Hard work pays off for TikTok lawfluencer as she bags TC

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By Legal Cheek on

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University of Bristol student joins the many students celebrating offers this week


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.

10 Comments

Narks

How is this news?

Realistic

In truth very little on legal cheek is ‘news’, you’re reading a student-aimed legal ed / work publication…

Congrats to her!!

Foxtrot Oscar

Just what the world needs, another law influencer.

Well Done, I guess

“Law Student at Russell Group University gets Training Contract after successful Vac Scheme”

Curious Kat

I wonder what firm it is…

Nosy Kat

Mishcon I think?

Regional observer

There’s thousands of students who have got a TC this year.

Why have you decided to put a spotlight on one?

Congratulations!

Lots of bitter replies here, either filled with envy or written from the jaded perspective of someone who can’t remember the excitement of receiving a TC offer.

Warm congrats to her!!

Anti- Legal "Influencers"

Slow news day?

Abi Cooper

Hi everyone,
Thank you so much for featuring me!

My training contract journey has been a long one, and I’m beyond excited to finally be accepting an offer at a firm I truly love. I’ve been documenting this journey on my TikTok page, where I share tips, advice, and honest insights about navigating the legal world as a state-educated, first-gen student. Through that platform, I’ve had the chance to connect with thousands of aspiring lawyers, work with some amazing legal organisations, and hopefully make the path feel a little more accessible for others like me.

Moments like these remind me why I started sharing in the first place.

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