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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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After 3 years of application cycles, I received my first Vac Scheme offer today! A reminder to never give up!
got a SH vac scheme offer through the AS ethnicity pathway programme!! 🎉🎉 my first win!!!!! finally!!
there's an insight event being held for the vac schemers, if im unable to go, do you think it looks bad? @Jessica Booker
Thank you so much - this is super helpful! I was thinking more in terms of reaching out on LinkedIn to schedule coffee chats before the scheme starts. If that is advisable at all or if I should wait until the scheme starts?
anything from winston & Strawn post app? judging by last year's forum they sent the WG about a month after the deadline but it's been almost two months now 😅
Hi @Ram Sabaratnam , do you have any advice or tips for the Cooley vac scheme? I’d really appreciate any insights on how you found the scheme and the firm, as well as any tips for success. Thanks in advance! 😊
After chasing up, finally a PW pfo post-interview. The message said nothing about feedback so I do not know if I should request any.
Paul, Weiss PFO too post-interview - at least the email was nice!
true, I wish they would offer feedback though; we got to the last stage!
I understand your frustration. I find that the outcome of so many of those interviews (i.e. the not purely commercial/technical ones) is based on how the candidate gets on with the interviewer, which is obviously hard to pinpoint objectively..
Me too! I thought about asking if they would offer it, but I feel like if they didn’t include it in the email it is unlikely…
here's the Trump letters to the law firms about their DEI policies:
They state:
* firms rapidly increased their % of women, LGBTQ+ and ethnic minority partners/associates
* this took place so rapidly that it is likely to have been illegally discriminatory against non-minorities
* this was done for financial gain: e.g., Microsoft awarded bonuses to law firms meeting diversity targets
* "It appears likely that Cooley disparately provides access to certain privileges of
employment (training and leadership development) based on its employees’ race or other protected
characteristics."
* they ask for Excel spreadsheets with GPAs & race of candidates applying to diversity programmes.
* it refers to a paid 8-10 week internship programme, "SEO law", as excluding whites, and asks about this.
* it asks whether GPAs to filter candidates were applied differently by race
* it asks whether recruiters were asked to source minority candidates
etc.
It is sent to
A&O Shearman, Debevoise & Plimpton, Cooley, Freshfields, Goodwin Procter, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, McDermott Will & Emery, Milbank, Morgan Lewis, Morrison & Foerster, Perkins Coie, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray, Sidley Austin, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, White & Case, and WilmerHale.
Although MC firms were contacted, this applies only to their US offices.
They state:
* firms rapidly increased their % of women, LGBTQ+ and ethnic minority partners/associates
* this took place so rapidly that it is likely to have been illegally discriminatory against non-minorities
* this was done for financial gain: e.g., Microsoft awarded bonuses to law firms meeting diversity targets
* "It appears likely that Cooley disparately provides access to certain privileges of
employment (training and leadership development) based on its employees’ race or other protected
characteristics."
* they ask for Excel spreadsheets with GPAs & race of candidates applying to diversity programmes.
* it refers to a paid 8-10 week internship programme, "SEO law", as excluding whites, and asks about this.
* it asks whether GPAs to filter candidates were applied differently by race
* it asks whether recruiters were asked to source minority candidates
etc.
It is sent to
A&O Shearman, Debevoise & Plimpton, Cooley, Freshfields, Goodwin Procter, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, McDermott Will & Emery, Milbank, Morgan Lewis, Morrison & Foerster, Perkins Coie, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray, Sidley Austin, Simpson Thacher, Skadden, White & Case, and WilmerHale.
Although MC firms were contacted, this applies only to their US offices.
Same here. I emailed them nonetheless, but ngl the recruitment process was kinda weird given that they are marketed as the best PE firm without a single technical element or question 🤣
Had an interview invite this week
I got a call with a vacation scheme offer about two hours ago so I think maybe they’re just starting to get back to people!
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