2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[KerC14]

Has anyone heard from / has any info about when Irwin Mitchell (London) might get back to us lol still waiting, applied early November 😅

I'm getting so tempted to email them cos the deadline they gave themselves has gone 😅 but I'm too chicken 😂

 

[Bonolaw]

Thank you!! Cambridge. Need to make some tough decisions now though!

Well done, what subject will you be studying, I did my BA and Masters there. Have you been assigned a college yet?

 

[lilli]

I'm getting so tempted to email them cos the deadline they gave themselves has gone 😅 but I'm too chicken 😂

haha same maybe by the end of the week if we still haven't heard 😆

 

[G P]

What couldn’t you do in the meantime? Travel/work/study....

It sounds like you are pretty convinced to do the GDL and so that sounds like the right thing to do. Just be mindful that beyond it giving your knowledge that could help pass the SQE, the qualification itself could be a waste of time.

Signing up to the GDL or SQE doesn’t really make applications stronger in articulating “why law though”.

I see your point. 'Signing up' for either course won't make my application stronger. However, I think that once I have actually started studying law rather than an unrelated humanities subject then my application will be stronger. At present, I have a solid idea about the 'type' of career I want to go into, and law fits the bill on that front. Beyond this, I haven't had many opportunities to develop this interest. Once I've studied company law, contract law etc. I think it will become clearer to me why I enjoy law. The same goes for doing some pro bono work alongside my studies. It will give me a much better insight into what lawyers do, and help me figure out what I enjoy most about it. So, while 'signing up' alone may not make be a stronger candidate, it will make me a candidate that is more able to articulate their motivation for a career in law. I hope that made sense 😅

 

[M1999]

This may be a silly question but do firms look/keep your past applications that have been unsuccessful? If you end up getting a job at that firm would they compare your successful application to your previous unsuccessful ones in regards to references/background checks? I realised my applications from 2 years ago were messes

 

[M1999]

I see your point. 'Signing up' for either course won't make my application stronger. However, I think that once I have actually started studying law rather than an unrelated humanities subject then my application will be stronger. At present, I have a solid idea about the 'type' of career I want to go into, and law fits the bill on that front. Beyond this, I haven't had many opportunities to develop this interest. Once I've studied company law, contract law etc. I think it will become clearer to me why I enjoy law. The same goes for doing some pro bono work alongside my studies. It will give me a much better insight into what lawyers do, and help me figure out what I enjoy most about it. So, while 'signing up' alone may not make be a stronger candidate, it will make me a candidate that is more able to articulate their motivation for a career in law. I hope that made sense 😅

I would chime in and say since I have studied law, it has become a lot clearer to me. Firms love to say that a lot of the AC tasks are non-law friendly but some tasks I did in this cycle I wouldn’t have been able to do last cycle. Especially contract law!

 

[Jessica Booker]

I see your point. 'Signing up' for either course won't make my application stronger. However, I think that once I have actually started studying law rather than an unrelated humanities subject then my application will be stronger. At present, I have a solid idea about the 'type' of career I want to go into, and law fits the bill on that front. Beyond this, I haven't had many opportunities to develop this interest. Once I've studied company law, contract law etc. I think it will become clearer to me why I enjoy law. The same goes for doing some pro bono work alongside my studies. It will give me a much better insight into what lawyers do, and help me figure out what I enjoy most about it. So, while 'signing up' alone may not make be a stronger candidate, it will make me a candidate that is more able to articulate their motivation for a career in law. I hope that made sense 😅

Maybe you should look for a GDL course that incorporates SQE prep?

 

[Mxkry]

The travis pfo was my final app of my unsuccessful cycle, unfortunately. That’s two times in a row they haven’t read my application. Won’t be applying for a 3rd time.

 

[Jacob Miller]

This may be a silly question but do firms look/keep your past applications that have been unsuccessful? If you end up getting a job at that firm would they compare your successful application to your previous unsuccessful ones in regards to references/background checks? I realised my applications from 2 years ago were messes

Almost certainly not - most firms now destroy any data they're not required to keep for a combination of GDPR and also just practicality reasons (I.e. loads of files just takes up loads of storage space).

 

[Jessica Booker]

This may be a silly question but do firms look/keep your past applications that have been unsuccessful? If you end up getting a job at that firm would they compare your successful application to your previous unsuccessful ones in regards to references/background checks? I realised my applications from 2 years ago were messes

Generally no - they haven't got the time and depending how long ago you applied, they may not even have your application on record because of GDPR.

 

[M1999]

Almost certainly not - most firms now destroy any data they're not required to keep for a combination of GDPR and also just practicality reasons (I.e. loads of files just takes up loads of storage space).

Generally no - they haven't got the time and depending how long ago you applied, they may not even have your application on record because of GDPR.

Thank you both! I was cringing so hard a few minutes ago so glad to know they most likely will be forgotten

 

[Bonolaw]

Thank you both! I was cringing so hard a few minutes ago so glad to know they most likely will be forgotten

If you apply to a firm that you have previously applied to saying that you have not made any previous applications, does it get flagged up somehow at their end or not?

 

[John Travoni]

Has anyone heard back from Marriott Harrison yet?

 

[Matt_96]

I would chime in and say since I have studied law, it has become a lot clearer to me. Firms love to say that a lot of the AC tasks are non-law friendly but some tasks I did in this cycle I wouldn’t have been able to do last cycle. Especially contract law!

To go a step further, if you find yourself in the position I did, which was having done a law degree and not really wanting to commit to the job market at a time of great uncertainty, I now realise that even just studying the LPC has made me a lot more commercially aware. It has given me a lot of what I would call 'regulatory awareness' of specific legal concepts and important factors that undergraduate or conversion law students may not have as they just aren't taught as academic subjects.

 

[M777]

Has anyone else heard literally nothing from MoFo since applying? And it looks like you can't edit/withdraw either? They're ruining my application spreadsheet and it's getting to me 😖 making all my colour coding look like crap!

Same problem- got a feeling I'll just be ghosted by them

 

[RachelLouise22]

Made it off the reserve list for Gateley AC (Leeds)!

Congratulations! Hoping I’ll receive the same good news. Can I ask if you were notified via email or on the phone? Might have turn my phone on loud if it’s the latter

 

[Jessica Booker]

If you apply to a firm that you have previously applied to saying that you have not made any previous applications, does it get flagged up somehow at their end or not?

It used to. But GDPR means it's difficult for firms to have a reasonable excuse as to why they are retaining that data.

Most firms are likely to wipe the data 6-12 months after the recruitment cycle has finished.

 

[sberry1992]

It is a weirdly drafted one for sure. Still nice to have good news after what I thought was a horrible horrible psychometric test. I would definitely take a live interview but I hope they give us plenty of time to prep for it as I've got so much going on right now.

 

[AAA_a]

Anyone not heard anything from Gibson post app? Do you know if they are still holding AC or are places mostly filled already?

 

[Daniel Boden]

Ahh thing is - I am non law and got a non law offer! But maybe they still would?

Huge congrats on Cambridge! Yeah I think they still would - a friend of mine was able to defer his TC to do a Masters in Business so hopefully, your firm will be receptive to that too