Very pleased to say that I have officially signed my training contract with a US/international law firm. It has been a long winding, challenging and frankly humbling journey to get to this point. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank this forum for being an excellent source of support, guidance and encouragement throughout my application cycles over the last few years.
If I could offer advice to applicants in one word, it would be ‘resilience’, with ‘persistence’ being a close second. It may sound basic and cliche on the surface but really it is about somehow recycling the negative energy and using the feedback from the rejections to propel you forwards and dusting yourself down ruthlessly after them. To those in the trenches, all the best and keep at it, your time will come if you keep doing the right things.