Who Gets In?Research programme of Elite Careers Strategy

Governed signal Official source

SIG-182: A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman states that candidates may use AI responsibly to complement rather than substitute their skills, including refining CVs, applications and written responses, while requiring honest representation of skills and experience.

Observed · United Kingdom · Early careers recruitment · AI preparation and application

Evidence passage recorded against the source

A&O Shearman says AI can help refine a CV, application and written responses, but should complement rather than substitute the candidate's voice and capabilities and must not misrepresent skills.

LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.

Scope as recorded

Institution
A&O Shearman
Market
United Kingdom
Programme or route
Early careers recruitment
Category
AI preparation and application
Observed
Verification
Verified 13 Sep 2026
Publication ruling
Safe with source
Record status
Active
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-06-2026-09-13.csv)

Official source record

https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process

SRC-117 · retrieved 16 September 2026 · Official first-party page, full Chrome render; passage located as literal normalised substring · source record page · supports 3 signals

  • A&O Shearman candidate-facing guidance on responsible AI use in applications
  • A&O Shearman official surface; final URL https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/how-to-use-ai-responsibly-application-process; text SHA-256 b400c4cdc0dd9e014ff52a862893b77c62252cc43921259218e2e206ba907598

LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.

Where this signal is used

Cite this object

Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-182 A&O Shearman, observed 13 September 2026, https://whogetsin.com/signals/SIG-182

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