Template Candidate for Securing a TC!
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Template Candidate for Securing a TC!So guys what, in your opinion would be a typical candidate being successful in securing a training contract at, say, a top 20 law firm? i have given some headings in whch u could expand on:
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!Education: 7 A*s at A Level; Double Starred First at Cambridge; Distinction in the BCL at Oxford (why the f**k not?). Multiple academic prizes and a Scholar of their college.(Original post by Larissa White)
So guys what, in your opinion would be a typical candidate being successful in securing a training contract at, say, a top 20 law firm? i have given some headings in whch u could expand on:
Education:
Extra Cirricular:
Work Experience:
Employment History:
other:
Extra Curricular: Rowed in the Boat Race 3 times for Cam and once for Ox, also took a year out to compete at the Olympics where they won Gold; World Debating Champion; multiple Mooting wins at national level; President of the Footlights including taking an individual show to Edinburgh; Grade 8 in several instruments; Pro Bono President; successful Innocence project; chief pollster for Obama '08 and personally built several orphanages in Africa using only a teaspoon to dig the foundations whilst simultaneously teaching English to the local children.
Work Experience: 23 Vac Schemes; 7 mini pupillages; some Marshalling; 3 Spring Weeks at different BB banks (serious commercial awareness) and periods at the UN and ECtHR.
Employment History: Didn't get chance, too many internships and got money from the scholarships.
Other: Manages not to be a Grade 1 mega c**t who refers to themselves in the third person and last had normal conversation with another human being in the mid 1990s.
The above candidate might just scrape into a Top 20 firm.Last edited by roh; 14-06-2012 at 09:22. -
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!You forgot to mention that Daddy manages the legal spend at a PLC that is unhappy with its current panel of solicitors.(Original post by roh)
Education: 7 A*s at A Level; Double Starred First at Cambridge; Distinction in the BCL at Oxford (why the f**k not?). Multiple academic prizes and a Scholar of their college.
Extra Curricular: Rowed in the Boat Race 3 times for Cam and once for Ox, also took a year out to compete at the Olympics where they won Gold; World Debating Champion; multiple Mooting wins at national level; President of the Footlights including taking an individual show to Edinburgh; Grade 8 in several instruments; Pro Bono President; successful Innocence project; chief pollster for Obama '08 and personally built several orphanages in Africa using only a teaspoon to dig the foundations whilst simultaneously teaching English to the local children.
Work Experience: 23 Vac Schemes; 7 mini pupillages; some Marshalling; 3 Spring Weeks at different BB banks (serious commercial awareness) and periods at the UN and ECtHR.
Employment History: Didn't get chance, too many internships and got money from the scholarships.
Other: Manages not to be a Grade 1 mega c**t who refers to themselves in the third person and last had normal conversation with another human being in the mid 1990s. -
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!In which case maybe something like this?(Original post by nulli tertius)
You forgot to mention that Daddy manages the legal spend at a PLC that is unhappy with its current panel of solicitors.
Education: Top Public School AAB, they did an excellent job of covering up them being thick as pigs**t; low 2:2 from RG in non-law subject.
ECs: Almost exclusively going out drinking. If female might help if she's fit.
Work Experience: At Daddy's PLC, various other places where Daddy's pulled strings.
Other: Immediate offer, after all bringing in work is what being a solicitor's all about! -
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!Reminds me of one or two I've met.(Original post by roh)
In which case maybe something like this?
Education: Top Public School AAB, they did an excellent job of covering up them being thick as pigs**t; low 2:2 from RG in non-law subject.
ECs: Almost exclusively going out drinking. If female might help if she's fit.
Work Experience: At Daddy's PLC, various other places where Daddy's pulled strings.
Other: Immediate offer, after all bringing in work is what being a solicitor's all about!
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!Education: AAB or AAA at A-level and a 2:1 or first from a top 20 university. There will be a lot of Oxbridge students (around 50% of Magic Circle trainees are Oxbridge, the proportion is slightly lower at other top 20 firms).
