? Please share views?

 

[kokoprep]

Sorry to hear that. Do you mind saying which attributes did you get on Capp Assessment?

I got high score in Respect and Working with other and low in Leadership preference. Don't know if it is enough for the next stage.

I got Working with Others and Respect too, I heard at an insight day that their main focus is CAPP.

 

[desperateTCseeker1998]

Sorry to hear that. Do you mind saying which attributes did you get on Capp Assessment?

I got high score in Respect and Working with other and low in Leadership preference. Don't know if it is enough for the next stage.

I also got my lowest as leadership preference (high as respect and critical thinking) and honestly I took that as a positive because it’s not one of the ones where you’re definitely screwed if you get it as your worst: if you had either or your top two as your worst then it would be far more of a red flag and not everyone needs to be a leader, it’s not the same as showing autonomy and initiative. Plus when you view those results in context of the test, the ‘working with others’ and ‘leadership preference’ answers are usually going to be opposite options where you can’t choose an answer that displays both because of the format of the test - I’m sure there are very common best/worst combinations that the firms are aware of

 

[xxx]

I got Working with Others and Respect too, I heard at an insight day that their main focus is CAPP.

I think its more the Critical Thinking test at the end rather than the SJT section thats the real cut off

 

[shreyachopra1]

Does anyone who has completed the Mayer Brown trainee simulation want to compare answers to the video interview section of the simulation?

Hi, what is the written assessment like?

 

[KBanana]

Is Davis Polk deadline tomorrow at 5pm, 11:59pm or midnight tonight?

 

[charlotte1704]

Baker's PFO post-app

 

[eleven14og]

Did they say if they automatically reject applications from people who would not meet the skilled worker requirement? Even for vac schemes?

In the email they said "AG does not make any recruitment decisions based on immigration status and individuals will be assessed on their merits alone." So I'm guessing no?

 

[Tintin06]

Hey is it too late to apply fro Hogan Lovells Summer? The deadline is close now, also do they not recruit much from direct TC, I'm I better off applying for that instead? Please share views?

What do you have to lose? Just apply - decent VS conversion rate. You may regret not applying there. They haven't run ACs yet, AFAIK. Plus summer's a long way off. Still, WG invites there are rolling. Best of luck with your application.

 

[eleven14og]

I haven’t applied for a visa in sometime, so it maybe that categories have changed (this can often happen). So I can’t be 100% sure on this

Typically the “legal professionals not elsewhere classified” has been the code used (2419) as they use the old term of “Solicitor’s clerk” (old name for trainees) as the job title reference.

The lower rate for this category is £30,960 but candidates have to be under 26 and a recent graduate or hold a PhD. Because some candidates won’t meet this criteria, often firms will apply the upper rate of £38,700 consistently though.

Thanks Jessica!