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📅 Vacation Scheme & Open Day Applications 2025–26
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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2025–26 Open Day & Insight Scheme Deadlines
Comprehensive list of open day and insight scheme application deadlines across top law firms. -
TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread
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2025–26 Vacation Scheme Deadlines
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The Quarantine Revision Thread 2020
On the topic of revision, feel free to use my template that I made to assist with my own revision planning! It starts from next week :)- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Virtual Opportunities With Law Firms - Updated List!
Great stuff!- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Clifford Chance has moved their Summer VS to be "Virtual", with the work-shadowing aspect taking place in Winter. This is when TC interviews will be held.- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Inspiration!
On the topic of books. Some audible's that I have got through recently: Bad Blood - John Carreyrou This is about Hermanos. Excellent stuff. Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis Tales from the old days in Wall Street. Short and entertaining. The Secret Barrister Great read about the pitfalls of the...- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Why a higher ratio of fee earner to partner hours results in a higher profitability?
This may be very rudimentary, but: Trainee billable rate: £300 p/h Trainee Salary: £50,000 Partner billable rate: £1000 p/h Partner Salary: £1,500,000 - £3,000,000 Just from this incredibly rudimentary assessment, you can see that Trainees are very "efficient" in terms of their cost. Even if...- D
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Could we get a thread that lists the current online opportunities? I'd certainly like to hop into some webinars and have a listen and it'd be great to have the resources in one place!- D
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
I can't see ANY Easter VS going ahead to be honest given we are in lockdown and being asked to work from home wherever possible. I do have some hope for Summer! So, lets see :)- D
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Inspiration!
Ah yes, I heard of these! There's so many choices out there. You get 10 meals for £42 with HelloFresh. I thought, god, some lunch's I spend more than £4... seemed like a great deal!- D
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Inspiration!
UNiDAYS discount, a free box to start worth £42... what's not to love! Hopefully the food is tasty :)- D
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Inspiration!
I got my first HelloFresh delivery today! Looking forward to do some cooking :)- D
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
PM it over. I'll have a look. Banking Law seems very unappealing right now.- D
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
It's an awful feeling for sure. But, let's reassure ourselves: Firms are going to have to recruit. Jessica has been quite bullish by saying that firms should be ok, and they will need trainees. Thus, they are going to have to recruit them from somewhere. If they ordinarily do so from their...- D
- Post #72
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Definitely build on your success this year. You seem you have cracked the application "game" this year with some success so you definitely can replicate it next year if necessary!- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
I am also facing the prospect of having to give up full-time work in the Summer to complete my VS's as there is no way I'll get 6 weeks or so off. If you want to talk it through or hear my thought process (and how I was going to approach it), drop me a PM.- D
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- Forum: General Discussion
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
To build on the above mentioned by @Camilla, If you are a university student, often your careers service will have subscriptions to website that allows you to access the paid material that has been mentioned! This was never explained to me by anyone at uni, however, when I asked I was pleasantly...- D
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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UCAS POINTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
UCAS Tariff Calculator - https://www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator Conversion - https://lmgtfy.com/?q=ucas+points+for+international+students- D
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Post-final interview for VS
There's no harm in it, but, they probably have a fair bit going on right now. Do you desperately need to know? Do you have other schemes that could potentially clash that you would need to rearrange? Are you considering leaving the country and the decision hangs on this scheme? If the answers...- D
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
You just need to speak with the GR team. They will advise you. For example - When Latham Spring was cancelled, the email explicitly stated that it would not affect our chances of securing a TC this cycle with the firm.- D
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Latham & Watkins Spring Scheme cancelled. I'd make a bold assumption, given the amount of cancellations, that it's gonna be unlikely to see any go ahead.- D
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Feeling despondent this VS cycle..any advice is welcome
I agree with the advice given here @S321. Next year I'd definitely take up the advice from @Camilla regarding the number of apps. Sometimes, applications do get rejected (as @Jaysen said) for baffling reasons. I still cannot tell you why my A&O app got rejected this year! I'd also ensure you...- D
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- Forum: Applications Discussion