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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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
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Vs but already done! Quite disappointed in my attempt. I ran out of time and I know I had spelling and gramma errors I didn’t fix! It went so fast
With online presence rising I think more people find out about firms they have never heard of or considered. With application forms being online and more sites like this one listing and prompting people students are just more aware of firms. With the cost of living in London more are applying to highly paid firms. More people who may end up working in regions apply to London and think if I can do that for 5 years I can buy a house outright if I move back home then.
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.
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AI is partly to blame (apparantly) as more people are resorting to it to churn out applications.
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…’
Very sorry to hear that... I am sure your time will come. Chin up!
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?
Oh wow Browne Jacobson telephone interview invite. Just come through
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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