2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[TiredPG]

Haven't been on here in a while as I've been focusing on exams but I think transparency posts really add to understanding of the process and of how difficult it really is (especially when it comes to acknowledging success in respect of non-success). I'd set out at the beginning of this year hoping to get a vac scheme and at best a job (legal or otherwise) for the future. I got a vac scheme and have just got a paralegal job in an area I love, both with a firm I really want to work with and a city in which I want to stay, so hopefully a TC is within grasp soon. I honestly couldn't have hoped for anything better and it feels surreal to be ending the academic year like this.

Total applications: 17
Video interviews: 6
Assessment centres: 2
Vac scheme offers: 1
Direct TC interview: 1

I'll probably be signing out of here for the future, but I wish everyone the best of luck!

 

[H212]

PFO from Dechert Post-AC. Wasn't too hopeful considering I had the AC a while ago. Still have a couple more applications that may pay off, but otherwise will have been a brutal application cycle.

Hiya, I have an AC with them coming g up. If you don’t mind me asking do you have any tips for what the AC is like ?

 

[John Travoni]

Has anyone completed the VI for Marriott Harrison yet??

 

[Lmagic77]

Has anyone got any tips for the Orrick written assessment?

 

[Jacob Miller]

Hey everyone, we're discussing the Colin v Cuthbert dispute over in the Commercial Awareness forum... feel free to weigh in on who you think takes the cake! (pun v much intended)

 

[Dheepa]

Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has done the Baker McKenzie Video Interview and has any tips or can share what type of questions were asked?

Here you go!

Hi!

So I think Bakers has a bank of questions that they use. I remember that when I did the VI for the spring vac they were very different questions from the one my friend got when she did hers about a week later. That being said, you can expect to get three competency questions (mine were mostly surrounding teamwork and time management), one commercial question and one "random" question - there was one question along the lines of "tell us something that would help us understand you better."

Hope that helps!

 

[JayC]

Is there any form of assessment before the video interview?

Application form then video interview!

We can carry on this conversation in another thread if it does cut off! The forum is not going to end when this specific thread closes 😂

And I will be lost once this thread closes, it has taken over my life for the last few months, a new thread just won't be the same 🤣

Edit: honestly I've been more excited to read this thread each day than to actually hear back from firms!

 

[Jessica Booker]

Application form then video interview!

And I will be lost once this thread closes, it has taken over my life for the last few months, a new thread just won't be the same 🤣

Edit: honestly I've been more excited to read this thread each day than to actually hear back from firms!

It could be that they ranked the application forms in some way when they were reviewed and that yours is in a group that will just be considered later.

 

[Jessica Booker]

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And more importantly, congratulations!

 

[Jaysen]

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This is a fantastic achievement, I'm absolutely delighted for you!

 

[Jacob Miller]

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Brilliant achievement - absolutely delighted for you.

It's an absolute joy to see members like yourself seeing a tangible, statistical improvement in your performance across app cycles and the fact that you can attribute that in part to TCLA is honestly so fulfilling!!

Hope you get to celebrate!

 

[Dheepa]

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So incredibly happy for you! As Jacob has said, its always so nice to see that people feel like TCLA has made a difference for them. Thank you for sharing the realities of what it took to get to where you are and not just the highlights, I’m sure it will help people who need the extra push. Congrats again!

 

[J123]

can anyone point me to the website where you can search for all the deals a firm has been involved in? I can't remember what it's called (it's not any of the legal news websites) - I think it might start with 'I' and be an abbreviation of something :/

 

[Lohana]

Not directly application related but was just curious. Wanted to ask if anyone has any insight/knowledge/idea into how much you reckon a partner at an independent top 200 UK law firm makes on average at firms like - Edwin Coe, Teacher Stern, Memery Crystal, Wedlake Bell etc.

 

[Daniel Boden]

can anyone point me to the website where you can search for all the deals a firm has been involved in? I can't remember what it's called (it's not any of the legal news websites) - I think it might start with 'I' and be an abbreviation of something :/

IFLR1000 I believe is the one you're thinking of

IFLR1000 - The guide to the world's leading financial law firms

The IFLR1000's financial and corporate law rankings for The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial law firms. The publication provides annual rankings and firm-by-firm editorial, including leading lawyers.. The publication provides annual rankings and firm-by-firm editorial...

www.iflr1000.com

 

[Matt_96]

Not directly application related but was just curious. Wanted to ask if anyone has any insight/knowledge/idea into how much you reckon a partner at an independent top 200 UK law firm makes on average at firms like - Edwin Coe, Teacher Stern, Memery Crystal, Wedlake Bell etc.

Couldn't find anything on Teacher Stern at all, but Legal Cheek puts Wedlake Bell's current PEP at about £372k, and this article (from 2018-19) puts Edwin Coe's at £300k, so it may have increased since then. I couldn't find much out about Memery Crystal, but in this announcement by Rosenblatt, which bought the firm this month, it said that Memery Crystal had made £8m in profit last year, split between 29 partners, which averages out at approx. £275,862 per partner.

However, these are all just averages so there could well be a number of junior partners earning quite a bit below that, and some earning quite a lot more. There could also be different tiers of partnership, too. For instance, at Macfarlanes, junior partners aren't immediately allowed a full equity stake and get paid around £180-200k a year, but that quickly rises to an average of £1.91 million with full equity. So nothing is as it seems!

 

[Legalmel_99]

Has anyone heard back from beven Britton? Or clarion?

 

[RoughWood]

Has anyone heard back from beven Britton? Or clarion?

I've not heard anything from Bevan since the confirmation...

 

[Legalmel_99]

I've not heard anything from Bevan since the confirmation...

Same that was ages go like start of March

 

[StudentOfLaw21]

WBD AC invite!! My EVER first one! Any advice or really good links which would help?