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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!
Thank you so much Dheepa! I think one of my biggest fears was that even if I try my hardest it won’t be enough; but hearing you reflect on your first VS is really helpful and I will just do my best and enjoy it 😊 I don’t post on here much but I feel huge huge thanks to people like you, Alice and...
Hi, I have a spring vac scheme coming up and I’m already anxious about whether I’ll be able to convert it to a TC. I believe this firm recruits trainees mostly from their vac schemes and I’ve seen loads of helpful tips about how to convert a VS - I wondered though if anyone may be willing to...
Bakers spring VC offer!!! Got the call after days of moping thinking I'd bombed the partner interview; this forum has been such a supportive place in helping me keep my chin up after all the rejections until now
I got an email reminder yesterday saying I need to submit my answers by 29th Jan, even though I sent them back in December; I haven't been able to get through to Graduate Recruitment on email or phone - did anyone else have this problem?
Does anyone know how long HSF have taken to get back to people after AC? I had mine for summer vac yesterday and they said it could be on the day or the next morning; I've seen a lot of posts about people finding out on the day if they've been successful so not sure if the silence so far is...
Has anyone filled out a vacation scheme application for Gibson Dunn? Their online portal isn't letting me select 'no' to applying to the training contract and I can only get to the next page of the firm if I tick yes to vac scheme and TC. Is this a tech glitch or do we have to apply for both?
Has anyone filled out a vacation scheme application for Gibson Dunn? Their online portal isn't letting me select 'no' to applying to the training contract and I can only get to the next page of the firm if I tick yes to vac scheme and TC. Is this a tech glitch or do we have to apply for both?
Hi Jessica, thank you so much for all the help you've offered! This is such a great community.
What's your advice on including InsideSherpa Virtual Internships on applications? InsideSherpa specify that their internships can't be listed as work experience, so unless a firm has an...
Has anyone heard back after doing the HSF test? I applied for their summer vac scheme and just sat my test today... feeling pretty anxious about it and just want to know how long the wait will be be...
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