TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

Wannabe_Lawyer

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To anyone who has applied to these firms (Gatelely, Browne Jacobson and Womble Bond Dickinson, Simmons & Simmons), do you receive the online assessment immediately after your application? And how much time do they give you to complete the assessment? Need to draft some last-min apps and don't want to waste time doing SJTs (since I seem to be awful at them).
 

TCpleasex

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    To anyone who has applied to these firms (Gatelely, Browne Jacobson and Womble Bond Dickinson, Simmons & Simmons), do you receive the online assessment immediately after your application? And how much time do they give you to complete the assessment? Need to draft some last-min apps and don't want to waste time doing SJTs (since I seem to be awful at them).
    I have applied to Gateley & WBD.

    For Gateley it took around a week after submitting my app to get the test & I done it today. It took me around an hour, it is a pretty big test tbh.

    For WBD, I applied a couple of weeks ago & I haven’t received the test yet. From my understanding they will send the test out once apps close at the end of the month.
     

    Wannabe_Lawyer

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    I have applied to Gateley & WBD.

    For Gateley it took around a week after submitting my app to get the test & I done it today. It took me around an hour, it is a pretty big test tbh.

    For WBD, I applied a couple of weeks ago & I haven’t received the test yet. From my understanding they will send the test out once apps close at the end of the month.
    Fabulous - thanks so much!
     

    bsh

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    Hi @Jessica Booker @Jaysen I was just wondering why the new written exercise is more expensive than the others - is it more substantial? I also see two options: 'exercise' and 'exercise + feedback'.. I thought that we always got feedback on purchased written exercises or is this not the case in this instance? Please let me know!
     

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