TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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Hi, has anyone heard back from Sidley Austin or K&L Gates about their summer vac schemes? Heard nothing since applying. Also anyone heard anything from Hogan Lovells since completing the WG for direct TC?
London is very broken, and standards of living in this country have been declining for decades due to the idiots we have governing us.
£75k is £54k take-home, whereas £110k is £72k.
If you're renting that's still a better lifestyle in London, but hours likely to be longer, and in the long term, the price of more substantial property in London is quite insane - it's over £1m for a 3-bed house that was historically for working-class people, and the sort of house that my grandfather would have considered a middle-class property is around £4m, and you're still likely to be mugged for your iphone on the way to work.
Are you a student in the UK, or are you already on a Skilled Worker visa? I know many international students who have completed vacation schemes. If you're on a student visa, you can work up to 40 hours per week outside of your university term time. So, if the vacation scheme falls during your holiday period, you wouldn’t need sponsorship.
Mishcon got back to everyone for VIs for Summer VS in mid Feb and will get back to everyone who did their VIs sometime this month, if that's helpful to you.
When I sat it they told us they're holding 8 ACs and that we will hear back by the first week of March, latest second week!
More law dreams happening to me. This time I'm doing a VS. At the firm 'Vantage & Watkins'. Too much time spent on Vantage.io?
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Salaries are not £40k in the North West if a firm is paying £100k in London.
For instance, DLA is £110k in London and £75k outside of London for an NQ role
CMS is £110k in London and £62k in the North West
Eversheds is £100k in London and £65,500 outside of London
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Right, and e.g. Simmons is £66k take-home in Bristol, £76k in London. The Bristol package is clearly better.
Simmons sets regional record with £96k salary for Bristol NQ solicitors - Legal Cheek
Whopping 25% increase 😲
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I also live a lot closer to the north than London, so I was initially considering cities like Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds as opposed to London. I went to open days for a few of these firms e.g., DLA Piper and Squire Patton Boggs. The trainees and associates there mainly came from regional backgrounds and said they chose to stay there instead of considering a career in London. They said that these firms operate as a single entity in the UK, meaning the work is the same across all offices. I guess if people are interested in working on international matters (cross-border, multi-jurisdictional deals and disputes), there shouldn’t be a concern that all the work is London based. At these firms, I think it is spread across all of their UK offices. 🙂
In addition to the above firms, there are also others which offer similar salaries in both the regions and London:
Hogan Lovells: £85,000 in Birmingham and £135,000 in London.
Squire Patton Boggs: £70,000 in the regions and £110,000 in London.
BCLP: £68,000 in Manchester and £105,000 in London.
Addleshaw Goddard: £65,000 in the regions and £100,000 in London.
Shoosmiths: £63,000 in the regions and £97,000 in London.
Pinsent Masons: £62,000 in the regions and £97,000 in London.
I think if someone is interested in these kind of firms, it is certainly worthwhile to consider their regional offices as well as London (factoring in the insane cost of living in London at the moment), but if someone is interested in the Magic Circle or US firms, which pay £150,000 - £180,000, then perhaps London is more attractive. I don’t know how expensive London is, but I imagine if someone wants a comfortable lifestyle, they would need at least £100,000 after tax. That might be an over estimation though. 🥲
In addition to the above firms, there are also others which offer similar salaries in both the regions and London:
Hogan Lovells: £85,000 in Birmingham and £135,000 in London.
Squire Patton Boggs: £70,000 in the regions and £110,000 in London.
BCLP: £68,000 in Manchester and £105,000 in London.
Addleshaw Goddard: £65,000 in the regions and £100,000 in London.
Shoosmiths: £63,000 in the regions and £97,000 in London.
Pinsent Masons: £62,000 in the regions and £97,000 in London.
I think if someone is interested in these kind of firms, it is certainly worthwhile to consider their regional offices as well as London (factoring in the insane cost of living in London at the moment), but if someone is interested in the Magic Circle or US firms, which pay £150,000 - £180,000, then perhaps London is more attractive. I don’t know how expensive London is, but I imagine if someone wants a comfortable lifestyle, they would need at least £100,000 after tax. That might be an over estimation though. 🥲
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Bristol tends to pay more than the North and Birmingham but is more expensive yet the gap is enough to beat London overall
66k in Bristol is equal to 93in London for example
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