Training contracts 2017

Languages don't tend to be a USP in all honesty. It can help the individual with work/secondments but it really doesn't help the firm in question.




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May I ask why you guys are applying so early?

after my exams i'm going to south east asia until graduation (July 17th) so by then it would be cutting it quite fine. I'd rather start on applications from now so it's less work for when I come back

fair enough

I'm waiting until my exams are done so I can get started on mine

Refer to it in full name in the first instance and then put the initials with brackets after this. You can then refer to it as the initials from then on.

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If you apply for training contracts in the post exam period- end of June/beginning of July, are you massively disadvantaged by the fact you're applying so late?

Is very rare people get TCs when applying during this period?

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Hey, I just wondered how understanding firm would be towards those who have TC interviews during their vacation scheme?

Have a 3 week August scheme and I'm wondering how I'm going to fit in TC interviews in without taking the proverbial.



That's the normal time to apply assuming that you are a penultimate year law student. Plenty of firms won't move until late July/August.

What if you're a final year student?

What's the timeline re looking at applications; tests; interviews; etc?

As a final year law student, you could have applied for firms which held workshops and so on during Dec/Jan. Some firms allow final year students to apply before the summer cycle, so up until maybe January.

At this stage, as a final year student you're probably best to wait for your degree results since firms won't really be interviewing until July/August. You'll be on the same timeline as penultimate year students now, which is why it might have been partly beneficial to apply earlier (i.e if you wanted an earlier trainee intake etc.)

Does anyone know how to properly abbreviate a firm like Charles Russell Speechlys? The s is already there so it feels a bit weird adding another s as in 'CRS's track record in...'. I was thinking CRS' but others say it's the way which you feel the reader would be most comfortable reading.

Apply to the earliest one but make a note on your application that you are also happy to be considered for the 2017 intake too.

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