Hoping Travers Smith will get back to us this week or next with either a partner interview invite or a PFO. At this point my reaction will be the same because the waiting is long asf. 🥲
Have they sent out any interview invites yet? Apologies if it has been mentioned on here already, I have been off for a while!Hoping Travers Smith will get back to us this week or next with either a partner interview invite or a PFO. At this point my reaction will be the same because the waiting is long asf. 🥲
Have they sent out any interview invites yet? Apologies if it has been mentioned on here already, I have been off for a while!
Ah bummer, can't say it was a top choice anyhow!I’ve seen around 3-4 invites on the forum so far and someone said they send them out until early/mid March. I imagine after that we can assume PFO. 🥲
I am not an immigration lawyer, but I have heard there is simply no type of suitable short-term visa for 2 weeks of paid work.I think generally, firms don't do this, as it's too costly when hiring someone for 2 weeks. I think White & Case does and there may be other US firms who do it.
I normally used 'Hi [name of the addressee]' if there was implied familiarity from the details of the written exercise or if they were someone in the firm who was not very senior. If they were either a client or a partner/counsel and familiarity was not implied, I simply used 'Dear [name of the addressee]'. I never included a Mr/Mrs/Ms or sir/madam as I did not want to make any assumptions about gender or marital status. From my vacation scheme experiences, the emails I have seen associates send looked much the same in terms of address form, so I am quite sure this is an ok approach to follow.Hi guys, please what’s the best way to address a partner , an associate and a client when writing an email or a letter to them in a written exercise? So for instance would you say “Hi …..” or “Dear ….” , for a client, would you say Mr or Mrs / Hi… followed by their names / Sir or madam?
did everyone still waiting apply for summer?Any news from PW?
Quick Q- I’m final year non law and will do my PGDL in Sept. I have a vac scheme offer and an AC coming up for another firm- should i enrol myself at ULaw for September just in case I can’t convert my vac scheme and still have a spot there? @Jessica Booker thank you!
I remember the graduate recruiter at Paul, Weiss said that for the first stage application review they would have an automatic spelling and grammar check. If you passed that, I doubt they would focus much on it at a later point. I do however believe this applies more broadly. I had a few typos in 3/6 of the applications that led me to an AC and was never asked about. Moreover, I did mock interviews for a number of different people who had upcoming ACs and were worried about a typo or spelling error and once again this was never raised in an interview. I think at the stage of the AC most firms do not do much more than taking a quick look over the application - so if the typos were missed by them at a stage when the written answers were a lot more in focus, I doubt they would find them now.I have managed to get past application stage for a few firms even though I am certain I had some typos and spag errors (White & Case, Willkie, BCLP and Paul, Weiss). I missed the , for Paul, Weiss at least 3x in my application and I have an interview soon. I’m lowkey worried they might ask about it. 🥲
I applied for both spring and summer!did everyone still waiting apply for summer?
They are acting funny this season - I did not even apply for anything, but got 2 rejections for the WVS - when I tried emailing them to ask like… what is going on - they sent me 3 different emails telling me I have applied. I did not even use their website this application seasonNot one but 3 Linklaters PFO emails. Think I got the message 😂 😂
How are you able to get 99% on WG????? That’s amazing, what am I missing 😂😂😂Linklaters PFO - was 77% with a tick so can finally put that rumor to bed! Also got 99th percentile for WG but did bad for SJT so clear which one they value more!
If you constantly look at notes to try to read out answers you had previously written down or because you had not memorized any relevant substantive points, I think this would not be a good idea. It is quite unlikely you would be able to fool the interviewer that you are formulating your thoughts as you are speaking. Even if you were somehow successful, you would presumably then have to do a VS/further interview in an in person context, where you would not be able to make use of such materials anymore.Is it a good idea to use notes on Word on the side during an online Zoom interview ? don't know if they will notice my eye sight shift constantly between the notes and them ? @Jessica Booker or anyone w any thoughts ! @Andrei Radu