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  1. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    There were a couple of people on this thread earlier with video Interviews for White & Case, and a few people with rejections too.
  2. Adam Gilchrist

    Where Firms Recruit From (Direct TC/VS)

    @Nat000 Covington & Burling: "We recruit trainees predominantly from our vacation schemes. We therefore advise any candidates who are interested in a training contract to submit an application for a vacation scheme in the first instance." Howard Kennedy: Only from TC applications, no vac...
  3. Adam Gilchrist

    Should I be applying for vac schemes or training contracts?

    The only other thing to note is your interest in American firms. Quite a few of them either only recruit from vac schemes (Davis Polk, Shearman & Sterling, Sidey Austin etc) or recruit overwhelmingly from their vac schemes (Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis etc). Kirkland & Ellis in particular is...
  4. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/common-mistakes-on-application-forms.1778/page-5#post-38747 https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/ask-a-graduate-recruiter-anything.1557/page-132#post-39516 That's @Jessica Booker's view on it, which is a pretty good guide to...
  5. Adam Gilchrist

    Linklaters Winter VS

    The other thing you can do is look at Glassdoor's interview experiences, although from memory, they mostly just echo stuff covered in the TCLA experiences.
  6. Adam Gilchrist

    Where Firms Recruit From (Direct TC/VS)

    Nice work, thanks for doing this. It's also worth noting that Clifford Chance almost deserves a category of its own, since it has scrapped the traditional vac scheme (https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/07/clifford-chance-teams-up-with-york-university-to-launch-virtual-work-experience-programme/)...
  7. Adam Gilchrist

    Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? (2020-21)

    Good point, have re-organised it - thanks!
  8. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    https://www.legalcheek.com/2019/12/law-firms-recruiting-exclusively-from-vac-schemes-worrying-trend-or-sensible-step/comment-page-2/#comments https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/which-firms-recruit-predominantly-from-vs-and-which-ones-from-tc.2545/page-2
  9. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/hogan-lovells-interview-2019-2020.2257/
  10. Adam Gilchrist

    Linklaters Winter VS

    https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/linklaters-interview-2019-2020.2262/ There are several 2020 experiences in this thread, in case you find it useful.
  11. Adam Gilchrist

    Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? (2020-21)

    Jaysen asked me to create a new thread with this list for better visibility: Rolling basis A&O: Rolling (https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=30147&siteid=5040&Areq=3883BR#jobDetails=30326_5040) Akin Gump: TC rolling basis, VS...
  12. Adam Gilchrist

    Australian/non-UK applicants

    Just on a slight tangent - an alternative that I have seen work (albeit in my limited experience) for Australians is joining an alliance firm and subsequently transferring to the U.K. firm. There are more than a few London-based Australian associates at Linklaters - for example - who came over...
  13. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I’d agree with you for the most part: firms want previous legal experience - but generally they want previous corporate experience. Most non vac scheme legal experience that an average second year university student is going to have is a fortnight making coffee in a high street firm - hardly...
  14. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Not impossible at all, but it really makes it a lot harder to do. It isn't impossible, as - for example - Shearman & Sterling stress: https://ukgraduates.shearman.com/2016/05/11/help-i-didnt-vacation-scheme-insiders-guide-direct-training-contract-applications/
  15. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I know this post was from an absolute age ago, but this law fair brochure from 2019 has a lot of law firm grad rec email addresses, on the off-chance you are still looking https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/files/law-fair-digital-booklet-2019pdf
  16. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    If you haven't done a VS anywhere else, then A&O's VS/direct TC ratio doesn't matter to you. Rule of thumb is you need a VS under your belt first to apply for a TC.
  17. Adam Gilchrist

    Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? 2019-20

    OK, I've finished the list. Obvious provisos: Check the links, don't just rely on me. Non-listed firms simply meant I could not easily find information about this year's recruitment process - so I didn't use tweets/law society brochures/job descriptions/TCLA posts from previous years, since...
  18. Adam Gilchrist

    Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? 2019-20

    Be the change you want to see, and all that I've only included firms who I could find information for this year definitively, either through their website or through their social media/law societies. Akin Gump: TC rolling basis, unclear for VS...
  19. Adam Gilchrist

    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    yeah you need to do so, they won't be given automatically otherwise
  20. Adam Gilchrist

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    HSF confirmed on instagram that their scheme will be virtual

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