Hey,Hey, I graduated in 2021 and this vacation scheme cycle really hasn't gone well for me as it is looking like I will come out with no offers. I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on to do next, I have found the past month to be a massive struggle mentally and have been trying to apply for paralegal roles and not having much success now too. Is it useful to get more legal experience now? In applying for the next cycle, am I too old now that I would be over a year after I've graduated? I didn't know if this is the right place to ask this but have been stressing for a while and don't really know who else to ask. I am feeling pretty stuck at the moment (this was my first cycle too)
In terms of being too old next cycle the answer to that is no. I’m a 2018 graduate, went straight on to a masters I graduated from in 2019 and I’m doing my first VSs this summer. I’m also an older graduate as I was 21 when I started uni so I’m firmly in my late 20s now.
I’ve worked as a paralegal in all that time since and I’ve been doing the LPC part time as well. I think taking that time to work out what kinda law I really want to practice has been an asset to my apps this cycle. This has been my third cycle, but really I consider it my second as my first shouldn’t count as it was awful and I didn’t really know why I was applying to the firms I did and that really showed in my apps and the results of 0 offers.