Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

[skizzle]

hey! What office was this for? When did you complete the WG?

Hey! It was for London and I did the WG on the 29th of Jan x

 

[J32]

Also just been rejected from Kirkland post-AC. Pretty gutted I won't lie as I really thought they were the firm for me and felt I performed well on the AC . Hopefully the opportunity to get feedback will be useful!

Definitely going to use this as motivation for my interviews with Travers Smith and Gibson Dunn next week!

Hope others had better news but Friday evening rejections suck!!!

Sorry to hear Dan, I know you'll smash your interviews next week!

 

[JoNo]

Has anyone received a rejection from Hogan Lovells, also if you failed to meet their benchmark wouldn’t they have rejected immediately?

 

[Legal_rawn]

I’ve had no communication from hogan Lovells after completing their test and on my portal it has a deadline in red. Does this mean they didn’t get my test results and should I contact them to check?

 

[JayB]

I’ve had no communication from hogan Lovells after completing their test and on my portal it has a deadline in red. Does this mean they didn’t get my test results and should I contact them to check?

Doesn’t it say “complete”

 

[Jade]

I wonder if there will be any point in applying in to firms that have TC deadlines in July and are recruiting on the rolling basis. I don't want to submit rushed applications, but I just don't have time now :/ (especially for Macfarlanes who's application form is basically a summative essay.)

Definitely. my friend got TC offers from Latham, Macs and HL last summer from direct apps, all are rolling firms.

 

[bel123456]

Definitely. my friend got TC offers from Latham, Macs and HL last summer from direct apps, all are rolling firms.

was your friend a penultimate year or final year (law/non-law)?

 

[Deleted member 3930]

Does anybody know how long it takes to hear back post-AC for Cleary? Thanks

 

[Karin]

same, same. Definitely not applying there again, waste of time. After pressing them they told me I was rejected due to insufficient academics. Considering that’s AAA and high first for me, this is nothing short of laughable!

Happened to me with Ashurst for their winter scheme - I assumed it got filtered out because I applied too late.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Hi Jessica, what would you advise those of us who haven't heard back to do? Take the lack of communication as a rejection, call them and ask, or wait and not give up hope?

up to you. No harm in contacting them.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Based on what Jessica's previously said about first-stage screening, TW's website, and the lack of even a test invite suggests that I failed on academics. I've had mitigating circumstances at uni in 1st and 2nd year but my uni only classifies degrees based on 3rd and 4th years so I'm still on track for a 2:1. I had really good A Levels equivalent (definitely better than the ABB they claim to require) too. I have a feeling they didn't even read my application form and I'm sure anyone else who's done the application knows they had one of the longest forms with about 9 questions which honestly feels insulting.

did your application state your ext Circs?

 

[bethbristol]

When is your AC ? The closest one I could get was on the 5th of March. Really worried as they give offers on a rolling basis.

earliest I could get was 10th!

 

[DavidJC]

did your application state your ext Circs?

Yeah, they had a specific field for it.

 

[Jade]

was your friend a penultimate year or final year (law/non-law)?

law final year

 

[Abgaal]

Guys if anyone is waiting for slaughters, people at my uni have started to receive offers for vacation scheme. They haven’t gotten back to me, but I feel like it’s a rejection

 

[JoNo]

Is anyone waiting to still hear back from Hogan Lovells vacation scheme?

 

[Legal_rawn]

Is anyone waiting to still hear back from Hogan Lovells vacation scheme?

I am

 

[R203]

Hiya!

Does anyone have an AC with Simmons coming up? Or anyone pending post-VI hear backs?

 

[Shane]

Has anyone heard from Latham post VI for the summer vac scheme ? Also, how long did it take for people to hear back from Freshfields post WG ?

 

[Ricky]

I used to be like that especially with exams. However, what I have learned is that if I do not go to bed, I am not going to remember anything (learned the hard way when I slept 3 hours before my Tort exam and literally did not remember what I wrote in the exam after I got home). I think planning is essential, but if it gets past 12 now, I close my notes and go to sleep! It is only going to stress you out and in the end, during assesment centre, it is about the knowledge, but even more about how you think/come across/communicate etc. which you can do better on good nights sleep!

As long as you have 4/5 hours sleep, in which time, you are able to consolidate and store it to memory (while sleeping) then you are going to do much better for an exam/interview. Fact.