From my experience it’s unprecedented every time! That word is so overused. I remember getting told that when applying for entry level legal jobs in Australia like 5 years ago. Never changes.Why are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
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AI is partly to blame (apparantly) as more people are resorting to it to churn out applications.Why are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
But I think it’s also something that firms have been saying for a long time now when they get more applications than they need.
Has anyone heard from Fox Williams post-VI? They were supposed to tell us today...been waiting for the email all day just want to get it over with lmao
As others have mentioned I think it’s just something firms say, partly as a justification for the inevitable follow-up sentence ‘we are unable to provide feedback…’Why are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
Very sorry to hear that... I am sure your time will come. Chin up!
It's probably true! Everyone wants to be a lawyer these daysWhy are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
omg i hope this is true! i haven't heard back from them yet so i was assuming a pfo at this point
did they happen to give you an estimate of when they'd get back?yes all the firms say this. I wonder know when will SH get back.Why are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
Oh wow Browne Jacobson telephone interview invite. Just come through
At the AC Ropes & Gray said they had 650 apps last cycle; 1100 this cycleWhy are we getting so many law firms saying they got unprecedented number of apps? Just off my head, I can remember that SH, Akin, Cooley, Dechert all said this. Are they being nice to not hurt applicants feeling, are some firms just getting more visibility or is the number of career seeker in the legal industry increasing in general? Genuine curiosity
That's a crazy jump. But this seems to be not an abnormal amount for what firms receive. National firms rake in higher applications than this. Maybe people are just more ambitious with their applications with there no longer being a minimum requirement for a levels for a lot of firms.
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