Hi @Amma Usman,
I hope you are well. This question is particularly for yourself, given your connection to Gibson Dunn as a future trainee, I thought you might be able to help with a slight dilemma I have.
I have a VS offer at Gibson Dunn which I have accepted, however, I am a paralegal at another firm and have not yet asked for the time off - I am nervous about doing this given it is three weeks and I handle my own cases at work, so it feels like I'm just walking away from the responsibility and gives the firm more of a reason to say no. I ordinarily don't think they would, but given the length of the VS it is slightly problematic and I don't know how I should approach asking for this time off- I had applied to GDC VS in September before my paralegal job began in November. How would you approach this?
I note that Gibson Dunn had a direct TC route that was open, as seen on the Gradallhires website, but from memory, this link never seemed to work when I tried clicking, and it was confusing because I was under the impression that everyone at GDC, at least externally, got a TC through the VS? Could you advise how this works, and whether there was in fact a direct TC route available?
Finally, I have seen on the firm's VS brochure that "To secure a training contract you should first apply for our vacation scheme but training contract will be open for those unable to participate in the programme". Do you know what this means? Based on how this sounds, I am thinking about calling grad rec, and asking to potentially be considered for a TC another way, perhaps through a direct route if this does in fact exist, as this would bypass having to take three weeks off which I may not be afforded by my current employer. However, I don't know if this is the right thing to do, and whether it disadvantages my chances of a TC. Could you also give your opinion on this?
Thank you so much for your help!
I hope you are well. This question is particularly for yourself, given your connection to Gibson Dunn as a future trainee, I thought you might be able to help with a slight dilemma I have.
I have a VS offer at Gibson Dunn which I have accepted, however, I am a paralegal at another firm and have not yet asked for the time off - I am nervous about doing this given it is three weeks and I handle my own cases at work, so it feels like I'm just walking away from the responsibility and gives the firm more of a reason to say no. I ordinarily don't think they would, but given the length of the VS it is slightly problematic and I don't know how I should approach asking for this time off- I had applied to GDC VS in September before my paralegal job began in November. How would you approach this?
I note that Gibson Dunn had a direct TC route that was open, as seen on the Gradallhires website, but from memory, this link never seemed to work when I tried clicking, and it was confusing because I was under the impression that everyone at GDC, at least externally, got a TC through the VS? Could you advise how this works, and whether there was in fact a direct TC route available?
Finally, I have seen on the firm's VS brochure that "To secure a training contract you should first apply for our vacation scheme but training contract will be open for those unable to participate in the programme". Do you know what this means? Based on how this sounds, I am thinking about calling grad rec, and asking to potentially be considered for a TC another way, perhaps through a direct route if this does in fact exist, as this would bypass having to take three weeks off which I may not be afforded by my current employer. However, I don't know if this is the right thing to do, and whether it disadvantages my chances of a TC. Could you also give your opinion on this?
Thank you so much for your help!
