TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[Overthinker123!]

Hey guys, just wanna reach out for some advice. I had a TI with a firm today, and the next stage is a two-day AC. Unfortunately, the first day of AC clashes with my interview with SM, but the first day is just an unassessed insight day to prepare us for the next day, so I might be able to miss it. I don’t know the outcome of today’s TI yet, but should I reschedule my SM interview just in case?

If I do reschedule, should I mention it’s due to another AC or give a different reason? Thanks

@Jessica Booker @Andrei Radu @Ram Sabaratnam @Amma Usman

 

[ironspears45]

Travers PFO and Paul Weiss SVS offer to finish off the 24/25 application season.

 

[LawAspirer]

Would you guys say that direct TC applications are more competitive than TC through VS?

 

[VMS]

… Another Vac Scheme offer to finish my cycle 🙈

Last year (and the year before really), nobody wanted me and now it’s 3 VS’ and 1 TC 🤣 (I’m not allowed to say who my TC or last VS are for per firm’s rules).

To everyone going through this process, please don’t give up. You learn something new from every cycle. Without me learning from my mistakes on the last two, I never would have got to this point!

Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear back from firms!

I’m going to keep popping on here though 👀 I’ve been on this forum for nearly two years, it feels a bit like home 💖

 

[SamiyaJ]

… Another Vac Scheme offer to finish my cycle 🙈

Last year (and the year before really), nobody wanted me and now it’s 3 VS’ and 1 TC 🤣 (I’m not allowed to say who my TC or last VS are for per firm’s rules).

To everyone going through this process, please don’t give up. You learn something new from every cycle. Without me learning from my mistakes on the last two, I never would have got to this point!

Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear back from firms!

I’m going to keep popping on here though 👀 I’ve been on this forum for nearly two years, it feels a bit like home 💖

Your heart must be so full!! Well done and congratulations 🫶🏾🤍✨

 

[VMS]

Your heart must be so full!! Well done and congratulations 🫶🏾🤍✨

I’ve spent the last two days crying or dancing around the kitchen with joy!! 💖

A stark contrast to November when I was so depressed from rejections I couldn’t get out of bed!

Thank you so much.

 

[A worried graduate]

Anyone here heard from Hill Dickinson post-vi

 

[billyonthespeeddial]

Would you guys say that direct TC applications are more competitive than TC through VS?

Depends. You need a very (or, depending on the firm, mildly) different profile for a Direct TC than a Vacation Scheme most of the time. If you have the experience, then both are equally challenging. If you don't have the experience, some Direct TCs will just reject you outright (I don't just mean legal experience, Direct TCs are ideal for career changers too)

 

[TCpleasex]

Congrats! May I ask what date you completed the assessment and what your stats were please?

Thank you!

I completed the assessment a couple of days before the deadline & my stats were 9977 & the highest bar for numerical & verbal

 

[nonlaw2025graduate]

Hi, I got an invite to Stephenson Harwood Assessment. It involves an amberjack test with a video interview at the end with 4 questions. Does anyone if we have unlimited preparation time or is there a time limit? Thank you!

 

[legaleagle11]

Hi, I got an invite to Stephenson Harwood Assessment. It involves an amberjack test with a video interview at the end with 4 questions. Does anyone if we have unlimited preparation time or is there a time limit? Thank you!

It is timed - it says all the information once you start the test, though there isn’t a ‘time limit’ per se, more something to be mindful of!

 

[user9809]

… Another Vac Scheme offer to finish my cycle 🙈

Last year (and the year before really), nobody wanted me and now it’s 3 VS’ and 1 TC 🤣 (I’m not allowed to say who my TC or last VS are for per firm’s rules).

To everyone going through this process, please don’t give up. You learn something new from every cycle. Without me learning from my mistakes on the last two, I never would have got to this point!

Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear back from firms!

I’m going to keep popping on here though 👀 I’ve been on this forum for nearly two years, it feels a bit like home 💖

Congratulations! What did you change this application season?

 

[legallyells]

I can’t believe it but I got a call yesterday offering me a vac scheme at my favourite firm!!!! (asked not to disclose until a week or so). Last year I never made it to interview, so it feels very surreal to have actually progressed!

 

[VMS]

Congratulations! What did you change this application season?

I’d say two things: my confidence in interviews and my research into the firm.

I don’t think it can be understated just how much firms look at your people skills. I was so, so nervous and uncertain on my first two cycles, and although I was obviously still nervous this cycle, the experience I’d already had with interviews and the kinds of questions that were asked allowed me to prepare a lot better and therefore feel a lot more confident in myself going forward into interviews.

In one of my interviews this cycle, I was still so nervous I couldn’t eat that day. But, on my feedback, my interviewer said I didn’t seem nervous at all!

Regarding research, I was rather vague my first two cycles into what I’d researched. I’d say what the firm did on the surface-level and why I was interested, but I never specifically talked about cases that interested me. This cycle, I was a lot more specific and that allowed my enthusiasm to be communicated better.

I hope that helps!!

 

[VMS]

I can’t believe it but I got a call yesterday offering me a vac scheme at my favourite firm!!!! (asked not to disclose until a week or so). Last year I never made it to interview, so it feels very surreal to have actually progressed!

Congrats! I got a Vac Scheme offer too yesterday from my favourite firm, I wonder if it’s the same one 👀 but was told to keep it under-wraps. We’ll have to DM each other in a few weeks 🤣

 

[yeezyee]

any other lucky folks still without a latham pfo…?

 

[student353]

Travers PFO and Paul Weiss SVS offer to finish off the 24/25 application season.

Congrats on PW, when did you hear about the offer?

 

[studentdelaw786]

Hi all,

My WBD assessment’s score was 6969, but I got the lowest score for verbal intellect and an average score for numerical intellect.

Can I expect a PFO here?

Thanks

 

[aphelion]

Mishcon AC invite! Actually can't believe this is my fourth AC/final interview this cycle when the past 3 years I didn't get a single one

 

[Lovelaw77]

Any nrf offers come out?

Any updates on NRF SVS offers?