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Gowling WLG VC Application Question

lawyer foru

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Feb 13, 2021
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No, not yet. I'm guessing it takes a little while to sort out everyone's allocations!



Well that's great news for us then! :D I'm really hoping to land an offer with Gowling - they have been top of my list since day 1.

Good luck on which ever scheme you land on - hopefully we'll get some good news x
yes i hope so !! its my top firm too!! Are u London or Bham? xx
 

Plum

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Oct 30, 2019
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I vaguely remember reading somewhere that there are double the number of vacation scheme placements than there are training contracts. So I'm presuming anywhere from 40-50% of us on the schemes will be offered a TC. Gowling has always said that they hire most trainees from the schemes but I know they do take some from direct applications too. I'd say there is a decent chance if you've made it to a VS, not sure how this compares to other firms though!

Have you had confirmation yet about which scheme you'll be attending?
Gowling only hire from VS, no direct applications.
 
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