Is anyone still waiting for Travers Smith post-application?
ikr 🤣 and they said they'd respond in 2 weeksHas anyone heard back from W&C post ac? It's been 4 weeks!
You can apply, but ultimately they are saying they recommend you should wait until the next recruitment cycle to reapply.View attachment 4013
Can somebody clarify what this means? Can I apply for White & Case's direct TC after being rejected for their VS a couple months ago? (i.e., applying for the TC in the same cycle after being rejected from the VS).
Thanks for clarifying JessicaYou can apply, but ultimately they are saying they recommend you should wait until the next recruitment cycle to reapply.
It seems that you cannot, so sorryView attachment 4013
Can somebody clarify what this means? Can I apply for White & Case's direct TC after being rejected for their VS a couple months ago? (i.e., applying for the TC in the same cycle after being rejected from the VS).
I am still waiting from them post application and did not get this could it mean a good or a bad thing for me.Got this from Gibson Dunn: Thank you for your application for a place on the Gibson Dunn Summer Vacation Scheme 2022. I regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. However, we were impressed with your application and encourage you to apply for our 2023 summer vacation scheme, as we aim to recruit all of our trainees from our summer vacation scheme. Applications open in Autumn.
Did anyone else get the same?
Not really in all honesty. I am sure others might have advice of what you could do, but there definitely won’t be any expectation for you to do such research/preparation. It’s going to be much more about what you do during the scheme .If you don’t find out your seats till the VS starts, is there anything to actually prep in advance, except brushing up on your knowledge of the firm?
Tell me about it. Their application is the longest and Tylor Wessling is the same.Goodness me, Farrer & Co application is a novel...so many questions!
Hey @Adrian_S,Weird question: Does anyone have a favourite quiet place to write (applications) somewhere in central London?
Hey @Deobicaratexol0804,Has anybody had their NRF Vac Scheme documents/contracts? After replying to their email, which said they would try and get back to me by the end of the week, it's been pure radio silence and I'm worried they haven't seen my confirmation email lols
Hey @ellie66,I have an anxiety disorder and this has really been affecting my performance at ACs.. think I should give up ahaha
Hey @oldafstudent,Hey everyone!
I have a vacation scheme starting on Monday and it is thankfully a hybrid scheme in which some days are virtual days. This works out great for my normal work schedule as I will have to commute back and forth from Edinburgh a few times during the scheme.
They have released the schedule and the days end at 5:30, but out of everyone's experience here, will there likely be informal/'you should go' dinners/drinks after? For example, I can take a flight at 9pm on Wednesday, but was curious as to whether I should wait until Thursday morning (before work of course).
Thanks!
Hey @aspiringlawyer123_,Do HSF run one or two summer vacation schemes?
Hey @Mxkry,Is there any point of applying/ going to a vacation scheme if you have no real intention of becoming a trainee at the firm? In other words, just using the vac scheme to build experience?
Hey @LawfulRust00!Generally speaking, is it beneficial to go into your vac scheme department with a solid understanding of an area or is this not necessary to do well? For example, I don’t know much at all about tax law but if I were to choose this department in a VS, would my lack of knowledge put me at any disadvantage?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Hey @Law1099,Any advice on how to not be a nervous wreck on your vac scheme? I think it’s my barrier to not doing well. Seriously thinking of taking a shot of vodka each morning at this point just to stop the jitters
Hey @summer207,If you don’t find out your seats till the VS starts, is there anything to actually prep in advance, except brushing up on your knowledge of the firm?
Did you, by any chance, hear back today?No, their website says that they'll get back to applicants one month after the deadline so I assume by next week, we should hear something
Getting the interview alone won’t help. But getting/doing the role will - if it’s a legal role it will count as legal work experience and it will have transferable skills involved even if it isn’t legal. But just getting the role alone won’t help if you can’t leverage it in an application and actually show how and why it makes you a stronger applicant.I have been offered an interview for a legal role within a small tech start up (I a recent law graduate who has not completed the LPC), I thought that this would count as legal work experience. However, I was told by a friend today that they didn't think this would help my direct TC applications. Does anyone have any thoughts?