How many rejections did you recieve before securing a TC?

Vacation Schemes (for the summer of 2012, eventual 2014 entry):
30 applications:
- 13 interviews
- 8 offers

(I should add that I got my first interview call after 12 straight rejections)

Training Contracts (for 2014 entry):
4 applications:
- 2 interviews
- 1 offer

A little off topic, but how have you found the importance of VSs in securing a TC when compared to say, Banking where the majority of their summer interns end up with grad offers? Is it common for people to have their VS somewhere and feel confident to apply elsewhere in there search for a TC? I'm aware that it probably varies between firms, but I'm interested in what the consensus is.

A little off topic, but how have you found the importance of VSs in securing a TC when compared to say, Banking where the majority of their summer interns end up with grad offers? Is it common for people to have their VS somewhere and feel confident to apply elsewhere in there search for a TC? I'm aware that it probably varies between firms, but I'm interested in what the consensus is.

Zero.

Aren't you still at school?!


OP I got about 8 I think before I got an offer, but I've heard of people on the LPC with 40 odd.

That's why I said zero
Ah, so you're alright

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That's very interesting about being seen negatively if you aren't successful in the VS stages. I guess it's just another way to filter out suspected weaker candidates. If you weren't good enough last year, why will you be now?

Of course, I imagine the student has to show that they are competent. I hadn't even considered until now how relevant the student's performance in the VS would be. Would a firm really remember / be able to distinguish between their students who performed well and those who didn't particularly, and if so, would this have any significant bearing on who they gave TC offers to?

Of course, I imagine the student has to show that they are competent. I hadn't even considered until now how relevant the student's performance in the VS would be. Would a firm really remember / be able to distinguish between their students who performed well and those who didn't particularly, and if so, would this have any significant bearing on who they gave TC offers to?

Applying for VS in January 2011:
Total applications - 4
Interviews - 1
VS Secured - 0

Applying for TC July 2011:
Total applications - 8
Interviews - 0

Applying for VS in January 2012:
Total applications - 6
Interviews - 1
VS Secured - 1

VS completed summer 2012 - TC offered

I know I probably applied to less than most but it only takes one.

I applied for 2 VSs and got offered 1 VS. (I also applied for other internships albeit not law-related.)
I was then offered a TC offer on the back of the VS.

I'm not putting a number on it, but 96% of my apps resulted in rejections. Actually, worse than that, some firms just never bothered to reply to me.

Wow you got a pretty easy ride! What did you do during your VS to make you stand out?

Well, a lot can change. You could have, for example, gotten a mediocre 2:1 in your first-year, with which you applied for a VS. But you could have gotten a couple of Firsts and high 2:1s in your second-year modules, infinitely increasing your chances in your second round of apps.



Almost all VSes have a guaranteed TC interview at the end of the two- or three-week period. It's part of the deal.