The Government Legal Service

They confirmed your application submission via email....

2nd year King's College LLB. Three 1st and a 2:1 in my first year modules. AAAB A-Levels.

I was a trainee martial arts instructor for 3/4 years during Secondary School but other than that, no real work experience (and nothing legal). That's mainly why I am so shocked! Law firms really don't seem to care though...I have another vac scheme with White & Case and had interviews with BLG and Mayer Brown.

Oh, I do pro bono work with King's - StreetLaw and Law Mentoring.

I really think it's the first year grades that they base it on...I was told by my contract tutor (who worked Magic Circle for years) last year that the first year exams will be the most important you take!

I still haven't decided whether I can afford the risk of going for the Bar and so am doing mini-pupillages and vac schemes whilst telling each I am totally committed to that path! That's why I did TSol with the GLS because they are the big advocates...

Right, thanks. Well I submitted mine 4 hours prior to the deadline (checked my sentbox, no problems, and the email address was right too) and never received any confirmation. Oh well!

Nope, it's not going to come, not that bothered anyway managed to get 2 other vac schemes. I don't think 20 is really that young to be interviewing people for jobs...some people embark on their careers straight after school/college, at 16/18. Graduates will still only be 21.

They actually and utterly believe that they can foretell an individual's performance on the job and later on in life by a few marks which were obtained when they were teenagers? I'm still attempting to decipher why large law firms want to interview people when they are so young. Then again, law degrees ARE still at undergraduate level in this country....so I shouldn't be too surprised....

They are talking about summer vacation scheme placements.

Yes http://www.gls.gov.uk/Vacation%20Placements/vacation-placements.htm