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<blockquote data-quote="legallyblonde500" data-source="post: 143330" data-attributes="member: 27247"><p>[USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] or anyone with experience in securing a TC after working as a paralegal after graduating, I would really appreciate your advice! I am graduating in June and have secured a paralegal job at a boutique commercial litigation firm in London to start in July. Obviously, I am happy about this but the firm currently does not offer SQE sponsorship, so I am still looking at TC/VS as a route to qualification. I did 6 applications this year (Reed Smith got through to VI; King & Spalding rejected; Herbert Smith rejected after passing test; Hogan Lovells rejected because of WG; Pinsent Masons rejected; Fieldfisher rejected) </p><p></p><p>I have a 74% average (and will likely graduate with a 1:1), non-russel group university; two extracurriculars (VP of university society; and committee member of an external commercial awareness organisation); completed relevant work experience during university;</p><p></p><p>Is there any advice on how to make my applications stand out this upcoming cycle? I know I definitely need to work on the watson glasor, but in terms of the application form, I even worked on some with my university's career service and still had very little success. I'm feeling a little discouraged especially because I know I will have even less time to complete the applications while working (I want to submit at least 7 this cycle). Happy to hear people's thoughts on how to approach this cycle!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="legallyblonde500, post: 143330, member: 27247"] [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] or anyone with experience in securing a TC after working as a paralegal after graduating, I would really appreciate your advice! I am graduating in June and have secured a paralegal job at a boutique commercial litigation firm in London to start in July. Obviously, I am happy about this but the firm currently does not offer SQE sponsorship, so I am still looking at TC/VS as a route to qualification. I did 6 applications this year (Reed Smith got through to VI; King & Spalding rejected; Herbert Smith rejected after passing test; Hogan Lovells rejected because of WG; Pinsent Masons rejected; Fieldfisher rejected) I have a 74% average (and will likely graduate with a 1:1), non-russel group university; two extracurriculars (VP of university society; and committee member of an external commercial awareness organisation); completed relevant work experience during university; Is there any advice on how to make my applications stand out this upcoming cycle? I know I definitely need to work on the watson glasor, but in terms of the application form, I even worked on some with my university's career service and still had very little success. I'm feeling a little discouraged especially because I know I will have even less time to complete the applications while working (I want to submit at least 7 this cycle). Happy to hear people's thoughts on how to approach this cycle! [/QUOTE]
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