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The deadline is 20th June.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="George Maxwell" data-source="post: 89669" data-attributes="member: 17165">Hi [USER=11956]@annemie.heubach[/USER],Thank you for sharing the details of your journey up to this point. You sound like you have had some fantastic experience. It is great to hear too that you are pursuing training contract applications with such an informed approach.I have a few thoughts, although unfortunately they do not answer every aspect of your post:1. Although I cannot speak for the firms you mention directly, it sounds like you are approaching this in the right way. My advice would be to reach out to some lawyers currently at these firms. Find out about their experiences and which other firms they considered during their application journey (and why they chose those firms!). This can be invaluable in my experience. It can give you a more granular understanding of what that firm's practice is actually like in a more digestible way than through online resources.2. That being said, with regards to firm research, I found looking at the <a href="https://chambers.com/" target="_blank">Chambers and Partners</a> ranking for particular practice areas, looking at each firm on the list and reading about the nature of their practice was really helpful. If you have not tried this already, I would really advise taking a look. <a href="https://www.legal500.com/" target="_blank">The Legal 500 </a>can be useful for gaining a good idea of the types of clients firms advise.3. Finally, I thought I should pass on a piece of advice that I have been given a number of times (during vacation schemes, interviews and informal chats). I have been warned to remain open-minded about practice areas prior to qualifying (at both application and trainee stage). Basing one's ideas on a short period of work experience can be misleading and/or misrepresentative of what the actual experience of working in that area is like (in my case, sitting in different areas during my vacation schemes). It can be indicative of your interest too, of course! However, at HSF, for example, I spoke to a number of people who chose the firm because of its market-leading reputation in disputes, but subsequently qualified into a non-contentious practice area (such as corporate).This may not apply to you(!). However, I was explicitly told not to shut off the possibility of working in particular areas before I had actually tried them. I was warned that if I did not do this it would limit my potential development (i.e., my knowledge of how that practice area functions as well as developing transferrable skills for practice elsewhere). It was also because as a trainee, it is important to give a good impression to your supervisors throughout your training contract.It does not sound like you have done this as you are considering firms with a variety of practice area strengths, but I found this really useful advice. Please do ignore this though if you are aware of this already <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.Do reach out if you would like any further guidance. Always here to help 😇</blockquote>

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