Recent content by gg999

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    Asking for Work

    I would focus on making sure your supervisor is happy and you complete all the work set by them before you go around asking random partners/associates for work. Remember it is your supervisor's feedback that will be relied on the most when making TC decisions so make sure that is your main...
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    Hogan Lovells Application 2020/21

    Not an odd question at all. In every sort of question, they want to know about what you did and how this made you feel. They do not care about the team and what everyone else did. The question is perfectly valid in my opinion, especially because the firm is very international and places a...
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Has anyone heard anything about timetables, student cards and whether or not we are receiving books and study materials? Feel like we should have had more information than what we have been given since term is suppose to start in two weeks...
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    Winter Vacation Schemes during the GDL

    It is only this year with the PGDL that exams are in December. It looks like they will clash with the winter vacation scheme dates so I really doubt you will be able to do any December ones if I am being completely honest. There were people on my winter scheme last year doing the GDL who did not...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Very normal and common question to be asked, you shouldn't feel uncomfortable about this. I think everyone should be prepared to talk about what other firms they have applied to. A lot of firms ask this to understand your reasoning behind choosing their firm and to get a sense of where you may...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hard but doable from what i've heard. I will also be juggling a part time job when I start my PGDL in September. I know it is going to be intense but hoping the income I earn alongside my studies keeps me motivated to keep on top of things.
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    Upcoming 2022 TCs [Success]

    Probably a waste of time to send an application to those kinds of firms you have mentioned above as they almost always exclusively hire from their vacation scheme pool of candidates. For example, I know for a fact after speaking to grad rec at both Skadden and Kirkland that even though they have...
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Everytime I have called them they have answered and been very polite and helpful. Maybe try calling if your query is urgent enough. I think they are probably still deciding timetables and won't have any definitive answers for you at this stage as the previous cohort have just finished and they...
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    Online Vacation Schemes

    The level of maturity you have displayed is great. It takes some peoples years and years to realise these things and then they find its too late to change (golden handcuffs ect). This is often the reality of working in American firms/Magic circles. Less brutal from a trainee perspective but from...
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Yes and then again in April. So no January exams or mocks to worry about.
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Yeah seems like we have a chance for a Christmas holiday!!! :D
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Ahhh amazing, I love multiple choice, it really takes the pressure off! You obviously still need to learn the content but I really like that and I am glad they have revamped the way they teach the GDL because doing all 8 modules at once and then sitting all the papers in June seemed hella crazy...
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    Scary times ahead eeek
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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    It says in a document that I was sent by my firm that the start date would be 7th September 2020. Not sure about the timetable. However they are changing the structure by having exams in December and April so whatever pre-existing timetable they have been going by may not be the best indication...
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    GDL and working part time

    Managed to speak to them this morning about it. Unfortunately the LLM is a one year course so I would not be finished in time for the LPC in August next year. Therefore this option is redundant to me. I could delay the LPC start date but I rather not as I really like the people on my Feb 2022...

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