University of Bristol law student has been sharing her application journey online
A top legal TikToker has celebrated securing a training contract offer after sharing months of hard work with her online followers
Abi Cooper, who has built up over 25K followers on her TikTok account @lifewithabicooper, is popular with fellow law students for covering her experience studying law at the University of Bristol as well as insights into the training contract application process and snapshots of her daily life. She has shared advice on note-taking during seminars, how to prepare for law firm open days, and overcoming rejection.
Abi celebrates receiving a training contract offer:
@lifewithabicooper I got the job!!! I’m going to be a lawyer 😆😆😆 #trainingcontract #joboffer #lawyer #law #corporatelaw ♬ original sound – lilPeony 🌷
Abi secured her training contract on the back of a spring vacation scheme. Followers shared their well wishes in the comment section, having seen the effort and commitment she put in to the process.
Last year, the popular TikToker documented her participation in a City vac scheme and, since September, she has shared her application journey, giving her followers a glimpse of the hard work and dedication that goes into securing opportunities like these.
She has shown her method of researching law firms in depth, as well as sharing the business news stories she has been reading to develop her commercial awareness.
Sharing her method for researching law firms
@lifewithabicooper How to research a law firm! 🫶🫧🤍 Law firm resrarch how to! How i reseach law firms. #lawfirmresearch #lawfirmapplications #lawapplications #corporatelaw #lawstudent #lawdegree ♬ original sound – Abi Cooper
Revealing the commercial news stories she has read:
@lifewithabicooper Use those student discounts for news outlets!! 🗞️📰 #lawstudent #lawdegree #aspiringlawyer #commerciallaw #corporatelawyer @The Economist @theguardiannews ♬ Intimidated (feat. H.E.R.) – KAYTRANADA
The lawfluencer has also invited her followers to spend a day with her preparing for application season, showing herself completing online job simulations, practising situational judgement tests, re-writing her work experience section, and marking out key dates using Legal Cheek’s Key Deadlines Calendar – balancing all this with a busy life as a final year law student.
A day in the life, preparing for application season:
@lifewithabicooper Spend the day with me preparing for law firm applications! 📝💻👩🏻🎓 #lawfirmapplications #lawfirm #lawapplications #internships #uni #lawstudent #corporatelaw Jumper – brandy Melville Bag – @CHARLESKEITHOFFICIAL Planner – @Papier Websites – forage, @legalcheek @Notion ♬ Wes Anderson-esque Cute Acoustic – Kenji Ueda
Having celebrated her success, Abi has promised her followers additional insights into converting a vacation scheme into a training contract plus application and interview top tips.
On LinkedIn this week a raft of future trainee solicitors have celebrated similar successes as firms, including Latham & Watkins, Herbert Smith Freehills, Stephenson Harwood, Addleshaw Goddard, Taylor Wessing and more, extend training contract offers to top spring vacation scheme participants.
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