Bakers VI (applied on 31/12, completed WG on 26/01) does anyone have any tips or know if it’s competency/commercial based)? Thank you in advance!
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
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Jesus, I thought dealing with the home office for my spousal visa was bad! Don't think I even have records for half the places I've lived in the past few years
TLT PFO- that completes the set of 3 rejections this week😩 when its your third application cycle and you’ve had a vac scheme with a silver circle firm previously it just makes a TC feel so out of reach lol. Anyone else relate?
Post WG- was to be expected tbf someone said all the London ACs were finished and they weren’t running more
Kennedys rejection after SST well we move on.
I was wondering is it weird that the US firms that are life sciences expertise that their technology practise is a market leader. I mean every law firm that is a life sciences strength are also a technology strength. I mean is there a reason for that or is there not a particular reason for that for example Cooley and Covington.
Nth cycle and haven't bagged a vac scheme ever yet, but yeah I feel you. Just gotta crack on
Just received a Gibson Dunn vacation scheme offer!!! Oh my lord.
Thank you for all the support and good luck to all those still waiting. It has taken me a few years to get here, so keep on pushing!
Time to put the champagne on ice!!
Thank you for all the support and good luck to all those still waiting. It has taken me a few years to get here, so keep on pushing!
Time to put the champagne on ice!!
Lots of overlap between lifesci and general tech, particularly having good patent lawyers + capacity in VC which is big for those kinds of businesses. A lot of geographical positioning will also overlap, especially having offices in proximity to good research universities which tend to lead to STEM-field startups.
Thank you! They're get back very quickly after interviews, I got an offer a couple weeks ago within hours of the second round interview. It's a nice change- I'm used to firms taking weeks to respond post-interview.
Yes thank you for this and I see now why like I thought there was an overlap between the two but was not sure. Do you think a law firm can be expertise in 1 area for example life sciences but not be an expert in technology.
Kennedys video interview for an SQE role ☺️. Been anxious about the outcome all week given how difficult that SST was, time to get prepping
Said exactly what I was trying to say only better! There is a huge amount of overlap, most life sciences developments could be considered tech developments. I wrote my medical law thesis on AI use in healthcare for example. That said being a life sciences expert doesn't necessarily make you a tech expert if the focus is on say pharma developments.
It's certainly possible but I'd expect to see that more in relatively boutique firms that have high sector specificity. For a BigLaw firm with international reach it simply makes sense to leverage capability across markets so most will have done so.
But some firms will obviously lean a certain way - when I think of Ropes, for example, their lifesci/biopharma profile jumps out at me more than general tech, at least in the UK.
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