Has anyone else applied for the Kirkland & Ellis open day for March 2020?
I've not heard back yet
I've not heard back yet
Often, invites go out a week before, sometimes less (from my experience last year).I still haven't heard anything. Is it considered bad form to email to check out if I have been rejected/accepted etc?
Often, invites go out a week before, sometimes less (from my experience last year).
Is it bad form? No. Is it necessary? In my opinion, no. The waiting game will get much worse with VS's and TC's. It's better to practice now
Hey thanks for another helpful reply. Unfortunately for my university I need more than a few days notice, so I can move tutorials and arrange my workload etc.
Another issue is that I actually can't remember or find anywhere the exact date of the open day. But I can't really ask them what day I applied for haha!
I think I wrote a pretty solid open day application, so I'd be a bit surprised if I got turned down, but you never know! I think I'll email...
So I didn't get a response to my email, however I received a rejection for the open day from them, today!
I guess they didn't like being prompted to reply.
I actually find this really funny. Rejected from an open day, yay me
To be honest with you they are known as the biggest snobs in the industry. They probably just forgot to read your application.
Oh and, don't be wowed by the huge profit per partner sums. That's profit per equity partner, which you'd likely never ever make.
There is very little reason to train at Kirkland itself. If you fancy the work they do for the big salary, train at MC and jump ship PQ
Open days are still competitive, you won't be rejected because you asked for a response.
I'd encourage candidates to go find out for themselves and speak to people in the profession, rather than listening to comments like this ^.
I think that's a really good point to keep in mind! Thanks for highlighting that. Equally said, just because, such as myself, you have vac schemes at prestigious firms, and have been accepted on other open days etc, doesn't necessarily mean you will get all of them.
Maybe because it's meant to be for first years, they thought we were too far into our research of Legal careers..Not to toot my own horn, but with an A&O TC and Goldman summer internship, I was rejected from Kirkland's open day yesterday with you [so they didn't single you out]. At my three open days at American firms last year, the attendance was 13, 20 and 25 - the 13 one had 300 and something applicants.
Maybe because it's meant to be for first years, they thought we were too far into our research of Legal careers..
Ah fair enough then! I even had my Open Day application checked by someone who has a VS there... and she thought it was good soShouldn't have been an issue for me, since they can just see that I'm in second-year of a non-law degree and I applied before I got either A&O or GS.
Unfortunate question.Sorry but who are you Jaysen?
I suppose since it is mainly targeted for first years it is not the end of the world as there may be opportunities to reschedule and still timely for future applicants. Do you know for certain it’s cancelled?Apparently Kirkland actually just rejected everyone, rather than publicly saying that the Open day has been cancelled due to Coronavirus
Apparently Kirkland actually just rejected everyone, rather than publicly saying that the Open day has been cancelled due to Coronavirus