19/20 Post App/AC... What next?

M0723

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  • Jan 19, 2020
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    Hi all,

    I thought to make a thread for people like me who have just gone through the 19/20 recruitment cycle and were unfortunately rejected post-app or post-AC.

    I was hoping that we could all share some tips or strategies as to what we're doing now until the Summer cycle and even 2020/21 cycle too?

    :)
    Probably start drafting and preparing during the summer
     
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    D

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    Sep 11, 2018
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    If I had secured nothing this summer, I was planning on spending time looking at my apps and trying to bolster the "bank" of questions I have answers to. I only submitted around half of the applications I thought I was going to do, and there is definitely an element of it being a 'numbers game'. Also, any firm that was rolling, I was going to apply for within the first two weeks or so (something I didn't do this year).
     

    SLKEJRWOI97

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    Jan 22, 2020
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    Thought I'd quickly write up some dates that are ending for this cycle:

    31/01 Dechert Summer Vac
    31/01 Dechert Spring Vac
    31/01 Hogan Lovells TC (non-law)
    31/01 Macfarlanes Spring Vac
    31/01 Macfarlanes Summer Vac
    31/01 Mayer Brown TC
    31/01 Mayer Brown Summer Vac
    31/01 Mayer Brown Spring Vac
    31/01 NRF Summer Vac
    31/01 Ropes & Gray Summer Vac
    31/01 Ropes & Gray Spring Vac
    31/01 CRS TC
    31/01 CRS Spring Vac
    31/01 CRS Summer Vac
    31/01 Cooley TC
    31/01 Cooley Summer Vac
    31/01 Dechert Summer Vac
    31/01 Fieldfisher TC
    31/01 Greenberg Traurig TC
    31/01 Orrick TC
    31/01 Slaughter and May TC
    31/01 Akin Gump Summer Vac
    31/01 Cleary Summer Vac
    31/01 Cleary Spring Vac
    31/01 Milbank Summer Vac
    31/01 Sidley Austin Spring Vac
    31/01 Sidley Austin Summer Vac
    31/01 Stephenson Harwood Spring Vac
    31/01 Stephenson Harwood Summer Vac
    31/01 Trowers & Hamlins Summer Vac
    31/01 Vinson & Elkins Summer Vac
    31/01 Withers Spring Vac
    31/01 Withers Summer Vac
     

    Sam55

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    Jan 28, 2020
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    Hi all,

    Current list of opportunities that I have down. There's obviously other firms but these are some of the firms that I have down.

    Red means that the vacancy isn't open.

    Good luck! :)
    View attachment 1749
    Really helpful table! It’s important to note that some of these aren’t open to non law students I.e Slaughter and May and Freshfields. Not sure if any others are but thought it was worth a mention
     

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