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    Dress code

    I think smart casual is wearing a suit without a tie. This is what I tend to do if I see its a relaxed atmosphere, I normally dont wear my tie to such events but a formal attire is a must.
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    Norton Rose Winter scheme

    If the application form only opens on 1st October? Then we cant be late? because no body has access to the questions so cant really be applying? This is stess because NRF are my top choice and i was just eating right now and now i have stopped eating...and now I dont want to eat until I get...
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    Norton Rose Winter scheme

    you have got to be kidding me The Grad Rec had told me that everything opens on 1st of October.
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    Financial Crisis 2008

    This is just brilliant. Thank you so very much.
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    Emerging Markets

    @Jaysen your thoughts please.
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    Open day Interactions.

    Thank you for breaking down what I should do ! Reading this has made me less nervous !! No words to say how thankful I am to you for all this.
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    Open day Interactions.

    Hi Jaysen, I have never been to an open day for any law firm. However, thanks to Selma, I was able to secure my place at an event being held by Norton Rose (on Artificial Intelligence and meet/greet with grad rec team and trainees) I dont know how are such events, what do I do there because I...
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    Want to request a law firm insight?

    Freshfields and Herbert Smith
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    Post Grad !

    Hey Jaysen, Il be joining LSE for the first time in this coming September for my Masters. Any advice on how should one sell his Masters in the interview because I believe you also undertook your Masters in Corporate Law (which I also intend to) If I can ask, how exactly did you sell your...
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    Paralegal jobs - are they worth it?

    Thank you so much 'bugsy malone' and ooo yes that glossary should help me understand the commercial stories a lot better !! I think I may have shot myself in the foot by applying for LLM. I have a place at LSE for Corporate law, as I perhaps unwisely thought that the best way to understand the...
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    Paralegal jobs - are they worth it?

    Thank you to both for such an insightful response. Okay, paralegaling is out of the door, and Winter Scheme is on my priority list now. A small question and perhaps a very stupid one. How do i start building commercial awareness? I have been reading the commercial awareness blogs on your...
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    Paralegal jobs - are they worth it?

    I have a high 2:1 from a top 10 RG university etc, but I was very unfocused as to what I wanted from my law degree, It was only in the last few months of my degree when few of my friends bagged a TC that I got the urge to think about my future. I spent most of my university time playing cricket...

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