TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[traineedreamer]

I can’t believe I’m writing this. Paul, Weiss VS offer??!! For reference, I think I applied for both Spring and Summer. 🥲🥲​

Believe it, you deserve it!!!! You've worked so hard and you're going to smash it!

 

[James Wakefield]

I can’t believe I’m writing this. Paul, Weiss VS offer??!! For reference, I think I applied for both Spring and Summer. 🥲🥲​

Congrats Chris!! You absolutely deserve this! 🥳🎉

 

[Hskajab]

Was wondering if anyone has done a Goodwin vac scheme before? Would love insights if anyone's willing to share.

 

[Jessica Booker]

I can’t believe I’m writing this. Paul, Weiss VS offer??!! For reference, I think I applied for both Spring and Summer. 🥲🥲​

Fantastic news! Well done.

 

[wantatc]

Hi, has anyone done the RWK Goodman video interview yet for the vacation scheme or done one previously - how many questions do they ask and what kind of questions are they?
@Jessica Booker

Found it hard compared to others as there is only 20 seconds to think

 

[EA95]

Damn thank you all so much for the kind messages and support on the forum. I really appreciate it!! You guys are all GOATed fr! 🐐🐐​

Are you doing the spring vacation scheme btw?

 

[VMS]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I GOT A TC OFFER THIS MORNING!!!

Over the last three cycles, I’ve gone from rejections after rejections to, this cycle, getting two VS’ and a TC offer so far!! My wheel of fortune seems to be high right now

I’m rooting for all of the rest of you too! Please don’t lose hope, it took me until cycle three to start getting proper offers!!

 

[Chris Brown]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I GOT A TC OFFER THIS MORNING!!!

Over the last three cycles, I’ve gone from rejections after rejections to, this cycle, getting two VS’ and a TC offer so far!! My wheel of fortune seems to be high right now

I’m rooting for all of the rest of you too! Please don’t lose hope, it took me until cycle three to start getting proper offers!!

Damn huge congrats on getting a TC offer!! 🐐​

 

[VMS]

Damn huge congrats on getting a TC offer!! 🐐​

Congratulations to you too on the PW VS!! That’s amazing

 

[SamiyaJ]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I GOT A TC OFFER THIS MORNING!!!

Over the last three cycles, I’ve gone from rejections after rejections to, this cycle, getting two VS’ and a TC offer so far!! My wheel of fortune seems to be high right now

I’m rooting for all of the rest of you too! Please don’t lose hope, it took me until cycle three to start getting proper offers!!

Wow!! That’s absolutely fantastic. WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I swear I love seeing updates like this, gives me so much hope and motivation 😭

Congratulations once again and I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating this massive achievement my friend!!! 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

 

[Ali2020]

Has anyone heard back from Howard Kennedy post app? Thanks

 

[EA95]

I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I GOT A TC OFFER THIS MORNING!!!

Over the last three cycles, I’ve gone from rejections after rejections to, this cycle, getting two VS’ and a TC offer so far!! My wheel of fortune seems to be high right now

I’m rooting for all of the rest of you too! Please don’t lose hope, it took me until cycle three to start getting proper offers!!

Congratulations on the TC offer🎉🎉 Well deserved!!

 

[elizabxzth]

Anyone heard from Broadfield or Womble Bond Dickinson yet?

 

[James Wakefield]

Russell-Cooke VS offer! 😁

 

[tosin4774]

Russell-Cooke VS offer! 😁

Congratulations

 

[Chris Brown]

Russell-Cooke VS offer! 😁

Huge congrats my friend!! 🐐

 

[Andrei Radu]

Out of curiosity, is anyone planning to apply for non-law related grad jobs/schemes alongside TCs/VSs in the next cycle, or has anybody this cycle?

As a non-law (STEM) student, I've heard it can be very difficult to get paralegal positions and other legal roles without having done the GDL. So while I'm absolutely manifesting a legal career, I am naturally thinking about what else I'd do after graduating. The way I see it my options are:

1) go broke and self fund the GDL,

2) pure gap year, keep working in hospitality (and try to get a paralegal position)

3) in final year apply for some other grad jobs and hopefully secure one.

I guess the main difficulty in 3 is that it makes vacation schemes much more difficult, and just going for interviews/ACs in general I suppose, and might make it seem like I'm not committed to law. But with 1 and 2 I'd just feel so much less secure, if that makes sense. Of course at this point it's all moot, and non-law grad jobs are hardly easy to get anyway! Just curious to see how others have approached the (potentially) unemployed graduate life.

Hi @pepsicola96 I just wanted to say that I do not think having a graduate job in another field would make it seem like you are not committed to law. In my vacation schemes I have met people who had had a wide variety of graduate jobs, from sales & trading and consulting to pharmaceuticals. Firms are well aware that (i) getting graduate law jobs, particularly from a STEM background, is extremely difficult, and (ii) that many people simply need a graduate job in one field or another to fund their cost of living. As such, I doubt having such a job would ever count against you. I am actually tempted to affirm the opposite. Having applied for, secured, and worked in another role will show firms you have the right sort of attitude (in that you do not want to be idle and "waste" a gap year); and secondly, you will probably be able to leverage the work itself to demonstrate you have formed valuable transferable skills.

I think your decision-making should therefore not be impacted to much by your view as to of what a firm's perception of it might be. Rather, I would try to compare the benefits of the increased expected job security with the potential decrease in chances of securing a VS (assuming such a decrease would result from a lower amount of time you are able to dedicate to VS-related efforts).

 

[PQ]

anyone else still waiting on latham or travers?

Is this for spring or summer, I’m still waiting post app/test for spring and don’t know whether they’re still running ACs at this point.

 

[EA95]

Russell-Cooke VS offer! 😁

Congratulations 🎉🎉 now convert that to a TC, you got this💪🏾

 

[A worried graduate]

I can’t believe I’m writing this. Paul, Weiss VS offer??!! For reference, I think I applied for both Spring and Summer. 🥲🥲​

BANG!

Nice stuff bro

You’ve been good on the forums lately so deserve it