Thanks! I applied on 31 DecCongrats Sam! When did you apply?
Thank you, I applied a couple weeks after you so wanted to see how they are responding to people. Super good luck!Thanks! I applied on 31 Dec
Hey, are you a final year student?Do people have back-up plans in case they don't get a training contract? I'm starting to think that I need one but got no clue what I could do instead...
I'm currently doing my LLM, will graduate this yearHey, are you a final year student?
Ooo ok so I graduated last year an hadn’t secured a TC so I went looking for legal assistant/ paralegal roles. (I know this is easier said than done in the current market) but I landed a position as a legal assistant. So something like that is always an option.I'm currently doing my LLM, will graduate this year
Hey, definitely firm dependant but I would say the latest date your looking at is a week after their last interview. Some give offers out whilst still interviewing, but 10 is such a small number they might wait till all interviews are doneHi -- I hate to be that guy, but does anyone know how much time roughly passes between the final interview and offers/rejections going out? The interviewer said they were about half-way through and there are 10 spots on their programme.
Thank you, I'm biting my nails to stubs so the insight is really appreciated!Hey, definitely firm dependant but I would say the latest date your looking at is a week after their last interview. Some give offers out whilst still interviewing, but 10 is such a small number they might wait till all interviews are done
I know the wait can be horrible but just try distract yourself and at least now it’s the weekend so just relax because you know they are not going to call over the next two daysThank you, I'm biting my nails to stubs so the insight is really appreciated!
Hi Deepa,Questions like this are both really easy and really difficult because there is no right or wrong answer. You can discuss really anything you'd like to. It's a question that is trying to understand what you do in your free time that your particularly passionate about/what makes you happy/what can you talk about for hours without ever getting bored? Since you say you're a football fan then go ahead an talk about the VAR, but don't feel the need to talk about anything legal because I think the further away you stay from legal topics the better.
Though I’d respond to this as have seen a lot of BM applications over the last 6 months.Hi Deepa,
I was wondering if I could possibly discuss pro bono work here, since it is something I am genuinely passionate about and have volunteered for in the past or would that be too legal a topic to discuss? I would really appreciate some guidance on the same, thanks a lot!
Hi Deepa,
I was wondering if I could possibly discuss pro bono work here, since it is something I am genuinely passionate about and have volunteered for in the past or would that be too legal a topic to discuss? I would really appreciate some guidance on the same, thanks a lot!
Congrats! Mine is on the 26th March so quite soon, it all feels very last minute!! I thought mine went quite badly too so I am surprised I even got to this point. Is your AC for the London office too?me too, mine is on the 7th! when is yours, really thought I messed up the VI
Yes definitely, it demonstrates your commitment, particularly if you're applying to a similar firm you've attended an open day for. Just write a few sentences about what you learned during the day and how it reinforced your motivation for commercial law. If you've attended many open/insight days, best just to group them under one work experience.Hey all! Hope you all had good weekends. I was wondering, does anyone put their Open Days and Insight Days, as work experience on their applications? I'm a career changer so have a fair amount of exp in other related fields but absolutely nada in law itself, so was wondering if this is a valid way of showing commitment to law seeing as I'm yet to study it and am yet to get any exp at a law firm?
never too late! go for it we're rooting for youIs it too late for me to apply for the Macfarlanes direct TC? the deadline is 31 July and I know they are rolling so I am not sure if there is any point