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  1. whisperingrock

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    You'd just tell the firm when you've accepted the offer. You don't have to give a reason besides availability. I wouldn't shit talk your current employer. However, between Covid and Brexit a lot of firms aren't going to be willing or able to push you forward and you might be several people...
  2. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Some firms have already committed to virtual vacation schemes over the summer, while others are doing a hybrid approach and some are still deciding whether to do it in person or not. I think its all quite up in the air and is going to depend on the firm. I'd reccomend just emailing the firms...
  3. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    The only difference between those getting 60 and those getting 61 is when they rounded. Which now that I've seen both methods I don't think either are wrong and I'm side eyeing how the question was phrased.
  4. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Maybe this will break up the monopoly of ULaw and BPP a bit so students stopped being treated like disposable money machines.
  5. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Depending on the equivalency scale used, a 2:1 can be anything from a 3.3 to a 3.7 GPA. Certain scales will say that anything over a 3.7 is equivalent to a distinction, while others will only consider a 4.0 a distinction, but from what I can tell they're in the minority. In most cases, only a...
  6. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I completely forgot about the LPC after they said they were a current university student. You're right.
  7. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    A friend of mine was on the Arnold and porter VS a few years back. I think she said there were 20 people there for only 2 open slots. She got one of them, but oh God the pressure.
  8. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    If you graduate this summer or later, you'll be eligible for a two year work visa in any case, so even if Macfarlanes confusing wording precludes you from applying if you don't have working rights in the UK, you would actually have working rights in the UK for the duration of the training...
  9. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Well that's just rude of them :(
  10. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Do it if you're going to be applying somewhere law related before the scheme maybe, otherwise wait till the scheme is done.
  11. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Possibly not the most ethical suggestion out there, but just lie? Its not like the firm or the interviewers can verify it.
  12. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Isn't "it depends" basically the lawyer catchphrase? Its definitely up there with the word "reasonable" for most used words in law :P
  13. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Its doable, but depends on the firm, depends on the market, and depends on the practice area.
  14. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Some people probably do, but who cares what they think. If someone has achieved something pertinent to their future career, its pretty expected that they post it on a career focused social network. However, I have definitely side eyed a few that are effectively a dissertations worth of thanks...
  15. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Same here. Got chewed out for not attending an event even though the power went out in my town for a full day. Sorry I couldn't unfuck the electric AS.
  16. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    You can't only conceptualise the issue as one of final year students and penultimate year students. The issue is one of penultimate year students and everyone else with no upper boundary. Depending on the number of graduates that are applying it is very much a matter of years rather than months.
  17. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Some of the most discriminatory places I have worked are places that champion a cause or charities against discrimination. Acting like a place could never have age discrimination because one person has worked to address certain other forms of discrimination is dangerous as it serves to insulate...
  18. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/en/career-advice/becoming-a-solicitor/entry-trends#:~:text=Of%20these%20qualified%20solicitors%3A,age%20for%20females%20is%2029.3
  19. whisperingrock

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I doubt it. The average age of qualification just keeps inching upwards.
  20. whisperingrock

    Technical side of virtual ACs

    It depends on the firm and the format of their AC. I didn't have to share my screen once in mine and no one watched me do the one written assessment I had. But other firms may have different expectations.

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