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<blockquote data-quote="laurabeaumont" data-source="post: 143872" data-attributes="member: 29428">Hi [USER=27870]@DKLaw[/USER] !In relation to formal work experience:It is less about the quantity of WE and more about what you learned in any work experience you have done. Firms will be understanding if you have been in education and haven't been able to demonstrate extensive experience. The fact you have found time in your busy schedule to even undertake a few delivery driver jobs/YT chancel can be utilised on applications to demonstrate you are able to, for example, manage your time well. WE - both legal and non-legal - can and should be used to demonstrate that you have nurtured skills that are useful or essential to the job of a trainee solicitor. How you present your own self-evaluation of your skill development is more important than how many jobs you have taken on, in my humble opinion. If delivery driving or content creation, in your eyes, aided in the development of such skills - teamwork, leadership etc - then mention them as part of your journey towards becoming a solicitor. Both big and small firms are likely to focus on such evaluation.In relation to non-rolling vacation schemes:There is no right/wrong answer to this because if the firm states they will not read your application until after the set deadline, you can get them in for the January deadline or submit them earlier. It never hurts to organise ahead and submit them earlier, however, just in the off chance that a recruiter does start reading them earlier - [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] do you agree?I hope that answers your questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="laurabeaumont, post: 143872, member: 29428"] Hi [USER=27870]@DKLaw[/USER] ! [B]In relation to formal work experience[/B]: It is less about the quantity of WE and more about what you learned in any work experience you have done. Firms will be understanding if you have been in education and haven't been able to demonstrate extensive experience. The fact you have found time in your busy schedule to even undertake a few delivery driver jobs/YT chancel can be utilised on applications to demonstrate you are able to, for example, manage your time well. WE - both legal and non-legal - can and should be used to demonstrate that you have nurtured skills that are useful or essential to the job of a trainee solicitor. How you present your own self-evaluation of your skill development is more important than how many jobs you have taken on, in my humble opinion. If delivery driving or content creation, in your eyes, aided in the development of such skills - teamwork, leadership etc - then mention them as part of your journey towards becoming a solicitor. Both big and small firms are likely to focus on such evaluation. [B]In relation to non-rolling vacation schemes:[/B] There is no right/wrong answer to this because if the firm states they will not read your application until after the set deadline, you can get them in for the January deadline or submit them earlier. It never hurts to organise ahead and submit them earlier, however, just in the off chance that a recruiter does start reading them earlier - [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] do you agree? I hope that answers your questions :) [/QUOTE]

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