Making successful vacation scheme applications, with Iqra Ali

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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Camilla Uppal is joined by Iqra Ali, an aspiring commercial solicitor who successfully secured two vacation schemes this cycle at top international law firms, Osborne Clarke and CMS.

Iqra shares the story of how she managed to find success in what has been hailed as one of the most competitive vacation scheme and training contract recruitment cycles of recent times. Specifically, Iqra shares her top tips for writing winning vacation scheme applications, preparing for interviews, developing commercial awareness and how to bounce back from rejection.

Iqra has also set up a platform called Legal Diversity, which aims to improve diversity in the legal profession.

You can connect with Iqra via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iqraa/

You can find out more about Legal Diversity here: http://legaldiversity.org/

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Hosted by Camilla Uppal, Produced by Nathan Gore