Law Firm Milkrounds 20/21

AA247

Anyone else having issues with DLA Piper internship link?

Anyone else a bit older and put off by ALG requirement that one reference is academic?

lawgrad15

Kennedys TC PFO issued this morning

SKLaw

lawgrad15 wrote: »

Kennedys TC PFO issued this morning

Same. I’m feeling somewhat hopeless with getting a TC

AaronSamms

Got a call for interview for DAC Beachcroft this morning!

LegalEagle21

AaronSamms wrote: »

Got a call for interview for DAC Beachcroft this morning!

Congratulations. Do you mind me asking when the interview is scheduled for?

Diamond_Hands

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone else a bit older and put off by ALG requirement that one reference is academic?

Pretty sure most people applying are still in college, that must be why.

FE1Hopefully1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone else a bit older and put off by ALG requirement that one reference is academic?

Yeah put me off applying - out of college two years and my lecturers would not know me at all

Diamond_Hands

FE1Hopefully1 wrote: »

Yeah put me off applying - out of college two years and my lecturers would not know me at all

I would reach out to your college tutor/dissertation supervisor as they get lots of requests.

FE1Hopefully1

Diamond_Hands wrote: »

I would reach out to your college tutor/dissertation supervisor as they get lots of requests.

I didn’t have a college tutor per say - had a few over the years but only had four classes with them and they’re long gone from the college and we didn’t have to do a dissertation so don’t have a supervisor hahah

Also I was a tutor last year in the college and if one of those asked me for a reference I’d say no because I honestly don’t know them haha

FE.ONE

AaronSamms wrote: »

Got a call for interview for DAC Beachcroft this morning!

Congrats! Is there no online assessment then?

Lallers96

FE1Hopefully1 wrote: »

Yeah put me off applying - out of college two years and my lecturers would not know me at all

Exact same situation as you. I was also fairly quiet in a class of 150+ so it's not even worth my while asking an old lecturer who doesn't know me from Adam.

FE1Hopefully1

Lallers96 wrote: »

Exact same situation as you. I was also fairly quiet in a class of 150+ so it's not even worth my while asking an old lecturer who doesn't know me from Adam.

Yeah exactly haha I did have one lecturer as a reference before but like he wouldn’t know me at all even after I asked him haha

I was more a go to class and leave person I didn’t stick around to talk to them 😂

tippertruck

AaronSamms wrote: »

Got a call for interview for DAC Beachcroft this morning!

Congrats! Can I ask did you apply for the 2021 or the 2022 traineeship?

arubamuuu

FE1Hopefully1 wrote: »

Yeah exactly haha I did have one lecturer as a reference before but like he wouldn’t know me at all even after I asked him haha

I was more a go to class and leave person I didn’t stick around to talk to them 😂

One of my lecturers a few years ago said all they really do for those references is confirm your grades. Whether that’s true or not idk but that’s what he told our class of 60ish people. Probably if you helped them with events and stuff they’d say more about you.

I haven’t been in college for a few years but I asked the head of my course even though I only had them for two classes about 4 years ago. They said they’d do it and just for me to send them a cv so they know who they’re talking about lol

Wonderstruck

arubamuuu wrote: »

One of my lecturers a few years ago said all they really do for those references is confirm your grades. Whether that’s true or not idk but that’s what he told our class of 60ish people. Probably if you helped them with events and stuff they’d say more about you.

I haven’t been in college for a few years but I asked the head of my course even though I only had them for two classes about 4 years ago. They said they’d do it and just for me to send them a cv so they know who they’re talking about lol

Exactly, if you have one lecturer who you remember as sound they'll do it for you. There's a lecturer I have who said he'll write a reference for anyone, sign any document you want signed, he will even just sign his name on one you've drafted yourself - just give him one week's notice!

Also for those looking at legal admin work, maybe just to get something more office-y on their CV (rather than work for free!) the LSRA are hiring Clerical Officers right now. A job like that was basically how I got my foot in the door for legal work and just parlaying myself into a more legal role.

The LSRA is obviously very new, it's growing in size and certainly working there would be a great chance to build those sectoral awareness skills! If knew anyone who was starting out I would recommend them to apply so I figured I would drop it in here -

https://www.lsra.ie/about-us/careers/

rightytighty

Wonderstruck wrote: »

Exactly, if you have one lecturer who you remember as sound they'll do it for you. There's a lecturer I have who said he'll write a reference for anyone, sign any document you want signed, he will even just sign his name on one you've drafted yourself - just give him one week's notice!

