Law Firm Milkrounds 20/21

holliek wrote: »

I haven't heard back from Dillon Eustace or Byrne Wallace..

I'm the same too, strange one!

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

I'm the same too, strange one!

Same here! Very odd, and I know for a fact DE are doing second round interviews these week

musicmanual123 wrote: »

Same here! Very odd, and I know for a fact DE are doing second round interviews these week

Maybe we're just straight through to the final stage

Just heard DE is full for 2021 and 2022 so maybe that's a factor? Only have spaces 2023 onwards..

Ya the form asked when you want to start, but in my interview there they said we are full until 2023

law987 wrote: »

Ya the form asked when you want to start, but in my interview there they said we are full until 2023

How did it go? Was it a long interview? Hope it went well for you!

IgoPAP wrote: »

A lot of firms seem to be full for 2021/2022 and are recruiting from 2023 onwards.

There were a few advertising for the 2021 intake which I applied for. However, DE was only of those and they are seemingly full for 2021 now. Others could be the same!

Beatriz2020 wrote: »

Haven’t heard from BW/DE either... Should I be assuming they’re just slow to issue PFOs?

I saw from a thread last year that some firms send out PFOs as late as December - after the offers. They might be waiting to ensure they get enough candidates to fill their positions first in case they need to revisit applications.

Any word from MHC, Arthur Cox or McCanns ? time is going by all the same ... /

Did anyone apply to Dechert?

musicmanual123 wrote: »

Any word from MHC, Arthur Cox or McCanns ? time is going by all the same ... /

I contacted Arthur Cox who said that they will be issuing responses to all candidates by the end of the week!

Lawwwsad18649 wrote: »

Anyone heard back from byrne wallace on round 2 interviews?

I only have my round 1 today! What was it like?

I am wondering how they are going to narrow people down if they have so many interviews back to back. I feel like parts of my application aren't super strong and its hard to make up for that over a video interview.

Arthur cox group interviews just out

Dliodoir2020 wrote: »

Anyone get a PFO from them yet?

Nope, heard nothing from them at all.

Also anyone know when Matheson will open applications?

Have heard nothing from Arthur cox as of yet.

Deloitte PFO out this evening - 2 PFO's today as McCann FitzGerald's arrived today also Oh well here's to the next set of milk rounds...

FE1new wrote: »

This is my first time doing any kind of milkrounds and the FE1s in general. Any advice on how many you should have under your belt? I got one PFO and have heard nothing from anyone else but as interviews are being conducted I'm going to take it they are PFOs as well. Any advice would be welcome.

I don't think they look too closely at FE1s, they give training contracts to people as young as second year undergrads, so your college results and even leaving cert is important, aside from that just any kind of experience, legal or otherwise is good, everything you've done is worth mentioning and gives you stuff to talk about at interview.

I'm the same as you, just out of college and first time applying for milkrounds. I've gotten a few interviews compared to for summer internships the same firms rejected me but my final year grade is a lot better than my other college results and I did two internships over the summer so I'm guessing those factors have helped me this time

law987 wrote: »

Yes, I suppose it shows you're dedicated, it can only be a good thing but not a deciding factor

Thanks tbh looking at my applications I think they are crap and I should have taken more time. I'll know for next time round!

FE1new wrote: »

This is my first time doing any kind of milkrounds and the FE1s in general. Any advice on how many you should have under your belt? I got one PFO and have heard nothing from anyone else but as interviews are being conducted I'm going to take it they are PFOs as well. Any advice would be welcome.

FE1s are infinitely less important than experience. I wrote a long post about my experience with the process in last year’s thread that I’ll try to dig up. Will edit this post with its addition.

*edit*

It seems to really be your preference whether you do a masters or not. I haven’t heard of any firms preferring you to have one.

I actually finally secured a contract this time around after four years of applying and so will share my thoughts on the process in case it is of use to anyone. I had interviews with 6 firms (including 3 big 5) which was up from 2 interviews in general last year and never being called beforehand.

I think most important is to respect how competitive the process is. Firms will give training contracts to people after summer internships following two years of their degree programme so it is in my opinion it is just about the overall strength of your application.

There are loads of initial criteria by which everyone is assessed ie leaving cert, college grades, and personal hobbies/achievements. If you are lacking in some or all of these areas it is best to build yourself up in others. I think what swung it for me was my work experience.

I had just under 500 LC points, a 2.1 from TCD, and some good work experience pre-graduation but my first and second year grades weren’t great. Anyone with a top end leaving and consistent college grades would have beaten me until I strengthened elsewhere.

I held two full time roles after graduating which gave me plenty to talk about on applications. It allowed me to identify practice areas which interested me and to learn about different firms’ activities in those areas. This is an easy way to show you have researched the firm and to explain why you’re a good fit for them.

If I had any advice it would be not to take any rejection personally and to try and use your self-belief to motivate yourself to persist. If you keep gaining experience and plug away with the FE1s eventually your applications will show dedication and resilience and the interviews will come.

I don’t know if this is even helpful but I remember feeling terribly disheartened and wanting to throw the towel in when I had no success last year. I didn’t even want to apply this year. You owe it to yourself and all you’ve done to date to keep at it so don’t give up!!