Law Firm Summer Internship 2017

Blue_pens17

Sarah1717 wrote: »

Has anyone got a call yet today from ByrneWallace?

Nothing yet. Is no news really good news?

nestunda

Blue_pens17 wrote: »

No word yet from Eversheds. Does anyone know when we can expect to hear from them? Also, did anyone receive a confirmation email re their application? Strange...

I didn't get a confirmation from Eversheds either. Ended up emailing them to ask if they got my application. Got a reply saying they did, nothing more.

Lawhopeful

Does anyone know when Arthur Cox is supposed to get back re second round interviews?

Sarah1717

Blue_pens17 wrote: »

Nothing yet. Is no news really good news?

Guess I'm waiting on a PFO tomorrow then?...

nestunda

Does anyone know the story with Matheson interviews? one or two rounds?

lawstudentirl1

Lawhopeful wrote: »

They had 2 rounds of interviews for the traineeship and, as I understand it, most firms have the same procedure for their summer internships as their traineeships. So I would say 2, but I can't say for certain!

For the traineeships they have two rounds with three interviews. If you get past the first interview then there's two interviews on the same day for the second round. As far as I know it's one round for the summer internships there.

lawstudentirl1

How was the Cox group interview? The trainee one had a scenario given out to do with a robotic dog walker product launching in Europe and the US.

roosevelt93

I didn't do the group interview for Cox but a friend of mine did - there was a case study scenario that involved various aspects of negligence and you had to give your opinion on what legal matters were involved. Then there were questions regarding your opinion on homelessness and working from home vs working in the office

roosevelt93

Has anyone here previously done an interview with McCann and have any idea what they are like?

roosevelt93

Eversheds PFO's are out

Blue_pens17

Has anyone received a call/PFO from BW yet?

nestunda

Does anyone have any experience interviewing for Eversheds or Matheson?

LegalAnna

Does anyone know if the time of the interview is important? Mine is quite late in the evening so I wonder if that's an indication they're just giving me an interview for the sake of it?

roosevelt93

Nothing from BW yet no

lawstudentirl1

LegalAnna wrote: »

Does anyone know if the time of the interview is important? Mine is quite late in the evening so I wonder if that's an indication they're just giving me an interview for the sake of it?

The time isn't important. They don't interview people they're not interested in. It's simply down to the amount of candidates they are interviewing. What firm is it with?

LegalAnna

lawstudentirl1 wrote: »

The time isn't important. They don't interview people they're not interested in. It's simply down to the amount of candidates they are interviewing. What firm is it with?

Thanks! I was in one law firm when they were interviewing and the day mattered. One day was for people they were fairly confident about and the next day was just to see what the people were like. It was quite mean tbh!

lawstudentirl1

LegalAnna wrote: »

Does anyone know if the time of the interview is important? Mine is quite late in the evening so I wonder if that's an indication they're just giving me an interview for the sake of it?

LegalAnna wrote: »

Thanks! I was in one law firm when they were interviewing and the day mattered. One day was for people they were fairly confident about and the next day was just to see what the people were like. It was quite mean tbh!

Well if you get an interview in any case, it's a good sign. Chin up and make sure they can't say no!

Sarah1717

Still not heard from BW either

OpRow

Anyone heard from William Fry or Dillon Eustace yet?

Sarah1717

Haven't heard anything from DE

lawstudentirl1

Wonder when WF ones are out?

moriz

Has anyone (or know of anyone) applied to smaller "local" solicitors' practices for work experience/internship in the summer? Are they known to take on people like that?
Didn't get any internships in the big firms so looking for other options...

Yoop

moriz wrote: »

Has anyone (or know of anyone) applied to smaller "local" solicitors' practices for work experience/internship in the summer? Are they known to take on people like that?
Didn't get any internships in the big firms so looking for other options...

You can get lucky with local solicitors and apply at a time when they're thinking of looking for someone, and I know some practices are willing to take people on for a couple of weeks or a month etc. I applied to six and was lucky enough to get three responses. You just have to get over the initial awkwardness of sending out speculative applications.

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Hi guys,

I'm thinking of applying for the summer internship in the criminal firm Michael Staines. Just wondering if anyone has done it before or has info on it. They don't seem to give out much info on it. Is it paid? How long is it? etc.

Thanks

Sarah1717

DE calling about interviews today

LegalAnna

Sarah1717 wrote: »

DE calling about interviews today

I've never had anyone ring! How do you make sure they don't catch you at a bad time?

Sarah1717

LegalAnna wrote: »

I've never had anyone ring! How do you make sure they don't catch you at a bad time?

You can't really! If they miss you they just leave a voicemail to ring back. I've only ever gotten emails re interviews from the big 5. I find outside of that they call. I've had calls from MHC, BW and now DE.

Blue_pens17

Any update re BW Offers/PFO?

LegalAnna

Sarah1717 wrote: »

You can't really! If they miss you they just leave a voicemail to ring back. I've only ever gotten emails re interviews from the big 5. I find outside of that they call. I've had calls from MHC, BW and now DE.

That's really nice I suppose! I've only ever gotten PFOs from MHC and I haven't applied to BW and DE... I asked for feedback from MHC both times and they never replied... pretty frustrating when you don't know why they didn't want you!

Sarah1717

Blue_pens17 wrote: »

Any update re BW Offers/PFO?

Nope just want to be put out of my misery at this stage ha