Also for those looking at legal admin work, maybe just to get something more office-y on their CV (rather than work for free!) the LSRA are hiring Clerical Officers right now. A job like that was basically how I got my foot in the door for legal work and just parlaying myself into a more legal role.

The LSRA is obviously very new, it's growing in size and certainly working there would be a great chance to build those sectoral awareness skills! If knew anyone who was starting out I would recommend them to apply so I figured I would drop it in here -

https://www.lsra.ie/about-us/careers/

Are they working remotely at the moment?

LeGal97

Wonderstruck wrote: »

Exactly, if you have one lecturer who you remember as sound they'll do it for you. There's a lecturer I have who said he'll write a reference for anyone, sign any document you want signed, he will even just sign his name on one you've drafted yourself - just give him one week's notice!

Also for those looking at legal admin work, maybe just to get something more office-y on their CV (rather than work for free!) the LSRA are hiring Clerical Officers right now. A job like that was basically how I got my foot in the door for legal work and just parlaying myself into a more legal role.

The LSRA is obviously very new, it's growing in size and certainly working there would be a great chance to build those sectoral awareness skills! If knew anyone who was starting out I would recommend them to apply so I figured I would drop it in here -

https://www.lsra.ie/about-us/careers/

This is so helpful, thanks a million for posting!

Fe1forthefun

I was going to use two work referees as I am out of university a good few years. Has anyone ever done this where it specified academic referee?

AA247

I wouldn't worry about the academic reference. I did an internship with one of the big five before and the references were just to confirm that you attended there. It was more of a formality than actual personal or competency reference.

Sorry I asked already but didn't see a response, did anyone else get an error when they click on the link to the application for DLA Piper? Are they no longer accepting intern applications?

I haven't been able to find a contact in graduate recruitment, or anyone in recruitment for that matter to enquire.

AA247

Also can anyone confirm that ALG's deadline is midnight tomorrow?

I could finish by midnight tonight but my brain is dead so wouldn't mind calling it a night :pac:

AA247

I must say it is slightly relieving to see that some of you are out of university a few years! I am in the same boat and have really been down in the dumps over all the rejections the past few months as I thought I had a good shot this year.

Genuinely thought I was one of the only ones graduated a few years......

Anyway enough of the post puke

Diamond_Hands

AA247 wrote: »

I must say it is slightly relieving to see that some of you are out of university a few years! I am in the same boat and have really been down in the dumps over all the rejections the past few months as I thought I had a good shot this year.

Genuinely thought I was one of the only ones graduated a few years......

Anyway enough of the post puke

Users here definitely skews a bit older.

Hamerzan Sickles

AA247 wrote: »

Also can anyone confirm that ALG's deadline is midnight tomorrow?

I could finish by midnight tonight but my brain is dead so wouldn't mind calling it a night :pac:

10 Feb 2021 23:55 GMT

OMGWACA

Is anyone interviewing with Kennedys?

T.Chunter164

I sat 2 FE1's in November, EU and Equity and passed both, but when I want to put the details in for the A&L application - it will only allow me to input 3 results otherwise it comes up as 'incomplete section' - anyone know why that is? do you need 3 fe1's complete at minimum?

T.Chunter164

AA247 wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about the academic reference. I did an internship with one of the big five before and the references were just to confirm that you attended there. It was more of a formality than actual personal or competency reference.

Sorry I asked already but didn't see a response, did anyone else get an error when they click on the link to the application for DLA Piper? Are they no longer accepting intern applications?

I haven't been able to find a contact in graduate recruitment, or anyone in recruitment for that matter to enquire.

Hi same thing happened to me - from what I know, its an expired link, the link for 2021 works perfectly for me. Go through their website or pop in '2021 DLA summer internship' and it should come up.

Diamond_Hands

T.Chunter164 wrote: »

I sat 2 FE1's in November, EU and Equity and passed both, but when I want to put the details in for the A&L application - it will only allow me to input 3 results otherwise it comes up as 'incomplete section' - anyone know why that is? do you need 3 fe1's complete at minimum?

You don't need any Fe1s completed. It's just a technical hitch on their part. I was in the same position and I just typed 'N/A' for the last one.

AA247

This DLA Piper application's education section is so not tailored to Irish education. It says to include education back as far as A-Levels but you can't put in your Leaving Certificate results as only options are Year 1 - percentage, Year 2 - percentage, and so forth.

What are people doing for this?

Fe1forthefun

Have any of you tried resetting your password for DLA Piper and are now unable to access your account?