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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Ok great thank you!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hey, I was wondering if I should email and thank the partners who interviewed me after receiving a TC offer? Obviously I thanked them loads when they called but worried I haven’t followed up with an email and I should have but that was now a week ago!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Is this BPP? Or ULaw?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Thanks ! I applied on the 5th Sept for a TC
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Has anyone done a Slaughter and May online interview that might be able to give me some advice? :)
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    Common mistakes on application forms.....

    Hi @Jaysen - would you say that a 'market defining transaction' is a bad thing to mention? Or just if you don’t sufficiently back it up/link it to you?
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    CMS 2020/1 Opportunities

    Hi, is CMS applications not rolling this year?
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    Allen & Overy SJT

    Hey, I’m sorry! Can I ask when you applied?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hi, I was just wondering in response to the question, What does exceptional client service look like from a future facing lawyer?, would you draw on examples of what you’ve done?
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    Bird & Bird Keeping Applications on File

    I received the same email last year so contacted them about this, and they said as there was a new graduate recruitment team this was no longer the case and you would have to go through the whole process again including Watson Glaser and video interview.
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