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  1. Nicole

    Dentons Interview

    (1) Dentons Interview Experience Chris Dunne, future trainee at Dentons Know the firm and what it stands for / how your mentee fits into that picture Research general commercial areas such as finance/energy etc Approach anything they give you logically Make sure you Know how to do basic...
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    Hogan Lovells Interview

    When was your Hogan Lovells interview? November 2017 What was it for? Winter Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Hogan Lovells. The assessment centre consisted of a situational judgment test to confirm the scores achieved online- followed by a case study being handed...
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    Davis Polk Interview

    When was your Davis Polk interview? Summer 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Allen & Overy. Probably the 'easiest' out of everything I have done, as it only involved a single one-hour interview. I felt welcomed and the interviewers did their...
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    CMS Cameron Mckenna Interview

    CMS Cameron Mckenna Interview. From Kishan Mathy, a future trainee at CMS: The assessment day consisted of a case study and two partner interviews. One interview was a competency interview and the other was just a general chat. The case study involves reading multiple documents and answering...
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    Cleary Gottlieb Interview

    Cleary Gottlieb Interview. From a future trainee at Cleary Gottlieb: My assessment day involved a short interview, a negotiation session (you will be put in a team with other participants) and also a group presentation on a competition scenario. I would recommend researching the firm to be...
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    Baker Mckenzie Interview

    Baker Mckenzie Interview. From a current trainee at Baker Mckenzie (vacation scheme application): So the day consists of three exercises. The first is a group exercise which you will complete with three other candidates. Ironically my trains were delayed and I turned up soaking to this, five...
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    Ashurst Interview

    Ashurst Interview. This is from an anonymous future trainee at Ashurst (for a TC app) - Thanks for getting in touch. I didn’t do a vacation scheme at Ashurst, I just did a straight training contract application. However, if the interviews are similar, then your mentee can expect to write...
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    Allen & Overy Interview

    When was your Allen & Overy interview? November 2017 What was it for? Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Allen & Overy. I was greeted by very nice grad rec people, then taken to a little room with other applicants, with other rooms coming off it. We were made to feel...
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    DLA Piper Interview

    (1) DLA Piper Interview Experience Anonymous 1 - This is from a future trainee at a different firm, but she interviewed at DLA Piper for a vacation scheme. Group Exercise The usual tips would come in handy like checking the time and prompting the others how long is left, referring to everyone...
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    AI and the legal profession

    Thought I'd re-post the introduction to AI and the legal profession here. We hope to do a guide in the future, but in the meantime, here are Jaysen's draft notes on a live webinar hosted by the European Legal Tech Association (ELTA)). And thanks again to Jonty - I understand that you spotted...
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    Mental health for lawyers: the impact of long working hours

    Hey guys, It's mental health awareness week and I came across this interesting article from Legal Week: http://www.legalweek.com/sites/legalweek/2018/05/16/burnt-out-new-research-highlights-impact-of-long-working-hours-on-lawyers-mental-health/, but it's under a paywall! So I wanted to...
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    Competency Interview Questions Plan

    Hey guys :) I used to find it helpful to write down all my extracurriculars/answers to competency questions, which I could then review before telephone, video and face to face interviews. If you want to do the same, we created a ready-made PDF for you to use. You can access it here...
  13. Nicole

    Becoming an effective networker

    Networking is very common on vacation schemes and I know it doesn't come naturally to most people (including me!). I thought it would be useful to share another post from @Jaysen on this: I watched a partner in my department network at a client’s drinks and he’s what I’d call an effective...
  14. Nicole

    How to get work from lawyers

    (Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) Should I knock on doors? Your supervisor/trainee buddy will generally give you work, so I wouldn't worry too much, unless (a) you've been told to, (b) you've run out of things to do, or (c) you're at Jones Day...
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    How hard did you work during your vacation scheme? What hours did you do?

    (Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) Pretty hard. There was one vacation scheme where a partner set me a huge task (at least I thought it was huge, but he didn’t seem to notice!), where I had to write a report about an ancient law for every country the...
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    The final interview

    (Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) The final interview will have some overlap with the vacation scheme interview – they’ll be looking to see your motivation/experience/commercial awareness. But now that you’ve been there for two weeks, it tends to focus...
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    You don't have to be perfect

    (Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) How to do well on the scheme? It’s going to be a little scary, but remember – the firm has decided that you’re a good candidate; that’s why you’re on the vacation scheme. Even then, you don’t have to get everything...
  18. Nicole

    Vacation Scheme Preparation

    How to prepare for the scheme? A couple of weeks before the scheme I’d research the firm (again) and go through the materials I used to prepare for interviews. I found the best resource to be The Lawyer for firm-specific research. It's a useful way to understand the firm, its competitors...
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    Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic

    Hey everyone :) To help the commercial awareness side of things, we had an idea. Each week we'll be taking in suggestions for a commercial awareness article. A maximum of 4 topics will get put into a poll which you can then vote on. We'll then write an article on the highest voted topic. To...
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    Post your suggestions here

    Hey everyone, I'll be updating you guys on these forums so you can see what we're working on a the moment. A few of you have made suggestions already, and that's been super helpful. I'd like to stress that the purpose of this site is to help you guys get into the top corporate law firms. We've...

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