Just out of curiosity, did anybody who applied to stephenson harwood within 2 weeks of the deadline tick all the scheme dates (spring summer 1 & 2)?
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I sent my application like 1-2 days before the deadline and selected Spring, Summer 1 and Summer 2. 🥲
I havr a sneaking suspicion that like like every other firm, they'll take a lifetime to respond...
I agree. I also emailed for an update about a month ago and have heard absolutely nothing! Very frustrating.
yes they said they would “aim” to get back to us this week! I am so curious and desperately waiting (cannot stop refreshing my emails
) I hope they get back to us today or tomorrow because the week is ending😭
Withers PFO post test (summer vac scheme) 😍 time to try again with their DTC
Sorry to hear this, if we are rejected for vac scheme, can we make a dtc application in the same cycle for withers?
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Congratulations on landing the final stage interview for Goodwin!
Can I ask if this was for the DTC, and when did you hear back post VI?
I have not heard back from Goodwin since my video interview and Im wondering whether I should assume PFO.
Amazing, congratulations on the AC! I applied for the summer scheme but still haven't heard back after their confirmation of receipt email. So I'm trying to figure out what that means because they have already sent out AC invites for some and not for others..
uhhhh I finally got offered a VS interview?! This is my first one, I have no idea what to expect, any and all advice or tips are absolutely welcome!!
anyone know an email address that white and case grad rec replies to, Im not getting responses or even automatic replies for some reason
I am not sure, hopefully you hear back soon! Best of luck
I heard back from them today with an interview invite, so they're definitely still going through apps!
Received a test invite for Fox Williams. Uses Saville Assessment. Pure reading comprehension: 3 minutes to answer 4 questions on a passage (or sometimes accompanying passages). First time I've seen it; I think there were 8 or 10 question sets in total. Apparently next step is a VI, so they can reject me then.... 🫤
Congrats on getting the interview!
Did they call you for the invite? And is it a one-hour virtual interview?
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Hi @Cool pigeon my advice would be to go with the last option and be honest about your approach, although I would perhaps focus a bit more on the US firm with the larger trainee intake when making comparisons. Firstly, that's because I think any disadvantage vis a vis the interviewer's impression as to how much you want a Slaughter and May TC will be offset by the comparatively much greater advantage of showing yourself as a very desirable and successful candidate. To take them one at a time: the disadvantage of you seeming US firm-focused is not likely to be very great, particularly if you mention other UK firms you have applied for. Partners all well aware as to how competitive it is to get a TC nowadays and that it would not make sense to put all your eggs in one basket. Furthermore, my impression from my time spent at the firm is that many partners at Slaughter and May find it difficult to conceive that anyone would reject them to work for a US rival; and that they are still at the very pinnacle of prestige in the London market. As such, they would likely find it hard to believe you would not sign their TC offer if they were to give you one. At the same time, I cannot imagine many things that can better portray you as an extremely successful and desirable candidate than mentioning 3 VS offers. In my cohort at UCL Law I know of only two people besides me who got 3+ schemes, and across universities and cohorts I have not met more than around 10-15 people in total who had achieved that. Thus, I think you would be doing yourself a huge disservice by not mentioning the accomplishment.
The second reason why I think you should go with this approach is because (i) the strategy you mentioned sounds plausible; and (ii) if the interviewers believe it, there is a plausible argument you can make as to why Slaughter and May would be your first preference. Firstly, the strategy sounds plausible because there are only so many UK firms that consistently working on the very high end corporate transactions: the Magic Circle, to a lesser extent the Silver Circle, and a couple of the other large international and profitable ones (such as Hogan Lovells). Outside of that, you are increasingly looking at mid-market transactions with a very occasional high-end one. However, you have a substantial number of US firms operating in this space, which although have comparatively smaller practices, still focus on high value matters (which in many cases originate from their US-based clientele). As such, if you selected firms to apply to with this criterion in mind, it is not so unexpected you could end up with more US firm offers. Moreover, factoring in the firm interaction criterion and being conscious of the fact that US firms have a tendency to be more active on the marketing and events front, it does not look implausible to me that you could end up with these offers without a strong preference for US firms.
As for (ii) - if top tier corporate work is of central focus that should work out in your favour, as I know Slaughter and May still considers itself to be the best firm in the market for that. Whether that is actually the case is more debatable; the important factor is that if you make a good argument to that effect then it looks plausible that you would choose Slaughter and May over the others. What could that argument be? Well, firstly, you could focus on the (relatively uncontroversial fact) that Slaughter and May is considered to be the best firm for UK public M&A work, and then explain why public M&A is more attractive to you than private M&A. Alternatively, you could focus on the idea that Slaughter and May arguably has the deepest institutional relationships with UK corporations (for a number of years they advertised that they represent more FTSE 100, 250, and 350 clients; and also of being the default 'boardroom advisor' of UK corporates) and then explain why that kind of market position attracts you. However, I would be research and aim to be able to defend the claim that Slaughter and May will be able to keep its position despite its lack of international offices (particularly in New York, where the other MC firms are heavily investing into) and dwindling best friends network (particularly having increasingly lost its US best friends as they moved into London - Davis Polk a number of years ago, and now Paul, Weiss, and to an extent Cravath as well).
Finally, I do not think you have anything to worry about regarding an extension of the TC offer. Last year their TC offers only expired in September, as the firm is choosing to follow The Law Society's voluntary trainee recruitment code.
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