It’s better than the AOS feedback report which essentially said the exact same thing of ‘you showed some good …./you showed potential in…. BUT’ for basically every category 😭
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tbf I wouldn’t really worry, you could make a case for every single attribute being the most and least important, they all sound bad when put as the lowest and seem like the most important.
Yea, you're exactly right! I've read a few on here which have had excellence as their lowest and thought if I had that result I would have been concerned about that too lol.
Congratulations on both open days! 🎉
Would it be okay to ask if m the Linklaters open day for the 13th or the 27th?
I think leadership is an attribute that can be lowest as it’s something that can be developed. Now you have to show you can be a at the AC to balance it all out ha.
No doubt it’s an odd one, as @Jessica Booker pointed out, and one that has taken me by surprise.
All jokes aside, I wonder if it is getting at two fundamental aspects of life as a lawyer at Withers:
- the strong personal connections private client lawyers build with their clients and guiding them through often emotional issues (hence the childhood toy?)
- Withers is full-service: although the firm leans to private client, they are prepped to navigate their clients through the full spectrum of life’s challenges.
Still, not sure how that feeds into any answer. Maybe it is just a slightly silly question and they just want to see some personality!
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Can magic circle firms have lean teams in their practice area subgroups?
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Can magic circle firms have lean teams in their practice area subgroups?
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When would it be appropriate to ask the grad team for an update post AC considering it’s been one and a half weeks and most people from the AC have heard back with an offer or rejection? Would it even be worth it to email them at all?
Thank you!! and its for the 13thCongratulations on both open days! 🎉
Would it be okay to ask if m the Linklaters open day for the 13th or the 27th?
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I do not see any reason why they could not, and I very much suspect that sometimes they do. Even if not intentionally, lawyers at all levels at MC firms leave every year. When top partners are poached, it is not uncommon for them to bring over to the new firm entire teams of associates in their subgroup. As such, sometimes teams become 'lean' simply by necessity before the firm can reform their ranks.
However, to focus on the central aspect of your question, it is important to analyze what is meant by 'lean' teams in the context of big law in the City. The term is generally used when referring to US firms in contrast to MC firms. Essentially, a lean team is one that has fewer members and where consequently each team member has a higher degree of responsibility. However, when saying that 'lean' teams are smaller or have fewer people, this raises the question of smaller and fewer relative to what reference framework? As I see it, since the MC firms are both the largest and traditionally the pinnacle of the UK legal market, the reference framework for a 'normal-sized' big law team in the City consists of none other than the MC firms themselves.
That said, of course the MC firms can have some teams that are leaner than their average team size, and even just as lean or leaner than the average teams of their US competitors. Nonetheless, I would be surprised to see evidence to the effect that a particular MC firm generally has lean teams.
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@Jessica Booker will be able to tell you more but from what I know it is common for firms to take 1-2 weeks to get back to you post-AC. For one of the firms I was interviewing with it took around a month and I actually ended up getting an offer (although I had been notified before by the graduate recruitment team that it may be a long wait). As such, while I can completely empathize and while I understand how difficult it is to cope with the uncertainty, I would advise you to at least wait for 2 weeks to have passed before reaching out. In the meanwhile, try to get your mind off things by doing university or applications work - this helped me a lot
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I'd wait until Tuesday morning now - no point contacting them over the weekend, and you might as well wait to see if they contact you on Monday.
If they don't, it would nearly be two weeks and that is a reasonable time to ask when you will hear back (rather than what the outcome is).
I'm so confused by this. I'm considering applying for one firm, DACB and as a non-law grad I'm not sure if I am in the position to apply. For context, I don't have the GDL and will not be planning to take it soon because of the SQE requirements and the additional cost. The firm says this:
"...DACB also provide a maintenance grant for those who need to complete the SQE to support you while studying full-time.
For non-law graduates this means you will need to have completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) prior to commencing the DACB funded LLM SQE 1 & 2 course in September 2026."
This statement confuses me as when completing the form and reading the info about the scheme, it does not stipulate that applicants need the GDL to apply.
Essentially, do they expect me to self-fund the GDL if I am offered the position?
"...DACB also provide a maintenance grant for those who need to complete the SQE to support you while studying full-time.
For non-law graduates this means you will need to have completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) prior to commencing the DACB funded LLM SQE 1 & 2 course in September 2026."
This statement confuses me as when completing the form and reading the info about the scheme, it does not stipulate that applicants need the GDL to apply.
Essentially, do they expect me to self-fund the GDL if I am offered the position?
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