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    Vacation Scheme tasks

    No way! Thats awesome. FOCOs always a solid day. Yes COVID was tough last year (during my 4th and final year of undergrad). But first-year law here at Leeds has been a blast. Re the IP presentation you attended during the HSF Vac Scheme, that's awesome. I attended HSFs "IP, Tech and...
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    Weakness question (what challenges do you think you'll face on this vac scheme/training contract?)

    Hi everyone Recently, I've noticed that ppl in ACs have been asked "what challenges do you think you'll face on this vac scheme/training contract?" Ik answers will likely vary person-to-person, but rn I'm wondering how to best approach this question. Weakness questions are incredibly...
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    Vacation Scheme tasks

    That all sounds really cool. Thanks for that. My background is in Kinesiology (graduated from Western last June). Bit of a long story, but essentially in Grade 11 first semester I had an unbelievable Intro to Canadian Law teacher (former lawyer, really smart critical thinker) who really...
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    Assessment centres - weekdays or weekends?

    If anyone did the HSF AC recently and would you be able to share some advice please, I would be very grateful, thank you
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    Vacation Scheme tasks

    @George Maxwell Hi George. I was wondering if you could shed some light on some of the tasks you were responsible for as a vacation schemer at HSF? Curious how different/similar it is to the role of a trainee, and looking to make some connections between that and my past experiences (for my...

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