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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
O.M.F.G. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRS is such an amazing firm I canttttttt 😍😍- Kablahc
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I'm a future trainee :)- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I have an offer from the Fast Stream so let me know if I can help with anything! :)- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Structure is often more important than having amazing ideas content wise, write clearly and articulate all your ideas fully. don't be afraid to use subheadings and set every idea out paragraph by paragraph. be very mindful of your audience - don't use legal jargon if the audience isn't...- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
It varies - wonder if anyone's thought of making a list of this yet? For what it's worth Dentons just asks for a 2:1 undergrad then a pass gdl/lpc.- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Private client is such amazing work!!!- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Don't worry at all - it's not like you were anticipating the call in any way so I'd be really surprised if they were going to hold what you said to a high standard. They should know that you'd be shocked from receiving it totally out of the blue, I definitely wouldn't have been able to produce...- Kablahc
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I've done applications where I spent a whole day researching the firm, went to open days, and got an immediate rejection. Likewise I've had applications where I spent all of about an hour learning about the firm and got to the next stage. Sometimes all you need is Chambers UK! I tend to get more...- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Incredible!!! Congratulations!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Agree with Jessica - but I usually like to ask them about their work since I find it interesting to see how that compares to associates/trainees/others in different fields- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Most people I know in my law cohort who've deliberately delayed TC apps until the final year because they want to take a Masters do it for academic interest, for example, one person I know wanted to get a PGCE because they wanted to teach later in life. I'll most likely be doing a Masters before...- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Congratulations!!! Hopefully they let you defer so you can have the best of both worlds! ☺️ and even if you are back on the forum next year it'll make it an even better place for the 2024 applicants :)- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I usually put any big or long lasting pro bono placements under work history/experience unless they have a section about volunteering!- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Oh my gosh!!!!!!! I totally screwed the numbers up, I'm going to go back to edit my post - they said they receive 900 applications, progress 250 to VI, then 60 to AC 😂 teaches me to try and do numbers without a cup of coffee- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
GR/Partners have already offered me the TC, I'm just waiting to sign the contract basically! But all the trauma of getting things pulled out from under me last year is really getting to me 😂 I've also just withdrawn - Dechert told us they send around *190 post-interview PFOs on the open day so...- Kablahc
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Updating a submitted application to show incoming vacation schemes
It's down to you - personally, things are so competitive this year with VS/TC applications that I think you should take whatever gives you a competitive edge and milk it!!!! It doesn't make you look silly at all; in most cases, it will show you're a good enough candidate to secure a VS with such...- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I'm in the same situation! I'm waiting on the formal offer letter for my TC but I got invited to Dechert's VI. I was wondering about whether I should do it, since apparently it's quite standard, and I definitely will feel somehow kind of guilty if I don't do it as well. Like I'm still having...- Kablahc
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Law firms & Diversity
I'm so glad this thread was created, this is such an important conversation to have! I too am no expert - but I totally agree with this, as somebody who meets a lot of those 'diverse' checkboxes. Although I know GR and all HR professionals in general will be doing a LOT of training to...- Kablahc
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- Forum: General Discussion
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I guess I'll have a look - I don't know if it would be easier to maybe ask the firm I'm due to be training at if they had any paralegal positions open closer to the time? Although most firms seem to want paralegals with some sort of experience! Maybe I'll get looking at volunteering in that...- Kablahc
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Yeah I know a lot of people usually would travel or have done! It looks like an amazing experience but not really an option for me sadly so don't really know what to do other than do non-law postgrad (cannot stand the thought of a standard LLM after all this 😂)- Kablahc
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