Speaking from personal experience and my surroundings (LLB and most work experience done in multiple EU countries, LLM in London) , it seems that American firms actually like more “obscure” profiles.
I have mostly progressed with global/US firms rather than magic circle/silver circle etc. A...
mishcon SJT, happy bout it but I’m wondering if it wouldve been more efficient to give everyone an SJT first and then do the chatbot. Like this it feels like we’re test dummies and the SJT is THE filtering option
I see - thank you!
I suppose part of my issue is that I am not clearly linking it to the specific law firm, and instead, I'm simply stating my roles and responsibilities within that role... Tough it's something to realize after I've already sent out most of the applications :D
Anyone else here able to get top-notch work experiences outside all these vac schemes? I managed to basically get in everywhere else like in house in bigtech/fintechs etc but I haven't been able to get a single vac scheme... wondering if that's something that's maybe off putting to law firms?
If I remember correctly from last year, Skadden sent out emails in batches. I remember being in the same shoe as many of you that didn't get a reply. I waited a couple of hours and eventually received a pfo
Appreciate it! Likewise to you!
I'm in my 3rd cycle and this one seems more brutal than the previous one, despite getting 1 year of really good work experience in-house, so I'm really not sure wtf is going on this cycle :D
Hahah, honestly I was hoping the same here. Educated abroad as well. I think it really depends on who ur also competing with. I know my brother and another friend (both same uni) got a TC at a magic circle firm and they were the only foreign educated people in their cohort during the vac scheme...
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