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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!
It's been great to see all the TC offers people have posted about in the last month (which I am very happy for!) but equally I think transparency when it's bad news is also important.
Was waiting on a firm for the last month since doing the AC in late August, heard back today and got rejected...
Hey, has anyone applied for the Freshfields winter scheme? I started researching and preparing my apps for this cycle today and saw that apparently Freshfields' winter deadline was yesterday? I thought the first deadline was Sidley Austin (tomorrow, 13th September).
I applied and did the test on the same day because I had time. This was back in March though so I don't remember the exact format sorry - but I think it should be broadly similar to most SJT's etc. I think it took around 30-40 mins.
Do you mind me asking what this is for? I applied for their Legal Assistant (Paralegal) role for the London office back in March, did some online test and then heard nothing for months. I emailed in June asking when they'd get back to me and they said they'll only review my app when there's an...
Just received rejection from Trowers. Have final AC/interview at other firms but still disappointed - I thought my app and test were strong but you win some you lose some :)
No news from AG, PH or K&L Gates - although tbf I applied on the deadline (31st July) for all three. I emailed Edwin Coe 2 weeks back asking when they'd get back to me (fully expecting a PFO) and they said they're still reviewing.
Do you mean the Graduate workshop? I think that'll open in October and that's for graduates specifically. I've only ever applied for the direct TC, nothing else, but I'm guessing the December/Jan TC deadline will be for grads and the summer 2025 deadline will be for (law) students.
Maybe someone else will have a better idea about this but I'm a graduate and I applied for their Jan deadline (PFO after tests) because I assumed I didn't qualify for the summer deadline. Not sure about HL but I know for Freshfields also have 2 TC deadlines and the summer one is for current...
Damn, really? I did their initial application, online test and then video interview. Why make me/others do all this to then give out all offers to people from VS's?
Applied for Addleshaw, Paul Hastings, and K&L Gates all on the 31st (July) and no communication from them at all since. Has anyone else received rejection or online tests/interviews?
Haha! Is this for RPC by any chance? I received a rejection earlier today and the email said the same thing. I think it's to soften the blow for everyone or maybe they did an initial sift and then a 2nd sift and we didn't pass the 2nd sift. I applied in June and didn't receive any test invites...
Anyone heard from Dentons or Trowers for the final TC interview?
I did the McQuaig test for Trowers and got an email saying I've made the benchmark and they're considering my app.
For Dentons, I did the initial test and then the video interview around 2 weeks ago but nothing yet on the final...
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