A lot of people quietly hate the idea of referrals. It feels like something reserved for the well-connected, or like you’d be reducing a genuine relationship to a favour. I get it. But here’s the reframe that changes everything: a...

Before we get into strategy, it’s worth acknowledging how this actually feels, because most advice doesn’t. Repeated rejection can be genuinely discouraging. After hearing “We’ve decided to move forward with other candidates” enough times, it’s easy to start believing the...

If your college’s placement cell is thin, or non-existent, or you simply didn’t land anything on campus, here’s the first thing I want you to know: a huge number of practising lawyers got their jobs off-campus. It is not the...

You got the job, and almost immediately a new fear took its place: “What if they realise I don’t really know what I’m doing and let me go before I’m confirmed?” If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.  Many new...

If you’re looking at a nearly empty document thinking, “I don’t have enough to fill a CV,” I want to reframe that before you write a single line. A law student CV isn’t a trophy cabinet. It’s a piece of...

You sent the application. Three days passed. Nothing.  And now you’re stuck in the worst kind of limbo, too anxious to move on, too scared to follow up in case it makes you look desperate. Here’s the truth that’ll free...

If someone has told you your CV bullets are “weak” and left it at that, it wasn’t very helpful, was it?  Because you’re not sure what a strong one even looks like or how to describe work that felt fairly...

Have you noticed how the same listings get shared in every student group, and everyone piles onto the same handful of openings? Meanwhile, someone in your batch keeps landing internships you never even saw advertised. It almost feels like they’re...