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17 December 2025
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Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!
Oh, I see! I believe so, all their places for Winter Vacs have been offered and it is taking place in a few weeks, so their focus is probably on that right now! hopefully, we hear soon :)
it's very strange because during my time at JD on winter vac, the GR openly said to all of the younger candidates ' we prefer more mature students/candidates' so hardly ever give a TC to anyone below third year..
very unusual to me! Your age should not have anything to do with it.. and in any case, being 25 means you have more work experience etc that has led you to truly know that you want a legal career. Seems very unfair, and the refusal to give interview feedback is just weird! clearly not meant to...
Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone had got to the research question stage for Reed Smith? Is this the final stage before interview?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there! I interviewed at the firm & completed a Winter vac there in December. It was a fairly conversational interview. No weird questions. Just focused on getting to know you. Just be yourself and know your application form/CV inside out. Good luck & hope this helps!
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