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Postgrad student here having an existential crisis upon failing to convert all VS
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<blockquote data-quote="summerlee780" data-source="post: 146396" data-attributes="member: 30171"><p>Hi everyone. This is quite nerve-wracking for me to post, but I genuinely feel like I am out of options and would love to hear if other people have been in similar positions/can empathize and give me advice.</p><p></p><p>Long story short, I've been fortunate to have quite a few successes legal-wise in the past few years. I attended a Russell Group university for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees in law. Despite being diagnosed with a mental disability in my final year of my LLB, I graduated with a high 2:1 (69 average). I am expected to graduate from my LLM with a Distinction. I attended a lot of Open Days in my first year and in the past two years I was able to secure 4 vacation schemes (one of which I had to turn down due to scheduling conflicts, but still). </p><p></p><p>However, I am feeling extremely worried about the future and insecure in myself as I just found out that I've failed to convert my latest VS into a TC offer. It's dawned on me that all of my friends from university have succeeded to get a TC offer/pupillage at this point and I'm finding it really difficult to see a future for myself as my LLM graduation is in two months (alongside my student visa expiration). I did fill out some direct TC applications to a handful of firms prior to the end of July, but realistically I won't hear back for another few weeks and I'm less confident about how far I'll progress with direct TC applications given I assume they are more competitive than applications for vacation schemes. </p><p></p><p>I know I'd like to stay in London post-graduation for numerous personal reasons, so as an international student, I suppose a graduation visa is next. But assuming I'm unsuccessful with my direct TC applications as well, what is the best course of action? Do I self-fund the SQE? Do I try applying for legal interning or paralegal roles? I'm starting to think that maybe I'm just not the 'type of person' London law firms would like to hire as the Watson Glaser isn't my strong suit and I've noticed that there is a certain kind of 'personality' the firms I've worked at prefer (which I am the total opposite of as a chatty extrovert). Should I cut my losses now and try and switch into an alternative industry (I wonder if there's anyone on here who worked at a separate industry before i.e. banking or consulting)?</p><p></p><p>I don't know, I'm really embarrassed to be the only one of my friends and LinkedIn network to have failed to get a TC offer and I feel like a total idiot for getting my hopes up this year with a masters degree and a few more vacation schemes under my belt. My declining mental health and personal life hasn't really helped lol. I'm really sorry in advance if this comes off as overblown/overreacting, this has all been weighong on me heavily and I feel like I can't talk about this with anyone in my close circle (friends and family) as I don't want to show how much of a failure I've been. So I'd really appreciate it if anyone has some insight and advice to give. </p><p></p><p>Thank you for reading this far if you have <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>Summer x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="summerlee780, post: 146396, member: 30171"] Hi everyone. This is quite nerve-wracking for me to post, but I genuinely feel like I am out of options and would love to hear if other people have been in similar positions/can empathize and give me advice. Long story short, I've been fortunate to have quite a few successes legal-wise in the past few years. I attended a Russell Group university for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees in law. Despite being diagnosed with a mental disability in my final year of my LLB, I graduated with a high 2:1 (69 average). I am expected to graduate from my LLM with a Distinction. I attended a lot of Open Days in my first year and in the past two years I was able to secure 4 vacation schemes (one of which I had to turn down due to scheduling conflicts, but still). However, I am feeling extremely worried about the future and insecure in myself as I just found out that I've failed to convert my latest VS into a TC offer. It's dawned on me that all of my friends from university have succeeded to get a TC offer/pupillage at this point and I'm finding it really difficult to see a future for myself as my LLM graduation is in two months (alongside my student visa expiration). I did fill out some direct TC applications to a handful of firms prior to the end of July, but realistically I won't hear back for another few weeks and I'm less confident about how far I'll progress with direct TC applications given I assume they are more competitive than applications for vacation schemes. I know I'd like to stay in London post-graduation for numerous personal reasons, so as an international student, I suppose a graduation visa is next. But assuming I'm unsuccessful with my direct TC applications as well, what is the best course of action? Do I self-fund the SQE? Do I try applying for legal interning or paralegal roles? I'm starting to think that maybe I'm just not the 'type of person' London law firms would like to hire as the Watson Glaser isn't my strong suit and I've noticed that there is a certain kind of 'personality' the firms I've worked at prefer (which I am the total opposite of as a chatty extrovert). Should I cut my losses now and try and switch into an alternative industry (I wonder if there's anyone on here who worked at a separate industry before i.e. banking or consulting)? I don't know, I'm really embarrassed to be the only one of my friends and LinkedIn network to have failed to get a TC offer and I feel like a total idiot for getting my hopes up this year with a masters degree and a few more vacation schemes under my belt. My declining mental health and personal life hasn't really helped lol. I'm really sorry in advance if this comes off as overblown/overreacting, this has all been weighong on me heavily and I feel like I can't talk about this with anyone in my close circle (friends and family) as I don't want to show how much of a failure I've been. So I'd really appreciate it if anyone has some insight and advice to give. Thank you for reading this far if you have :) Summer x [/QUOTE]
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