Elite Careers StrategyWho Gets In?Research by Elite Careers Strategy

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SRC-361: cooley.com

Official page published by Cooley, retrieved 16 September 2026 and coded into 4 governed signals.

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Record

Publisher domain
cooley.com
Institutions
Cooley
Retrieved
Retrieval method
Official first-party page, full Chrome render; passage located as literal normalised substring
Source grade
A: official primary institutional page
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (source-evidence-supplement-29-2026-09-16.csv)
Signals supported
4

Scope notes

  • Cooley official surface; final URL https://www.cooley.com/careers/uk-trainees/uk-trainee-faqs; text SHA-256 dab93b8ec342b1c22fa16eac492d61be08e16f4cfa0d84d7da8a72435a5895fd

LimitA source record shows what the official page said on the retrieval date. Institutions change their pages; the retrieval date is part of the evidence.

Signals coded from this source

SIG-949 Official source Cooley

Cooley's current official UK trainee FAQs state that Cooley requires a minimum of a 2.1 at degree level in any discipline.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceCooley requires a minimum of a 2.1 at degree level (any discipline) and 128 UCAS points or equivalent, not to include points from AS levels or general studies.

London · UK Trainees · University grade requirement · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-361 (cooley.com) · source record

SIG-950 Official source Cooley

Cooley's current official UK trainee FAQs state a requirement of 128 UCAS points or equivalent, excluding AS levels and general studies.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceCooley requires a minimum of a 2.1 at degree level (any discipline) and 128 UCAS points or equivalent, not to include points from AS levels or general studies.

London · UK Trainees · School-level grades · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-361 (cooley.com) · source record

SIG-951 Official source Cooley

Cooley's current official UK trainee FAQs state that law undergraduates may apply from their penultimate year and non-law undergraduates from their final year.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceLaw undergraduates: You can apply once you reach the penultimate year of your degree. Non-law undergraduates: You can apply once you reach the final year of your degree.

London · UK Trainees · Degree timing · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-361 (cooley.com) · source record

SIG-952 Official source Cooley

Cooley's official UK trainee FAQs, which cover the prior 2026 cycle, state that the 2026 spring programme ran from 13 to 24 April 2026 and the summer programme from 29 June to 10 July 2026.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceThe spring programme is from 13 April - 24 April 2026. The summer programme is from 29 June - 10 July 2026.

London · London spring and summer programmes · Programme architecture and routes · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-361 (cooley.com) · source record

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Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), source record SRC-361, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/sources/SRC-361/

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