2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

[E.A]

OMG!!

Samee, they said early 2021 in my email. It's probably a silent PFO then

No, this was my best application to date so I refuse to take it as a PFO until it actually is 🥲I emailed her again so let's see!

 

[E.A]

I interviewed for the TC 2022 in October. I'm re-applying for the vac but GR haven't got back to me since November when they agreed to give me feedback on my interview so not really sure what their priorities are hahaha probably just really busy

Btw, was it a virtual interview? I'm confused as the whole point of the wait was that they were hoping to have ACs in person early 2021...

 

[gg332dd]

No, this was my best application to date so I refuse to take it as a PFO until it actually is 🥲I emailed her again so let's see!

fingers crossed!!🥺 can you let me know if they get back to you please

 

[Mohammadz]

Hello everyone,


I applied for the Middle East TC with Clifford Chance and I thankfully got invited for an assessment day which will be held on the 10th February.

I still haven’t heard anything from them - I am concerned since I have no clue about what to expect and what I am going to do.

Thanks as ever.

 

[Helpme12345]

Hello everyone,


I applied for the Middle East TC with Clifford Chance and I thankfully got invited for an assessment day which will be held on the 10th February.

I still haven’t heard anything from them - I am concerned since I have no clue about what to expect and what I am going to do.

Thanks as ever.

For my ACs this year I didn’t get any details until a few days before so I wouldn’t worry. This wasn’t for CC though!

 

[LegalNim]

Does anyone know when Freshfields make TC offers for the first-round applications? I have an AC with another firm for direct TC at the end of February and am waiting to hear if I have a final interview with FF. I prefer FF (so far) and wouldn't want to pull out of their process but also don't want to reject an offer from a firm to continue with the FF process if they then don't offer me a TC.

 

[MzM]

I think @Alice G will be able to help here? If I remember from her posts it was about 2 weeks post-wg for an AC invite?

 

[packhorse]

Does anyone know when Freshfields make TC offers for the first-round applications? I have an AC with another firm for direct TC at the end of February and am waiting to hear if I have a final interview with FF. I prefer FF (so far) and wouldn't want to pull out of their process but also don't want to reject an offer from a firm to continue with the FF process if they then don't offer me a TC.

So have you had a WG sent this cycle for a TC (2023)?

 

[WannabeSolicitor24]

I think @Alice G will be able to help here? If I remember from her posts it was about 2 weeks post-wg for an AC invite?

Does anyone know when Freshfields make TC offers for the first-round applications? I have an AC with another firm for direct TC at the end of February and am waiting to hear if I have a final interview with FF. I prefer FF (so far) and wouldn't want to pull out of their process but also don't want to reject an offer from a firm to continue with the FF process if they then don't offer me a TC.

This is from their website. They do their VS interviews first.

 

[LegalNim]

So have you had a WG sent this cycle for a TC (2023)?

Yes - last week

 

[Jessica Booker]

Does anyone know when Freshfields make TC offers for the first-round applications? I have an AC with another firm for direct TC at the end of February and am waiting to hear if I have a final interview with FF. I prefer FF (so far) and wouldn't want to pull out of their process but also don't want to reject an offer from a firm to continue with the FF process if they then don't offer me a TC.

Unless you are getting some form of immediate financial support from the other firm, you could accept and then renege your offer for the first firm if you were then to get an offer from FBD.

 

[packhorse]

Yes - last week

Congrats that's huge ! Hoping this doesn't mean a PFO for me !

 

[LegalNim]

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This is from their website. They do their VS interviews first.

Thanks, but do they do all the second cycle interviews before making offers to anyone from the first cycle? If so, I wonder why they even split them.

 

[LegalNim]

Unless you are getting some form of immediate financial support from the other firm, you could accept and then renege your offer for the first firm if you were then to get an offer from FBD.

Really? I thought this was a big no-no. Thanks

 

[LegalNim]

Congrats that's huge ! Hoping this doesn't mean a PFO for me !

Maybe, but maybe not. No news is good news and it's not a PFO until it's a PFO. Law firms work in mysterious ways.

 

[WannabeSolicitor24]

Thanks, but do they do all the second cycle interviews before making offers to anyone from the first cycle? If so, I wonder why they even split them.

No - they are done completely separately. The summer window (for law students) have their interviews after all the Vac Scheme exit interviews.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Really? I thought this was a big no-no. Thanks

well it isn’t the best thing to do, but plenty of people do it each year 🤷🏻‍♀️

The best thing to do would be to ask for an extension of the offer from the first firm, if they are not offering you until mid September to consider the offer anyway (some firms will do this).

 

[ZsofiaBori]

Anyone heard back from NRF yet?

No news as of yet!

 

[Alice G]

Does anyone know when Freshfields make TC offers for the first-round applications? I have an AC with another firm for direct TC at the end of February and am waiting to hear if I have a final interview with FF. I prefer FF (so far) and wouldn't want to pull out of their process but also don't want to reject an offer from a firm to continue with the FF process if they then don't offer me a TC.

I think I heard around 2 weeks following the WG that I was being invited to an AC and I then had my AC right at the start of March last year for a direct TC. I heard back with my offer the next day but I know this can vary also.

 

[Mohammadz]

For my ACs this year I didn’t get any details until a few days before so I wouldn’t worry. This wasn’t for CC though!

Thank you for letting me know - hope they contact me in the next couple of days.