ROPES & GRAY VAC SCHEME!!!! I can’t believe it. I’m elated! First app cycle and tons of embarrassing posts on TCLA later….. Wooooo hooo!!! I’m on the Summer one so if you’ve got the same as I please message me & let’s link up!!
You'll probably hear a lot of feedback to this saying "No, never put future work experience on your application because you haven't worked it yet" but I know from my past successes, no one in grad recruitment will reject you because you did so lol. I think you have about a 1 in a million chance that your amazing application will be binned because you put "incoming VC at amazing LLP." If you want to, do it. I've done it a few times for VS myself.Is it conventional to include incoming vacation schemes in the work experience section of applications? If so, how should this be framed in the corresponding details/description section?
In my experience, if they give you a deadline for it without a specific time then assuming 11:59pm is a safe bet. Other firms with earlier-in-the-day deadlines will specify these! For example I believe Cooley’s was before 12 (noon) and they said this in the WG emailIf I have a deadline to complete a Watson Glaser of 20 March, does that mean 23:59pm?
Not sure if its conventional but I think it would be okay, for example, if you are doing TC applications this summer.Is it conventional to include incoming vacation schemes in the work experience section of applications? If so, how should this be framed in the corresponding details/description section?
I had my interview yesterday and likewise haven't heard anythingIn the same boat as you here! Had my AC 2 days ago and still haven't received a response yet.
My personal opinion, I would not include it because it is not actual job you have done yet.Is it conventional to include incoming vacation schemes in the work experience section of applications? If so, how should this be framed in the corresponding details/description section?
All work experience is good because you learn important skills that are necessary for being a trainee. For example, time management, communicating with those in the office, attention to detail, prioritising, team work. These are all transferable skills that are highly valued by firms and should definitely be highlighted in the application. I think its important when talking about the experience that you pick out the key things you learned that can also be transferable to the role of a trainee! Best of luck with your applicationsHey, I was wondering if a job as an administration assistant/floor support worker at a law firm would count as work experience in helping to apply for vacation schemes or training contracts. I am a recent graduate who is preparing to for another round of applications and am struggling to get a paralegal job
Hey - this is just my opinion and I’m welcome to others with more experience but I don’t think it’s the job title that matters with experience. a lot of people seem to think it’s having the title paralegal that’s counts but honestly paralegal can mean so many different things to different organisations and the work a paralegal does hugely varies. With its experience I think It’s how you leverage it that counts. What transferable skills can you demonstrate with the role. So for example as as an admin assistant you’ll get an insight into how a law firm operates as a business. You’ll develop time management skills you might have to balance several tasks at once. You’ll work with others etc.Hey, I was wondering if a job as an administration assistant/floor support worker at a law firm would count as work experience in helping to apply for vacation schemes or training contracts. I am a recent graduate who is preparing to for another round of applications and am struggling to get a paralegal job
I’d try to include them elsewhere where you can. It’s only if they can’t be referenced elsewhere that you could include them (although many application systems don’t allow you to add future dates anyway).Is it conventional to include incoming vacation schemes in the work experience section of applications? If so, how should this be framed in the corresponding details/description section?
I’d give them a callHi all, I've sent an email last week to a firm requesting transferring to an earlier scheme but they haven't replied, should I call them or wait for another couple of weeks?
There's a difference between percentile and percentage, which might explain this. It is possible you could have still scored 80% in the firm's WG test and been 30th percentile. That would be because 70% of people happened to score better than 80% on the test.Does anyone else practice Watson Glasser tests hundreds of times, get top 80% marks in those practice tests, and then open up a firm's Watson test and no matter what, get like 30% ??? haha. I am so confused. Are all of these paid & free practice tests just 100x easier than the actual firm tests? It isn't even pressuring for me. Most of the firm tests I have taken aren't even timed. I just always do well in the practice and suck in the firm's test, and wondering why/???.
is this for HSF?Hey, I had an AC over 2 weeks ago and have not had a response yet, so I think they might be taking a bit longer with these things at the moment. Hope this helps settle you and stops you refreshing your email box every hour like I was a few days after! Sending good luck and positive vibes your way.
I'd recommend comparing 2-4 things that stand out to you most about the firm. It could be their trainee intake/training contract structure, clientele, strategy, strength of practice areas- anything, really. Ensure you identify what the firm you're applying to does better than its competitors in your comparison to bring out how the firm stays competitive.I have to answer a question where I need to compare a firm with its competitors.
i identified some of the firm competitors and I can analyse their respective approach to certain practice areas. But what also should I consider? Their international strategy, their financial results?
People do it all the time but I think it's a bit silly - you haven't done anything, you haven't gained any experience. That said, you *have* been vetted by grad rec somewhere and that serves as a shorthand to grad rec elsewhere that you're worth taking seriously. There's also the benefit of creating a sense of urgency as you will prospectively have other offers, but flipside is that the firm you're applying to will be less confident you'll sign with them for a TC. Would probably park it in 'other information' or similar because, again, getting through a recruitment process is not itself a work experience.Is it conventional to include incoming vacation schemes in the work experience section of applications? If so, how should this be framed in the corresponding details/description section?
This is a great answer and I think a key thing is focusing on the points that stand out to you most. Very easy to agonise over this kind of question ad nauseum - @Paul - Shearman & Sterling will have had the misfortune of reading my overwrought answers to this question on several occasions (sorry Paul) - and this tends to lead to worse or, at best, inauthentic answers. At best I think this question allows you to demonstrate firm/market knowledge and demonstrate how you think and what you care about. Easier said than done, but try to do that.I'd recommend comparing 2-4 things that stand out to you most about the firm. It could be their trainee intake/training contract structure, clientele, strategy, strength of practice areas- anything, really. Ensure you identify what the firm you're applying to does better than its competitors in your comparison to bring out how the firm stays competitive.