Extra Cirricular: Everyone will have some sort of extra-curriculars. Most people will have been involved with sport/drama/music/debating at university. A lot of people will have been travelling. A lot of people will have done charity work.
Work Experience: Many candidates will have done one or more vacation schemes at city law firms. Almost everybody will have some sort of legal-related work experience, even if was just a week in a high street solicitors or some time volunteering for the CAB or a few days shadowing a barrister.
Employment History: Some people will come straight from uni. Some people will have 1-2 years of experience in another career. A small number of people will have more than 2 years experience in another career.
I would guess that 90% of the trainees at top 20 firms have a CV fitting into this template. Some people might have more unusual CVs. The CVs of people at firms outside the top 20 will be less demanding. -
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!thank you, thats really helpful(Original post by jacketpotato)
Education: AAB or AAA at A-level and a 2:1 or first from a top 20 university. There will be a lot of Oxbridge students (around 50% of Magic Circle trainees are Oxbridge, the proportion is slightly lower at other top 20 firms).
Extra Cirricular: Everyone will have some sort of extra-curriculars. Most people will have been involved with sport/drama/music/debating at university. A lot of people will have been travelling. A lot of people will have done charity work.
Work Experience: Many candidates will have done one or more vacation schemes at city law firms. Almost everybody will have some sort of legal-related work experience, even if was just a week in a high street solicitors or some time volunteering for the CAB or a few days shadowing a barrister.
Employment History: Some people will come straight from uni. Some people will have 1-2 years of experience in another career. A small number of people will have more than 2 years experience in another career.
I would guess that 90% of the trainees at top 20 firms have a CV fitting into this template. Some people might have more unusual CVs. The CVs of people at firms outside the top 20 will be less demanding.
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!Just a warning, though.. I received offers from two top 20 firms and a top 60 firm. The standard of candidate I met on the vac schemes were no different at all. I feel that to get a funded TC anywhere you have to be pretty top drawer.
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A-levels- ABB
2years' management experience
Degree- 1st class BA non-law at Russel Group Uni
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!cool(Original post by LexiswasmyNexis)
Sorry, ignore the ';' after organised.
In a addition, I had not a day of legal work experience before getting on all the vac schemes which produced these offers.
Note also my 'substandard' A-levels. im guessing that your first class degree was a major factor in securing vac schemes. what uni did u go to? and what degree did u do? if u dont mind me asking. do u think a numerate degree (like accounting) will put off alot of legal employers?
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Re: Template Candidate for Securing a TC!Actually, no. I didn't have my result when I applied or did the vac scheme where I accepted a TC.(Original post by Average Joe 1992)
cool im guessing that your first class degree was a major factor in securing vac schemes. what uni did u go to? and what degree did u do? if u dont mind me asking. do u think a numerate degree (like accounting) will put off alot of legal employers?
I did IR and Politics- along with half the lawyers in the world it seems to me. Numerate/accountancy? No idea, fella, though you may have to justify why law over banking/accountancy.. -
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That **** was funny. LOL(Original post by roh)
Education: 7 A*s at A Level; Double Starred First at Cambridge; Distinction in the BCL at Oxford (why the f**k not?). Multiple academic prizes and a Scholar of their college.
Extra Curricular: Rowed in the Boat Race 3 times for Cam and once for Ox, also took a year out to compete at the Olympics where they won Gold; World Debating Champion; multiple Mooting wins at national level; President of the Footlights including taking an individual show to Edinburgh; Grade 8 in several instruments; Pro Bono President; successful Innocence project; chief pollster for Obama '08 and personally built several orphanages in Africa using only a teaspoon to dig the foundations whilst simultaneously teaching English to the local children.
Work Experience: 23 Vac Schemes; 7 mini pupillages; some Marshalling; 3 Spring Weeks at different BB banks (serious commercial awareness) and periods at the UN and ECtHR.
Employment History: Didn't get chance, too many internships and got money from the scholarships.
Other: Manages not to be a Grade 1 mega c**t who refers to themselves in the third person and last had normal conversation with another human being in the mid 1990s.
The above candidate might just scrape into a Top 20 firm.
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