Is it just me, or is anyone else who is currently being put through the mill of OLPAS a bit hacked off that there is no duty to give feedback of any kind before a chambers rejects us?
2 Pump Court binned my application yesterday and it would be nice if they could have just posted a one liner saying "Your degree's crap mate" or whatever.
I know that some chambers get millions of applications, but if the same person who has to read them spends another say 20 seconds just typing out a sentence explaining the decision it would be so much better. For starters it would help me understand what chambers are really looking for, which I find is not the same as what we are told they're looking for... secondly it would help me tighten up my application for the next round and thus help other chambers who will start receiving better apps.
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On a totally unrelated point, I want to know who's responsible for the vast numbers of trees around the Gray's Inn Road/Holborn area which drop copious amounts of feathery pollen things which get in my eyes {no joke with contact lenses} and generally make everyone feel like they have hayfever. If they're still alive I hope they're in pain for several months of the year - what a stupid thing to plant in an enclosed street, I mean really!
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Sympathies. OLPAS is a bloody NIGHTMARE.It would be nice if chambers provided some feedback as to why they bin some applications and accept others, but unfortunately that's not their bag. It's a buyer's market and they can pick and choose as they see fit, according to their own mysterious critera. They may put some blurb on their website as to what they look for in potential pupils, but be honest, how helpful is this really? Ah me. Sweet mystery of life......
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