The TC application process is not designed to be won in a single cycle. It is designed to be won over time — through accumulation of knowledge, refinement of applications, improvement of interview technique, and the kind of resilience that only comes from having been through the process and come out the other side still standing.

Getting a vacation scheme ("VS") is insanely hard nowadays. For those who have recently secured a VS, you should be proud of yourself: you successfully competed against over thousands of other job applicants, passed online tests / video interviews, survived assessment centres, and impressed lawyers you had never met. You finally earned your place at your dream firm…

When I graduated from my LLM and looked for a job in London as an international student, I had no connections and absolutely no idea how the UK legal market worked. I literally had to navigate the entire law firm application process on my own — and that was brutal…

As I know, more and more aspiring lawyers start getting invites for a pre-recorded video interview. In this newsletter, I will completely change your perspective on how you should prepare for such interview, providing you the techniques and tricks to tick some of the key boxes Graduate Recruitment is looking for.