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My Training Contract Journey
Clifford gave me a Chance (A now SQE Journey)
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<blockquote data-quote="LillyandSilver" data-source="post: 177299" data-attributes="member: 31510"><p>*<strong>Edit --> Sorry guys I changed the name of the thread. Spoiler alert I never managed to apply for Clifford Chance but I couldn't pass up the pun. Apologies to those who have been misled.*</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>TLDR: I got a training contract!! and just passed SQE 1!! Currently working through SQE 2. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Intro: </strong></p><p></p><p>Hello, I'm Lilly. I joined the TCLA at the start of this round of applications and in my head, I was going to have a TC before the cycle was over. I realise now that I was a little bit delusional but I'm a law student, so it comes with the territory.</p><p></p><p>I realise that it is rather late in the day to be posting this, but idk I didn't feel like I had anything to post about until now and have decided to share my story in case people ever feel like they aren't going to get anything either. Also, I am slacking on my applications at the moment and need something to get me back on track. I do not think for a moment I'm going to be the next legal influencer of the decade but here's to hoping.</p><p></p><p><strong>Plans for the thread.</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I think I also want to use this thread to share some of the tricks I have learnt. I know my strengths and my weaknesses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">All the feedback I have ever gotten has said that I interview well, I think it is often why after the app stage I can make it to the final rounds when I fall at the written tasks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have developed a few hacks throughout my time for this which I thought I would share.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Throughout this journey, I know that I need to develop my written skills. My downfall has always been the written tests. I'm a slow writer and I like to redraft things or else they are riddled with errors. My feedback confirms it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">So I hope to share any tips I learn along the way as well.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>A bit about me (sans some pesky details). </strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I studied law for my undergrad and got ok grades. It's nothing special but what can you do about it?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I wanted to go to The Bar up until the end of my third year when I failed to get any mini-pupillages.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I made two applications at the end of my third year for training contracts. Got offered one and made it to the AC stage for another.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I ultimately couldn't accept the TC offer. I know this sounds awful but it didn't have a department in the area I was interested in, it was a small firm which would have required me to self-fund the SQE which I couldn't afford. It also wouldn't let me defer a year. I have wrestled with this decision over the last few months, thinking about whether this was the right one. I think it was, especially after the mess that happened with the SQE 1 this year but at the same time I really want a job.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This year I have fully committed to the solicitor route and have picked out a few firms I like the look of.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I try and only apply to firms where I know they have done at least one famous case in the area of law I am interested in.</li> </ul><p><strong>Applications: (UP TO DATE)</strong></p><p>I have so far made 10? applications</p><p>A mix of TC and Vac Scheme. It appears that once I get past the written application I make it to the end and I have more success on the direct TC route where the firm does not have a VS.</p><p></p><p>I have decided that some of these firms are very niche and it would be very easy to discover who I am from them. So I have assigned them aliases from Suits and The Goodwife in italics.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Russel Cooke Direct TC - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Wakefield Cady</em> TC - PFO post-final stage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Boodle Hatfield VS and TC - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">PMC VS - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Bratten Gould</em> TC - PFO post-final interview.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Farrer and Co VS - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mills and Reeve VS - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><s>Irwin Mitchell - VS - OFFER </s>TRAINING CONTRACT OFFER</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Rand Caldor Zane</em> TC - PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>Pearson Hardman</em> VS - <s>First Interview Invite💃</s> <strong><s>VS OFFER. </s>TRAINING CONTRACT OFFER</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Wedlake Bell TC: PFO</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Withers: <s>Test done</s>. PFO</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LillyandSilver, post: 177299, member: 31510"] *[B]Edit --> Sorry guys I changed the name of the thread. Spoiler alert I never managed to apply for Clifford Chance but I couldn't pass up the pun. Apologies to those who have been misled.* TLDR: I got a training contract!! and just passed SQE 1!! Currently working through SQE 2. Intro: [/B] Hello, I'm Lilly. I joined the TCLA at the start of this round of applications and in my head, I was going to have a TC before the cycle was over. I realise now that I was a little bit delusional but I'm a law student, so it comes with the territory. I realise that it is rather late in the day to be posting this, but idk I didn't feel like I had anything to post about until now and have decided to share my story in case people ever feel like they aren't going to get anything either. Also, I am slacking on my applications at the moment and need something to get me back on track. I do not think for a moment I'm going to be the next legal influencer of the decade but here's to hoping. [B]Plans for the thread.[/B] [LIST] [*]I think I also want to use this thread to share some of the tricks I have learnt. I know my strengths and my weaknesses. [*]All the feedback I have ever gotten has said that I interview well, I think it is often why after the app stage I can make it to the final rounds when I fall at the written tasks. [*]I have developed a few hacks throughout my time for this which I thought I would share. [*]Throughout this journey, I know that I need to develop my written skills. My downfall has always been the written tests. I'm a slow writer and I like to redraft things or else they are riddled with errors. My feedback confirms it. [*]So I hope to share any tips I learn along the way as well. [/LIST] [B]A bit about me (sans some pesky details). [/B] [LIST] [*]I studied law for my undergrad and got ok grades. It's nothing special but what can you do about it? [*]I wanted to go to The Bar up until the end of my third year when I failed to get any mini-pupillages. [*]I made two applications at the end of my third year for training contracts. Got offered one and made it to the AC stage for another. [*]I ultimately couldn't accept the TC offer. I know this sounds awful but it didn't have a department in the area I was interested in, it was a small firm which would have required me to self-fund the SQE which I couldn't afford. It also wouldn't let me defer a year. I have wrestled with this decision over the last few months, thinking about whether this was the right one. I think it was, especially after the mess that happened with the SQE 1 this year but at the same time I really want a job. [*]This year I have fully committed to the solicitor route and have picked out a few firms I like the look of. [*]I try and only apply to firms where I know they have done at least one famous case in the area of law I am interested in. [/LIST] [B]Applications: (UP TO DATE)[/B] I have so far made 10? applications A mix of TC and Vac Scheme. It appears that once I get past the written application I make it to the end and I have more success on the direct TC route where the firm does not have a VS. I have decided that some of these firms are very niche and it would be very easy to discover who I am from them. So I have assigned them aliases from Suits and The Goodwife in italics. [LIST=1] [*]Russel Cooke Direct TC - PFO [*][I]Wakefield Cady[/I] TC - PFO post-final stage. [*]Boodle Hatfield VS and TC - PFO [*]PMC VS - PFO [*][I]Bratten Gould[/I] TC - PFO post-final interview. [*]Farrer and Co VS - PFO [*]Mills and Reeve VS - PFO [*][B][S]Irwin Mitchell - VS - OFFER [/S]TRAINING CONTRACT OFFER[/B] [*][I]Rand Caldor Zane[/I] TC - PFO [*][I]Pearson Hardman[/I] VS - [S]First Interview Invite💃[/S] [B][S]VS OFFER. [/S]TRAINING CONTRACT OFFER[/B] [*]Wedlake Bell TC: PFO [*]Withers: [S]Test done[/S]. PFO [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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