Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

[Katherine E Duffy]

Hey does anyone know if Cleary Gottlieb have cancelled their TC for this year or something? all their recruitment literature says 31st July is their deadline but then then when you click apply it says there is no vacancy?

 

[Daniel Boden]

Hey does anyone know if Cleary Gottlieb have cancelled their TC for this year or something? all their recruitment literature says 31st July is their deadline but then then when you click apply it says there is no vacancy?

I believe they almost exclusively recruit from their vacation scheme so they may have already filled their TC spots and not need the direct TC route this year

 

[Cardiff law grad]

Just to give you an update, I just received an email from Gateley who let us know that they will be moving the recruitment process ie the AC and the VS for this year to next years.

 

[Jaysen]

Just to give you an update, I just received an email from Gateley who let us know that they will be moving the recruitment process ie the AC and the VS for this year to next years.

That's very useful, thanks for sharing - I'll update the homepage.

If anyone else receives updates from the firms they've applied to, feel free to continue to post in this thread - it would be a useful place to keep all of this information.

 

[SarahB3]

Thought it might be helpful to have an updated thread that lists law firm interview/open day/vacation scheme cancellations/changes in one place. Please note, these are all student reported and shouldn't be taken as definitive.

Open Days

• Allen & Overy (March 2020) - Cancelled and Replaced with Webinar
• Cleary Gottlieb (Spring 2020) - Postponed to June
• Davis Polk (March 2020) - Cancelled
• Freshfields (April 2020) - Postponed until late Summer
• Howard Kennedy (March 2020) - Cancelled
• Vinson & Elkins (March 2020) - Cancelled

Assessment Day/Interviews

• Hogan Lovells (March 2020) - Postponed/Cancelled
• Gateley - Postponed
  
• Irwin Mitchell London/Birmingham PLS (March 2020) - Postponed
• Trowers & Hamlins (March 2020) - Replaced with online assessments, taking place from Monday 6 April 2020 to Friday 17 April 2020. Summer vacation scheme offers to be made after this.
  
• Vardags - Scheme to run next year
• VWV (March 2020) - Cancelled

First Year Schemes

• CMS First Steps - Postponed
  
• Linklaters Pathfinders - Postponed until May 2020
• Pinsent Masons Prime - Postponed

Easter Vacation Schemes

• Addleshaw Goddard - Postponed
• Charles Russell Speechlys - Postponed
  
• Dechert - Postponed
• Dentons - Postponed
  
• Gowling WLG - Moved online, everyone to do a TC AC regardless of vacation scheme attendance
• Kirkland & Ellis - Postponed
• HFW - Postponed
  
• Herbert Smith Freehills- Postponed to June
  
• Jones Day - Postponed
• Latham & Watkins - Postponed
  
• Linklaters - Postponed
  
• Mishcon de Reya - Transferred to Summer
• Norton Rose Fulbright - Postponed
  
• Ropes & Gray - Cancelled
• Russell Cooke - Postponed
• Shearman & Sterling - Postponed
• Skadden - Moved to Summer
  
• Slaughter and May - Postponed
• Stephenson Harwood - Postponed to Summer
• TLT - Postponed
  
• Weil Gotshal & Manges - Postponed
  
• White & Case - Postponed

Summer Vacation Schemes

• Arnold & Porter - Moved to August (TBC)
• Baker McKenzie - Moved to 2 week virtual scheme
• BCLP - Moved to 1 week virtual scheme
• BDB Pitmans - Cancelled
• Browne Jacobson - Cancelled (Asked applicants whether they'd like to be considered 2022 direct TC)
• Charles Russell Speechlys - Cancelled vacation scheme, interviewing for direct TC instead
  
• Cleary Gottlieb - Cancelled both summer vacation schemes (firm is still hoping to run a scheme in 2020)
• Clifford Chance - Moved to virtual scheme (with work-shadowing aspect and TC interviews taking place in Winter)
• Covington & Burling - Moved to 1 week virtual scheme, attendees reimbursed for original 2 weeks
• Deloitte - Moved to 4 week online mentoring programme + fast-track to final interview
• DLA Piper - Moved to 1 week virtual experience
• Fieldfisher - Postponed vacation scheme until next year
• Forsters - Cancelled (Interviewing for direct TC)
• Freshfields - Moved to two shorter virtual schemes
• Gibson Dunn - Moved to virtual scheme in early July
• Herbert Smith Freehills - Cancelled Summer vacation scheme (changed to TC interview and followed by a 4-day virtual scheme for those offered a training contract)
• Hogan Lovells - Cancelled (giving out some direct TCs, rest moved to Winter)
• Linklaters - Virtual Scheme TBC
• Irwin Mitchell London BLS - Reduced to 1 week, still to go ahead last week of June(?)
• Latham & Watkins - Moved to 1 week virtual scheme, 1 week work experience in the Winter
• Norton Rose Fulbright - Moved to 3 day scheme in in September
• Pinsent Masons - Moved to virtual scheme
• Reed Smith - Delayed until autumn (and changed to 2 x 1 week schemes)
• RPC - Moved to 4 day virtual scheme
• Shoosmiths - Cancelled (Candidates to be considered for TCs)
• Sidley Austin - Moved to shorter virtual scheme (still paid for 2 weeks)
• Slaughter and May - Moved to 1 week virtual scheme
• Taylor Wessing - Moved to week-long virtual scheme in Summer
• Travers Smith - Moved to 1 week virtual scheme (still paid for 2 weeks)
• Vinson & Elkins - Moved to virtual scheme
• White & Case - Moved to virtual scheme
• Weil Gotshal & Manges - Moved to virtual 2 week scheme (still paid for 2 weeks)

Training Contracts

• Fieldfisher - Cancelled final training contract assessment centre which was due to take place in March
• Orrick - Postponed TC Assessment Centres until 2021

Updates August 2020 +

• Gateley has moved its recruitment process for this year (i.e. AC and VS) to next year.

As the news develops, feel free to post here and I can update this thread.

Thanks for this Jaysen

 

[els124]

Thanks for this Jaysen

This list is for 2020! (just in case you hadn't noticed)