TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[elena11]

anyone else heard or not heard back from debevoise? - if you have heard back which open day did you attend? also any PFOs?

I haven’t heard back and was at the first open day - kind of freaking out as I didn’t think I performed badly.

 

[austinfriar]

anyone else heard/not heard from debevoise. If you have heard from them which open day did you attend? And has anyone got any PFOs yet?

Last open day and I am also insanely nervous!

 

[lt481]

Just got a PFO from Travers despite emailing them over a week ago to withdraw my application. They ignored my email just for the pleasure of rejecting me 😭

 

[theruleofno]

Has anyone received an update from WFW post AC?

Got a VS offer about 3 weeks ago

 

[c3alg]

hi! I haven't heard back from CRS post VI, but I saw that VS offers have already been given out. Is it safe to assume that this would be a PFO

I think different offices release results at diff times

 

[knight1999]

anyone else heard/not heard from debevoise. If you have heard from them which open day did you attend? And has anyone got any PFOs yet?

not heard anything and attended the first open day - I think its game over lol XD

 

[Alessio1642]

Has anyone heard from Harbottle?

 

[ChloeC]

I think different offices release results at diff times

Thank you!

 

[Apple]

@Andrei Radu How would you go about explaining an interest in private equity firms at the interview stage if you don't have any direct experience? would just highlighting some similarities between other experiences and PE be fine?

 

[Miss Chocolate]

If they advertise a TC commencing in 2027, they likely want you to start the SQE in 2026, so as to study together with your trainee cohort and to be able to start the job immediately afterwards. For the second questions, they may be able to consider switching you to the 2026 cohort; but from my experience they will likely prefer not to and I would not raise my hopes too high in that regard. This is a situation firms often find themselves in when recruiting from different year groups and they know most people do not want any breaks between university, SQE, and the start of the actual TC. As such, to avoid "opening up the floodgates" of earlier start requests, they might have quite a strict policy in this regard.

That said, I know of multiple cases where people managed to successfully negotiate this. Factors that can help for that purpose are holding another TC offer (as this will give you significant bargaining power) or there being dropouts from the 2026 cohort. However, there is no harm in asking (so long as you do it in an appropriate manner) even in absence of that. Worse case scenario, if there is no possibility to start earlier, you will have a good chance of perhaps securing a paralegal opportunity for the free year.

Thank you so much! Really helpful

 

[YS391]

Does anyone know a rough percentage for the VS to TC conversion rate for RPC? Can't find a percentage online, only information is that they recruit the 'majority of trainees from their summer scheme'.

I did their vacation scheme last year and it was around 60% of us on the schemes that converted into TCs.

 

[sapphireoreos]

CRS VS post-app PFO. I literally went to 7 of their talks and tailored it so much. What more do they want. Sorry I’m just really frustrated

 

[saj2002]

crs rejection post vi

 

[bangarangbass39]

Anyone done a Bates Wells AC before? I have mine on Thursday n super nervous.

It’s an individual pres and written task on a commercial task.

Any advice would suffice!

 

[legallyells]

crs rejection post vi

so sorry, what office did you apply for?

 

[saj2002]

so sorry, what office did you apply for?

guildford !

 

[legalxp2]

When a firm calls with an offer for a VS, roughly how long after would they send email confirmation?

 

[James Wakefield]

When a firm calls with an offer for a VS, roughly how long after would they send email confirmation?

Congrats!

For my VS it was two days, but I guess it depends on the size of the intake, and whether the firm is responding to all candidates in one go. So could obviously be longer.

 

[legalxp2]

Congrats!

For my VS it was two days, but I guess it depends on the size of the intake, and whether the firm is responding to all candidates in one go. So could obviously be longer.

thank you so much!

 

[trainee4u]

Three first-stage PFOs so far today: Arnold & Porter, K&L Gates, and Brown Rudnick.

Also a second-stage SHL test from Devonshires. Annoying scheduling etc. task Only got to question 21 of 24.