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Got a rejection for Herbert Smith Freehills one hour after the submission of my verbal reasoning test. Anyone able to beat that?

Reply 241

giggy12s

Original post by awfulsplleling

Got a rejection for Herbert Smith Freehills one hour after the submission of my verbal reasoning test. Anyone able to beat that?

Sorry to hear that. They are very harsh and unfair, if you don't meet the benchmark its auto reject and they don't even look at your application.

Reply 242

_Fergo

Hey guys,

So, what do you advise re cover letters when no name is specified?

The firm in question is Baker & McKenzie - haven't been able to find something which I know for sure still applies. Should I contact them or just write 'Dear Graduate Recruitment' (which I don't particularly like tbh)?

Reply 243

vacschemestudent

Original post by *Stefan*

Dear Graduate Recruitment Team in this case is fine. I did this in my letter and progressed through to their next stage

Reply 244

_Fergo

Original post by vacschemestudent

Dear Graduate Recruitment Team in this case is fine. I did this in my letter and progressed through to their next stage

Cheers!

Reply 245

Smiles(:

has anyone heard back from ashurst?

Reply 246

CH1234

Thanks for the replies guys!

I have around twelve modules total, do i list the name of every module or can I do an average (?) of the year? Thanks in advance

Reply 247

username1177050

im applying for summer internships in other industries such as legal and compliance. i am still applying to vac schemes, but my thinking is if i dont get anything law related this year, i can apply next year with some experience, and if i dont get a law offer, then maybe i will have a full time grad offer in another industry.

Reply 248

CH1234

Original post by J-SP

I'd write it like the following:

Year 1 - 60%: Contract - 60%, Tort - 60%, Constitutional - 60%, Criminal- 60%, Legal Systems - 60%, Public law - 60%

Year 2 - 70%: in the same format as above

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Fab thanks!

I'm going to shorten my module titles down so that should be grand

Reply 249

JKRP11

Original post by hodgey111

Had my interview for Jones Day today. They said it was going to be conversational and casual as some users suggested on here, but it was the opposite. Focused almost entirely on commercial awareness and issues and asked nothing at all of my personality etc.

Not complaining or anything as it is to be expected, just warning those who have interviews coming up that it is not as casual as we would perhaps like.

Hey - was this for a winter vac scheme? Can I ask how they got in touch with you - phone or email? As I haven't heard from them since applying at the end of September! Thanks

Reply 250

hodgey111

Original post by JKRP11

Hey - was this for a winter vac scheme? Can I ask how they got in touch with you - phone or email? As I haven't heard from them since applying at the end of September! Thanks

For the winter vacation scheme and it was all via email. I applied at the start of September.

Reply 251

ssh12bl

I'm stuck on the question 'How do you think a career in law will affect your lifestyle?' for the Simmons and Simmons form. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Reply 252

giggy12s

Original post by ssh12bl

I'm stuck on the question 'How do you think a career in law will affect your lifestyle?' for the Simmons and Simmons form. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm also stuck on that question. Its actually 1 part of the whole question and we have 250 words. I spoke to someone who did a summer vac scheme and she said that she ignored that part and focussed on why simmons and law and got through to next stage!

Reply 253

_Fergo

Original post by ssh12bl

I'm stuck on the question 'How do you think a career in law will affect your lifestyle?' for the Simmons and Simmons form. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Original post by giggy12s

Sounds like it has to do with the long hours and whether you can fit that into your personal lifestyle.

Reply 254

vacschemer2017

Hi guys,

Do you guys know which are the firms that have a stringent academic requirement (i.e. rejects low overall 2:1 grade/few 2:2s with an average 2:1 overall grade) based on your experiences?

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Reply 255

aspriringlawyer

Original post by vacschemer2017

Hi guys,

Do you guys know which are the firms that have a stringent academic requirement (i.e. rejects low overall 2:1 grade/few 2:2s with an average 2:1 overall grade) based on your experiences?

Slaughter and May, White and Case, Sidley, Ashurst, Magic Circle, Sullivan and Cromwell, Skadden (most US firms). The first 4 specifically ask for a high 2.1, whilst the others don't but tend to only recruit people with very strong academics. Of course, you could be the exception though.

Reply 256

Vacsheme2017

Hi guys

if I got a first in my degree but pretty average GCSE results which law firms should I be targeting?

Reply 257

vacschemer2017

Alright, thanks for sharing :smile:

Original post by aspriringlawyer

Reply 258

katherine.l1995

Original post by vacschemer2017

Hi guys,

Do you guys know which are the firms that have a stringent academic requirement (i.e. rejects low overall 2:1 grade/few 2:2s with an average 2:1 overall grade) based on your experiences?

Magic circle, Silver circle and US firms won't take anyone without at least 65% overall and 2.1 in almost all modules! AAA-AAB in A levels also required.