that's a good guide; one thing I also did to better identify a firm's revenue and therefore its competitors is download the lawyers' profiles using a script into a spreadsheet with areas of expertise for each lawyer, which can then be easily summed (including also an AI-generated summary of their expertise and experience):
How so? Even if they haven't got as many applications as they might have expected, they'll still maintain their standards, right? So if not for your good performance, the selection has nothing to do with the number of applications imo.
I received it the day after applying. Some people on the thread say it's automatic, but the wording on the invite suggests it was not.
Not sure, rejected post vac scheme VI so not sure they’d have wanted me to apply DTC too lmaoo
Nothing from Ashurst as of yet. Not feeling too hopeful about Cappfinity. Not a test I've passed yet.
Ideally, I think you would address both in q2 as well. I think you could achieve that by expressing an interest in the kind of work commercial lawyers do in an international law firm, rather than the work that they would do in a national one. Presumably, this will be an interest in complex cross-border transactions, cases, or advisory matters for clients with businesses in many jurisdictions. The challenge of understanding the legal and commercial implications in many foreign countries could be one that is appealing to you. Similarly, the types of clients you would get to work for - multinational corporations, huge financial institutions, and sophisticated investors - could once again be attractive for various reasons. The point is that if your interest in working at an international firm has to do with the particular type of commercial law work that entails, your motivation will answer both parts simultaneously.
