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Why Commercial Law - Advice on my Approach?
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Are CV Review Services Available?
Hi Andrei, Thank you for your response! I was just wondering if TCLA do cover letter reviews?- aspiringlawyer2025
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Are CV Review Services Available?
Hi all, I was just wondering if TCLA offer CV review services? I am applying to a firm that just asks for a CV. My apologies if I have missed it elsewhere on the site! If not, does anyone know any services that do review legal CVs? Thank you!- aspiringlawyer2025
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Allen & Overy SJT
Hey, does anyone know if you get an email or anything confirming that you've completed the SJT? Did it yesterday but no confirmation/results have been sent to me. Making me paranoid that it's not complete even though I remember seeing the screen saying that the assessment was finished.- aspiringlawyer2025
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What Counts As an Extra-curricular?
Was just wondering if vacation schemes and other legal work experience could be included?- aspiringlawyer2025
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Sector Focus in Law Firms
Thanks Jake, that's a good suggestion. Feel a lot more confident about answering the question now :)- aspiringlawyer2025
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Sector Focus in Law Firms
Hi everyone! What recent work in one of our sectors interests you and why? How does the sector approach aid us in servicing clients? The first half is straight forward, but the second question is confusing me. Is this just a general answer on the benefits of a sector focus for law firms, or...- aspiringlawyer2025
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Vacation Scheme Prep
I have a VS coming up and was wondering what to expect in terms of the work? I was also wondering are vac scheme students expected to bring their own laptops to work on or is work typically carried out on computers at the office? Is there anything else that you guys would recommend to bring...- aspiringlawyer2025
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Competitors
What kind of factors should you use to determine a firm's competitors?- aspiringlawyer2025
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What skills would you bring to the role of a trainee solicitor?
Hi all, There's a 300 word limit to this question. I was just wondering how many skills you guys I should talk about. I was going to do 3, but 100 words each doesn't seem like a lot to describe the example and apply it to the role. But 2 skills seems like too few?- aspiringlawyer2025
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