Training Contract/Vacation Scheme offers to international law students studying outside UK?

[hassansayed97]

Yes - that's correct.

Exceptions tends to be if they have a specific recruitment drive to recruit people from that nationality for a longer term growth strategy (eg I have done it for candidates from the US/India/Australia).

Hi Jessica!

You mentioned specific recruitment drives for candidates from India. Would love to know which firms these are so I can focus on those applications more!
Thank you so much
Hassan

 

[Kaiamana]

Hi! I seem to remember from one of Jessica's recent posts that firms are generally not willing to sponsor visas for vacation schemes as the cost is between 3-5k GBP, which is difficult to justify for a 2-4 week scheme. @Jessica Booker can you please confirm if I have got this right?

@annemie.heubach I would recommend you to contact every firm on your shortlist and confirm whether they are willing to sponsor visas. Should you not find any firm willing to sponsor visas for vacation schemes, then please do consider applying through the direct training contract route as well.

I was an international applicant and secured my training contract through the direct route so please do feel free to ask any questions that you may have about my experience and I will try my best to support you!

Hello! I know this might have been a long time ago but can you share how secured your TC though the direct route ? By my understanding direct route implies you were out of the uk or are non uk student/resident before applying? Can you share more light on that and what firms take internationals who do not reside in the uk. (I reside in russia)
Thank you