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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Thank you, I appreciate your message. I am quite rejection-proof and know this is just a numbers game. In fairness, I already secured a VS for this summer, so it is easy to be chilled out about this opportunity ending here. I suspect I might be a better fit for the firm who offered me a place...- Polyglot
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Congratulations to everyone who received VS offers from Mills & Reeve! I really liked the firm, but I'm afraid it is a PFO for me this time after partner interview. You win some, you lose some 🤷♀️- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Having done both a PhD and GDL/LPC (not at the same time!), I don't meant to be rude but even asking this question shows a certain lack of awareness of what these qualifications entail. And I had jobs/children/other commitments both through the PhD and the GDL/LPC, so I am not saying you can't...- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Finally heard from Kennedys for my direct TC app - it's a VI invite! Manchester office, applied on the deadline. Feels good after AG's PFO this morning. Round-up so far - out of my 5 apps, I received 2 post-app PFOs. One VS already in the bag. Two outcomes (including Kennedys) still pending.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Post-application PFO from Addleshaw Goddard. I applied a couple of days before the deadline for the Manchester office.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
My offer letter says that they will be in touch nearer the time the Academy is due to start.- Polyglot
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Congratulations Stefano! Same here 🍾- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I did this - thanking the partner for their time and telling them I secured VS, though I suspected they knew. I received a really lovely reply back.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I feel you - comparison is the thief of joy. Successes are very visible, but failures are not - yet we all experience many more failures than successes. There is an academic called Johannes Haushofer who published his own .pdf']CV of failures - I treat it as an antidote to LinkedIn braggadocio.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Love this - an abundance of opportunities. Just out of interest, how many firms did you apply to? I actually think you can smash all of these. Most ACs involve competency based questions or exercises you can’t prepare for in advance, apart from knowing what to expect. So preparing for one...- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Yep - Manchester. Someone on here received a VI invite this week for Manchester, but that's it as far as I can tell.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Pleasure! But also, it really doesn't matter one of your chapters was late as part of the process. Your tutor won't remember it and neither will anyone else. Celebrate getting a high first in your dissertation, forgive yourself, and move on 💜- Polyglot
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I think Jess pretty much covered this just as you were typing your message- Polyglot
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That is actually a lovely story - my previous career was in academia, so I can provide some insight. 1. Most work is submitted very close to deadlines. He won't even remember yours was almost late. 2. Huge compliments to take away from this - your 78 grade and the lovely comment he sent you...- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
When that happened to me in my previous career, the firm asked for an alternative referee.- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I hope you don't mind me butting in, but the best advice I received about referees is always to make sure you ask someone who you know with some certainty will say good things about you. From the referee viewpoint, providing references is a formulaic exercise - it basically confirms or denies...- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Still waiting for my VI invite like- Polyglot
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
We have an advocacy exam at the end of February and then big exam season coming up in March (core subjects). Lectures/seminars finish next week.- Polyglot
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Sorry, yes - the deadline was in Dec 🤦🏼♀️- Polyglot
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This is very much my approach too. I’m hoping once things open up again people will want to go on gap years before entering the old corporate hamster wheel. Kennedys is also recruiting for the 2022 TC.- Polyglot
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