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<blockquote data-quote="Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner" data-source="post: 239093" data-attributes="member: 35674"><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Hey peeps,</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I’ve decided to relocate my ongoing TC journey thread into this one, so from now on any updates will be posted into this thread (with a new name)!</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">For those unfamiliar with me, I’m Harvey (an LLB Law grad from a northern RG: think of Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Liverpool).</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I graduated with a very high 2:1 (68.5%) and achieved an ABB/ABC at A-level. I am applying to a mix of US/MC/SC firms, but mainly US firms.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I come from a socially mobile background (state school educated, first gen to go uni, free school meals, council estate and low income family).</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Below is the most recent status update of all my current applications. I’m in that awkward phase of being in the middle stages for various firms.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u><strong>Apps that were rejections:</strong></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)">Winter VS apps:</span></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Jones Day VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">HSF Kramer VS post app and test</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Paul, Weiss VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Cleary Gottlieb VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/white-case.74" target="_blank">White & Case</a> VS post app and test</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/reed-smith.9" target="_blank">Reed Smith</a> VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)">Spring VS apps:</span></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/skadden-arps-slate-meagher-flom.40" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Skadden</span></a><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"> VS post written exercise</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)"><u>Summer VS apps:</u></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/hogan-lovells.55" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Hogan Lovells</span></a><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"> VS post app and test(s)</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/addleshaw-goddard.29" target="_blank">Addleshaw Goddard</a> VS post app and WG</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/cooley.48" target="_blank">Cooley</a> VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Goodwin VS post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>Direct TC apps:</u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/clifford-chance.1" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Clifford Chance</span></a><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"> post app and WG</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/slaughter-and-may.14" target="_blank">Slaughter and May</a> post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>Apps currently in progress:</u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)">Spring VS apps:</span></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Weil VS AC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8" target="_blank">Willkie Farr & Gallagher</a> VS written exercise</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/dechert.44" target="_blank">Dechert</a> VS written exercise</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Akin Gump VS TI</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/gibson-dunn-crutcher.24" target="_blank">Gibson Dunn</a> VS waiting post VI</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Sidley Austin waiting post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Debevoise & Plimpton waiting post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)"><u>Summer VS apps:</u></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Milbank VS waiting post app and test</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/travers-smith.19" target="_blank">Travers Smith</a> VS waiting post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/covington-burling.42" target="_blank">Covington & Burling</a> VS waiting post app</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)">Morgan, Lewis & Bockius waiting post app </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><u><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)">Direct TC apps:</span></u></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/freshfields.13" target="_blank">Freshfields</a> waiting post app and test(s)</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>Apps to submit (Spring and Summer VS):</u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/orrick-herrington-sutcliffe.53" target="_blank">Orrick</a> Summer VS (by 25 Jan)</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/winston-strawn.73" target="_blank">Winston & Strawn</a> Summer VS (by 29 Jan)</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ropes-gray.30" target="_blank">Ropes & Gray</a> Summer VS (by 31 Jan)</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong><u>Apps to submit if no VS (Direct TC route):</u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ashurst.39" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">Ashurst</span></a><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/arnold-porter-kaye-scholer.27" target="_blank">Arnold & Porter</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/mayer-brown.61" target="_blank">Mayer Brown</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/stephenson-harwood.46" target="_blank">Stephenson Harwood</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/baker-mckenzie.22" target="_blank">Baker McKenzie</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/bclp.21" target="_blank">BCLP</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"><a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/macfarlanes.17" target="_blank">Macfarlanes</a> Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">Fried Frank Direct TC</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">The main updates for this week are as follows:</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">1. Received an invite to my first ever AC (Weil)</p> <p style="text-align: justify">2. Received <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/dechert.44" target="_blank">Dechert</a> and <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8" target="_blank">Willkie</a> written exercise</p> <p style="text-align: justify">3. Sat the <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/gibson-dunn-crutcher.24" target="_blank">Gibson Dunn</a> VI, Akin TI end of week</p> <p style="text-align: justify">4. Submitted <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/travers-smith.19" target="_blank">Travers Smith</a> and Covington apps</p> <p style="text-align: justify">5. PFO from <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/skadden-arps-slate-meagher-flom.40" target="_blank">Skadden</a> post written exercise</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">My main focus for the week is to submit <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/morgan-lewis.69" target="_blank">Morgan Lewis</a>’ and <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/orrick-herrington-sutcliffe.53" target="_blank">Orrick</a>’s Summer VS apps!