TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[ilovegardening1111]

No need for any letter formalities. You can just start with your opening sentence/paragraph.

Some people do include them, and you won’t be marked down for doing so, it’s just a waste of words in my opinion and won’t add anything to you personally statement.

Thanks so much for letting me know!

 

[pepsicola96]

well definitely just failed my first exam in 3 years of uni today, so I look forward to finding some way to explain that on future applications 😀 do people have any advice for explaining resits, where you didn't really have any mitigating circumstances, you were just ill, but not ill enough to get a deferral, and tired and probably didn't revise quite enough anyway.

aside from that Macfarlanes PFO, and CMS WG invite came through during the exam!

 

[YW113380]

For anyone who's applied to Greenberg Traurig, where did you put your grades? I have 22 undergraduate modules so I'm not sure if it'll fit on my CV without some creative formatting

 

[legallycece]

Just got a Fieldfisher interview ! Could anyone advise as to what types of questions they tend to ask / how to best prepare ? Thanks

 

[TC129129]

Has anyone been rejected from AG post VI. I did my VI on like the 20th Dec and people who did theirs after have got an AC..

 

[Shandy101]

Does anyone have advice for the White & Case AC written exercise?

PM me

 

[Wannabe_Lawyer]

For anyone who's applied to Greenberg Traurig, where did you put your grades? I have 22 undergraduate modules so I'm not sure if it'll fit on my CV without some creative formatting

I'd use a grid/table and then hide the borders. That way, you can squeeze like 4 modules per row.

 

[Shandy101]

Anyone heard from Reed smith post VI?

Got a PFO earlier

 

[Miss Chocolate]

Has anyone been rejected from AG post VI. I did my VI on like the 20th Dec and people who did theirs after have got an AC..

When did you submit your application and when did you get the VI invitation?

 

[Shandy101]

Today: Reed Smith PFO, Sullivan & Cromwell PFO, Gibson Dunn Summer VS offer less than an hour after my AC🤣🤣. Applications can really be funny...

 

[Amakaa]

Today: Reed Smith PFO, Sullivan & Cromwell PFO, Gibson Dunn Summer VS offer less than an hour after my AC🤣🤣. Applications can really be funny...

Congratulations on your vacation scheme offer. Haven’t heard back from Gibson Dunn post app in october. Do you think I should email them? When did you apply?

 

[Someoneinlaw]

Today: Reed Smith PFO, Sullivan & Cromwell PFO, Gibson Dunn Summer VS offer less than an hour after my AC🤣🤣. Applications can really be funny...

Please are you able to give AC tips ? Especially if you did like written tests or case studies

 

[Shandy101]

Congratulations on your vacation scheme offer. Haven’t heard back from Gibson Dunn post app in october. Do you think I should email them? When did you apply?

I think if you haven't heard from GD by now you can assume a PFO they are already well into second-round interviews and have made several offers already. But anything is possible! I applied in early October.

 

[Chris Brown]

Today: Reed Smith PFO, Sullivan & Cromwell PFO, Gibson Dunn Summer VS offer less than an hour after my AC🤣🤣. Applications can really be funny...

Congrats on your VS offer! 🥳

 

[NJS]

I think if you haven't heard from GD by now you can assume a PFO they are already well into second-round interviews and have made several offers already. But anything is possible! I applied in early October.

Just submitted my app last night, here’s hoping!

 

[NCTC2025]

Today: Reed Smith PFO, Sullivan & Cromwell PFO, Gibson Dunn Summer VS offer less than an hour after my AC🤣🤣. Applications can really be funny...

Such a quick turn around! You must have really impressed! Congrats!

 

[g.cl.2020344]

Congratulations on your vacation scheme offer. Haven’t heard back from Gibson Dunn post app in october. Do you think I should email them? When did you apply?

Yeah I’m the same! I emailed them and haven’t heard anything! Did a first year scheme w them two years go too! …

 

[Shandy101]

Such a quick turn around! You must have really impressed! Congrats!

You know what? I really did my research! I even spoke to a few trainees and associates at the firm via Linkedin. One of them arranged a call on Sunday with me that lasted like an hour! He offered to speak to me again if I needed before the interview. I phoned him yesterday and he put me on speaker to chat with a counsel that was in his office. Naturally with all the info I had, I nailed the 'Why GD' part. I think I connected well, and was bubbly (it was all zoom) and trust me luck plays a huge part. The topic for the case study was something I was extremely interested in and had researched and read around ad nauseam.

 

[rapunzel]

Reed Smith VI!! After I had given up hope. Thank God. Does anyone have any tips, particularly for the types of questions they ask in the VI (motivational, competency, strength)? For reference I applied on the deadline morning (6th Jan).

I haven't done the Reed Smith VI but I remember their grad rec team doing an webinar on this for TCLA and they said to try not to shoehorn your answers in questions. Which I found extremely helpful as I used to try to memorise a bunch of answers for VIs, it needs to come across as natural as possible.

 

[tisha.patel_]

Same here I applied around mid Dec and did the WGT just before xmas and haven’t heard anything since. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I did my WG in early dec for HL, should I just assume PFO?