Seconding this, the thread for the VS deadlines is really good but would LOVE one for eventsAlso - is there a thread for tracking events (e.g. A&O's upcoming grad rec call)? If not, does anyone have any advice for keeping up to date with the events each firm has? I have email notifs from places like Legal Cheek etc. and I even tried to create a RSS feed for the firm's events pages but didn't have much success..
Positions of responsibility and extra curriculars are interchangeable terms rather than distinct categories.Hi everyone,
I would love to know for all firms, specifically Travers Smith my number one firm of choice for a 2024/25 vac scheme, whether the following experience would fit as a work experience, position of responsibility, or extracurricular.
After submitting my CV and a writing sample in Dec 2023 for a very popular legal blog, I got accepted to contribute monthly articles with deadlines to one of its blog sections. Recently, my editor recommended my promotion to their role as they are leaving soon. As Editor I would be in charge of a team of writers, create monthly rotas, contribute my own articles, and onboard new writers.
And just for some background knowledge, in terms of my proper work experience, I've currently got a high-street internship, pro-bono centre volunteering, Legal Cheek virtual vac schemes, and tutoring secondary school students as for-sure entries in the work experience section.
Given how I obtained this experience (Writer to Editor), the tasks involved, and my promotion, what section of the application form this would fit into? @Jaysen, @Jessica Booker, or anyone your advice would be much appreciated. Also, how do I word the promotion?
Thank you
Thank you very much @Jessica Booker for clarifying this. Hope to put it in the work experience section if space permits.Positions of responsibility and extra curriculars are interchangeable terms rather than distinct categories.
For me this sounds like work experience though, but could fit under extra curriculars/positions of responsibility if you were limited in the number of work experience entries you can submit.
i will, ThanksYou can send me a private message on here and I can ensure they are added to our application opening/deadlines list on the forums!
Thank you in advance!
no advice really, I just have a list of the 12 firms I'm applying to. Go through each of their websites events page, and their socials, then also legal cheek, all about law, aspiring solicitors etc and check for events for all of them. Signed up for everything pretty much haha.Also - is there a thread for tracking events (e.g. A&O's upcoming grad rec call)? If not, does anyone have any advice for keeping up to date with the events each firm has? I have email notifs from places like Legal Cheek etc. and I even tried to create a RSS feed for the firm's events pages but didn't have much success..
State schools are often not listed on LinkedIn.Sidley Austin VS apps open. Not to put anyone off applying at all, but I have looked through their trainees on LinkedIn and found only 2 of their 30 trainee cohort who attended state school (granted I probably didn't find everyone).
I don't understand why the likes of Legal Cheek don't look into this and report it.
People know privilege is bad at these US firms - but do they really know it is that bad?
90% Oxbridge too - with some LSE/Bristol and Notts/Exeter came up.
They may pay for a hotel given the distance you would need to travel. Maybe contact the firm first to ask what their policy on that is. Its not uncommon for firms to provide accommodation the night before an open day for those who cannot travel in that morning (e.g. from Scotland/Newcastle/Durham and similarly far destinations), especially when the train fare might actually be more expensive due to it being a peak train fare. Can often be cheaper to travel the night before and get a reasonably priced hotel in central London.How valuable is attending in-person open days for firms?
Of course I do want to go, but practically it can be quite difficult. One of the firms I'm applying to (Hogan Lovells) is hosting one in october, I'll be at uni for this one, and It's a 4-5 hour train each way to London. They might pay for the train fare but I doubt they'd pay for a hotel.
So while I would like to go for the indirect advantages (learning about the firm, the process etc), is there any direct and explicit advantage?
Did you find many opportunities to sign up for this month? Everywhere I've looked, events seem to start September onwards - the only one I've seen so far is the A&O talkno advice really, I just have a list of the 12 firms I'm applying to. Go through each of their websites events page, and their socials, then also legal cheek, all about law, aspiring solicitors etc and check for events for all of them. Signed up for everything pretty much haha.
Hey, on Travers Smith's application there are two questions, one which allows you to put any details of extra curricular(tutoring) and then another on any achievements/awards/levels of responsibility which you have gained (the very popular legal blog).Hi everyone,
I would love to know for all firms, specifically Travers Smith my number one firm of choice for a 2024/25 vac scheme, whether the following experience would fit as a work experience, position of responsibility, or extracurricular.
After submitting my CV and a writing sample in Dec 2023 for a very popular legal blog, I got accepted to contribute monthly articles with deadlines to one of its blog sections. Recently, my editor recommended my promotion to their role as they are leaving soon. As Editor I would be in charge of a team of writers, create monthly rotas, contribute my own articles, and onboard new writers.
And just for some background knowledge, in terms of my proper work experience, I've currently got a high-street internship, pro-bono centre volunteering, Legal Cheek virtual vac schemes, and tutoring secondary school students as for-sure entries in the work experience section.
Given how I obtained this experience (Writer to Editor), the tasks involved, and my promotion, what section of the application form this would fit into? @Jaysen, @Jessica Booker, or anyone your advice would be much appreciated. Also, how do I word the promotion?
Thank you