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Message: <blockquote data-quote="studenttolawyer" data-source="post: 214632" data-attributes="member: 30739">Hi everyone!I've been reading some TC threads on here, which inspired me to start my own! For some background, I just graduated from an RG uni with a 2:1. I've applied for vacation schemes in my second and third years but none of the applications passed the first stages. In hindsight, I was feeling very lost for the past three years: I am coming from a low socio-economic background, attended a state comprehensive school, first generation university graduate, and neither of my parents have ever stepped foot in corporate. These factors really affected my confidence, as I was surrounded by peers coming from backgrounds entirely different from my own. However, I have still largely participated in the life at university, and held some really good society positions. I also have experience in office-based roles, legal advice roles, hospitality and customer service.Now I'm back home and preparing for the next application cycle. So far I have:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Been working on reframing my mindset regarding my background (it's a fake it till you make it situation sometimes, but I'm working on it!).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Created a list of prospective firms I'd like to apply to. I am re-applying to some firms and adding others to my list.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Started conducting a more in-depth research on firms from my list.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Re-assessed my motivations for pursuing corporate law and law in general.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Been reading and engaging more with news in attempts to improve my commercial awareness.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reached out to future and current trainees from 2 firms I'm interested in.</li> </ul>My goals:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Improve my commercial awareness. To do this, I keep a digital commercial awareness diary, where I record news stories that interest me, summarise them, reflect on why I find them interesting, and how do they relate to law firms. I've already been recording at least one story every day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Improve my application technique. To do this, I will review my previous applications and analyse where do I think I went wrong. The goal is to review 1-2 applications weekly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Practice Watson Glaser. This is self-explanatory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create better firm profiles. I want to understand the firms I'm applying to on a deeper level. To do this, I will research firm strategy, recent deals, recent hires, clients, and learn what actually differentiates the firms I'm applying to.</li> </ul>On my firm criteria:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Must have a strong presence in at least one of the sectors I'm interested in: real estate, technology (including fintech and crypto), and / or financial services.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I find a lot of topics interesting, but these are some that I naturally gravitate towards usually.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Must have an international presence.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ideally, it will offer either a client or an international secondment.</li> </ul>To be honest, it is a bit difficult establishing my criteria - I haven't been successful in the past, and I feel like I don't really have the privilege of being selective here. However, I am sure that as I continue my research, I will remove some firms from my prospective list. My goal is about 15 applications.Finally, I am considering a TCLA subscription. It's quite pricey, so I've been indecisive, but it seems to have a lot of benefits.This is the start of my diaries. If anyone has any comments or advise, I'd love to hear it. Good luck in the next application season!</blockquote>

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