Congrats to those who got the second interview! I got the second interview last year but obv didnt get offered the job.
From my experience of the interview, the best piece of advice I can give is to be yourself!However, I now realise that the top firms basically want you to convey that you have wanted to be a solicitor since you were born!!Any doubt about that and they will write you off straight away so make sure to seem enthusiastic and passionate about life as a solicitor-tough i know!
I know Irishlawgirl, that staying at home was the best option.Going to Oz wud only leave me in debt and coming home in a years time,Id be in the exact same position as I am now!
Does anyone know when a&l, fry n mops tell you whether you got an interview-this waiting game is so frustrating!
God im loving this forum-its so comforting to see my exact thoughts being written down by lots of other people!I was considering emailing Maples and Calder today cos I was worried that they had not aknowledged my application but now I know that everyone is in the same boat!
To be honest I think that is quite rude-the least a law firm can do is sent an email, especially considering the time and effort put in to filling out those pesky application forms!
Has anyone seriously considered a career change and if so does anyone know what are the feasible options for a person with a degree and a masters?Just have become fed up with this whole thing and would seriously consider a different path if it meant that I could get started in the working world.This poor student lifestyle is not cool!
Thanks for your support LDGantly, it was a tough decision to make-I hate being the sensible one but after 4 years in college I feel like its time to get the ol' career on track!
Hey Theo, from what I can gather for the process last year-Those who are successful in getting to the 2nd round are sent their letters first. The PfO's will arrive on monday!Think its a lousey way to do it-everyone should be informed on the first day cos its not fair to let people hanging!
Then again this whole apprenticeship thing is unfair
and an interest in rugby and sailing to boot
Hi,
I've just found this thread and I'm in the middle of the application process too.
The whole process is an awful pain in the This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language! Luckily, I did a couple of internships in the summer and got a couple of offers, but I'm sending around other application forms at the moment. Got a PFO from McCann's, but got second interview with AC, which I'm happy with.
I've seen Maples and Calder mentioned a few times on this thread. People, if you get an offer from any other firm in Ireland, do NOT join M&C (this sounds like a bitter rant from someone who interned there and didn't get the offer, but it's not). I'd be happy to explain why to anyone via Private Message, but don't want to get too specific on a public forum. By the way, I've heard a rumour that they pay trainees top Dublin salaries, and they mentioned at their Open Evening that they pay the most - this is not true. It's actually less than the Big 5 salaries, with the exception of MOP, which is the smallest.
Best of luck to everyone with the applications, interviews etc - hopefully we'll all get traineeships and then we can go back to drinking our way through our final year of college
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