Vac Schemes 2011: Because when you're a lawyer it's never too early!

Aw bad luck (and a bit mean right before Christmas!)

or they could have just already filled up their spaces. Don't be disheartened!

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Aw bad luck (and a bit mean right before Christmas!)

Another mini-pupillage offer. This time with a top ranking family set.

;=)

Could be the case - it does make sense that they would recruit people for their VS who would be likely to want to go on to a TC with them and who really give the impression that BLP is their top choice.

Sometimes there is really no way of knowing what's going through the recruiters' minds!

Another mini-pupillage offer. This time with a top ranking family set.

;=)

congrats, enjoy it- they are great fun. During my mini pupillage the defendant tried to break out of the dock and beat up the jury/judge!

Thanks for the kind words, guys! To be honest with you, I don't think they've filled their spaces already... Plus, they don't consider you for a TC n the same year, so I can wave goodbye to BLP for now.

On the other hand, I was thinking, if it could be that they might sometimes reject people who they think might end up at other firms instead? For example, I am a Herbert Smith campus manager and I also mentioned my forthcoming VS too. The rest of my CV is also fairly strong. Just a thought, anyway. Please don't take it a sign of arrogance because it certainly isn't that at all!

P.S. Mind you, my CV and my personal statement were good enough for them to accept me for their open day!

Wah Places filling up and I haven't heard anything! Desperately crossing my fingers...

I read their "how to get into Ashurst" thing on Chambers and wondered whether I talked too much about myself and maybe not enough about why Ashurst in particular (rather than any other international city firm). Eve and anyone else with a place, did you write loads of Ashurst-specific stuff in yours? I'm wondering whether I should have done. Anyway, can't change it now, and maybe they will still give me a Christmas eve surprise...

More likely: you were autofiltered out. Something you entered in your application led to you being automatically filtered out before someone even read your application. Examples of filtering could be 1) Checking someone is a final year non-law 2) checking specific grade requirements are met etc. Point is when you receive a rejection as quickly as that, it's very unlikely that someone actually looked at your application.

Wah Places filling up and I haven't heard anything! Desperately crossing my fingers...

I read their "how to get into Ashurst" thing on Chambers and wondered whether I talked too much about myself and maybe not enough about why Ashurst in particular (rather than any other international city firm). Eve and anyone else with a place, did you write loads of Ashurst-specific stuff in yours? I'm wondering whether I should have done. Anyway, can't change it now, and maybe they will still give me a Christmas eve surprise...

I just rephrased all the rhetoric from their grad recruitment website about being a friendly firm, and mentioned that I am interested in their infrastructure/construction department, especially since it is working on the Crossrail project in London, something which I am genuinely excited about.

Who gets excited about the building of a railway line?

Who gets excited about the building of a railway line?

Im still waiting to hear from Ashurst. I applied on December 13th but I'm not holding out too much hope. My covering letter was far too vague, think I should have spent more time over it. It's one of the first applications I have made so hopefully I will get better with practice!

I applied on the 10th, so you'll probably hear very soon. Best of Luck!!
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