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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Well you would think so!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I have a friend who was grilled on a bereavement mitigating circumstances (it was a consulting firm though, not law).
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    They've had issues with emails not being received. If you haven't been contacted, I would just send them an email and check.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Drama on a Saturday night and here I was in bed by 11pm. The lockdown has turned me into an old man.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I would recommend Richard Susskinds "Tomorrow's Lawyers" book, as it quite neatly outlines some of the biggest disrupters to legal services providers. It's quite a light read too - you could get through it in probably a day.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I've worked with a few students at my university who secured a TC with CC through the Spark scheme. All I can say is... good luck to them. 😂
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I agree. It's the kind of restrictiveness that other firms are moving away from... And I'm completely objective here, given that I haven't looked to apply as I don't want to work in London.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yes, I was going to do a last minute application for DAC Beachcroft this week but I just didn't feel like I knew enough about the firm to have a real chance at being successful...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    The email implied that this stage isn't solely on the test - they take the application into account too. So an average test result and a really strong application will probably do it. The trouble for me is that I'm not that confident in my application. Looking back at it, it's not nearly as...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Just completed the GMA for Pinsent Masons. When it started I thought "oh this isn't so bad". And then it progressively got harder and harder. Had to just guess a couple of them!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Wow - that is a LOT of applications! It must be very frustrating not to be successful at the application stage, when you've previously gone further. The upside to me doing so badly last year is that there's only one firm where that could happen to me this year! 😆
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I agree, if you don't know what the firm is like. But some firms do make a point of saying that they don't mandate or wear ties. I've been asked to take mine off, in the past. If the invitation says that there is no formal dress code, I personally wouldn't wear a tie unless that's how I felt...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I believe it's because they don't use a benchmark in the same way that other firms do. Or that's what a couple of others have been told by GR. You could push them using a FOI, in theory. But I'm not sure it would endear yourself to them if you did that.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Imagine if you received a "congratulations" email now...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Which is funny because when I look at Boris Johnson I don't think PM at all. 😅
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I applied for Manchester (haven't heard anything) but I did see one person on TSR who said a couple days ago that he got a VI invite for AG Leeds.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I've been invited to do the online test for Pinsent Masons. I think... 😅 I've received instructions for the test "following on from our recent email" but didn't receive said email to say that I had been successful at the first stage...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I think you should just leave your emails for today. Checking your emails every 5mins is only going to stress you out!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Understood and agreed. It's weird that we haven't seen anybody with responses for Manchester!

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