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    Free Month of TCLA Premium (Bronze) - Every Week From Monday!

    Wow, thank you Jessica and the rest of the TCLA gang! What a lovely surpise on a Monday morning :D Have a lovely week and thank you again!
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    What should I focus on in 3rd year after not securing VC?

    Hi Lani, I read your post and thought I’d share my own insight. As a disclaimer, my advice is from my own experience and my best advice is to think for yourself always, but naturally I hope my own experience serves as motivation to you. I wasn’t successful in obtaining a VS/TC throughout the...
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    LPC with 'top-up masters'

    Hi Just saw this thread and wanted to add, similar to ZH above, I self-funded the LPC and did the LLM too (for funding purposes). However, I was recently offered a TC off the back of a vac scheme and a large part of this was from building rapport with partners, incl. final interview partner...
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    Future Trainee

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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I see, that makes sense. I guess I'm just trying to guage what kind of questions they may ask so I can anticipate how to incorporate a STAR format in my answers. It seems though, from what you have said, that the point behind a S-based interview is to discourage this pre-rehearsed STAR format...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Wow this is incredibly useful, thank you for the response! Regarding the case study, do you happen to know if it is tasked individually or as a group exercise? Also, the interview sounds interesting. I was informed by others around me that there is no real difference between a strength-based and...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey, no the email they sent me was a straight up invitation and a link to book a time-slot. Did you apply too? If so, I wish you the best of luck! :)
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey guys, I just received an interview invite for Reed Smith's Winter Vac. Any advice/tips will be massively appreciated, as its my first time getting this far!

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