</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Then next week it’ll be on to <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/winston-strawn.73" target="_blank">Winston & Strawn</a> and <a href="https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ropes-gray.30" target="_blank">Ropes & Gray</a>, before I take a break lmao.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">I will be posting updates on a weekly basis likely every Monday, but I may also post mid-week too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner, post: 239093, member: 35674"] [JUSTIFY][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Hey peeps, I’ve decided to relocate my ongoing TC journey thread into this one, so from now on any updates will be posted into this thread (with a new name)! For those unfamiliar with me, I’m Harvey (an LLB Law grad from a northern RG: think of Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Liverpool). I graduated with a very high 2:1 (68.5%) and achieved an ABB/ABC at A-level. I am applying to a mix of US/MC/SC firms, but mainly US firms. I come from a socially mobile background (state school educated, first gen to go uni, free school meals, council estate and low income family). Below is the most recent status update of all my current applications. I’m in that awkward phase of being in the middle stages for various firms.[/COLOR] [U][B]Apps that were rejections:[/B] [COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Winter VS apps:[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Jones Day VS post app HSF Kramer VS post app and test Paul, Weiss VS post app Cleary Gottlieb VS post app [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/white-case.74']White & Case[/URL] VS post app and test [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/reed-smith.9']Reed Smith[/URL] VS post app[/COLOR] [U][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Spring VS apps:[/COLOR][/U] [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/skadden-arps-slate-meagher-flom.40'][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Skadden[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)] VS post written exercise[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][U]Summer VS apps:[/U][/COLOR] [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/hogan-lovells.55'][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Hogan Lovells[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)] VS post app and test(s) [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/addleshaw-goddard.29']Addleshaw Goddard[/URL] VS post app and WG [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/cooley.48']Cooley[/URL] VS post app Goodwin VS post app[/COLOR] [B][U]Direct TC apps:[/U][/B] [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/clifford-chance.1'][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Clifford Chance[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)] post app and WG [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/slaughter-and-may.14']Slaughter and May[/URL] post app[/COLOR] [B][U]Apps currently in progress:[/U][/B] [U][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Spring VS apps:[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)]Weil VS AC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8']Willkie Farr & Gallagher[/URL] VS written exercise [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/dechert.44']Dechert[/URL] VS written exercise Akin Gump VS TI [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/gibson-dunn-crutcher.24']Gibson Dunn[/URL] VS waiting post VI Sidley Austin waiting post app Debevoise & Plimpton waiting post app[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)][U]Summer VS apps:[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)]Milbank VS waiting post app and test [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/travers-smith.19']Travers Smith[/URL] VS waiting post app [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/covington-burling.42']Covington & Burling[/URL] VS waiting post app Morgan, Lewis & Bockius waiting post app [/COLOR] [U][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Direct TC apps:[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/freshfields.13']Freshfields[/URL] waiting post app and test(s)[/COLOR] [B][U]Apps to submit (Spring and Summer VS):[/U][/B] [COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)][URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/orrick-herrington-sutcliffe.53']Orrick[/URL] Summer VS (by 25 Jan) [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/winston-strawn.73']Winston & Strawn[/URL] Summer VS (by 29 Jan) [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ropes-gray.30']Ropes & Gray[/URL] Summer VS (by 31 Jan)[/COLOR] [B][U]Apps to submit if no VS (Direct TC route):[/U][/B] [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ashurst.39'][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]Ashurst[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/arnold-porter-kaye-scholer.27']Arnold & Porter[/URL] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/mayer-brown.61']Mayer Brown[/URL] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/stephenson-harwood.46']Stephenson Harwood[/URL] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/baker-mckenzie.22']Baker McKenzie[/URL] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/bclp.21']BCLP[/URL] Direct TC [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/macfarlanes.17']Macfarlanes[/URL] Direct TC Fried Frank Direct TC[/COLOR] The main updates for this week are as follows: 1. Received an invite to my first ever AC (Weil) 2. Received [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/dechert.44']Dechert[/URL] and [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/willkie-farr-gallagher.8']Willkie[/URL] written exercise 3. Sat the [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/gibson-dunn-crutcher.24']Gibson Dunn[/URL] VI, Akin TI end of week 4. Submitted [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/travers-smith.19']Travers Smith[/URL] and Covington apps 5. PFO from [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/skadden-arps-slate-meagher-flom.40']Skadden[/URL] post written exercise My main focus for the week is to submit [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/morgan-lewis.69']Morgan Lewis[/URL]’ and [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/orrick-herrington-sutcliffe.53']Orrick[/URL]’s Summer VS apps! Then next week it’ll be on to [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/winston-strawn.73']Winston & Strawn[/URL] and [URL='https://directory.thecorporatelawacademy.com/profile/ropes-gray.30']Ropes & Gray[/URL], before I take a break lmao. I will be posting updates on a weekly basis likely every Monday, but I may also post mid-week too![/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]
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