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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Take it as an opportunity to learn. Look at your previous app and see what went wrong. Make plan to kill the next cycle
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Is anyone interested in buddying up?! I would like to motivate each other for this cycle and also share opinions on our own apps. DM me and let me know!
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    Commercial Awareness - Podcast Thread

    Thank you very much for your help guys. I really appreciate it
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    Allen & Overy "Introduce a new law" question for VS application

    Alice, thank you so much for your answer. I will start my research asap
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    Allen & Overy "Introduce a new law" question for VS application

    Hi @Jessica Booker and @Alice G Do you think that the new law should relate to a specific sector in which A&O is involved?
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    Commercial Awareness - Podcast Thread

    Hi Guys, I hope you are well and safe. I read the news everyday and I enjoy it. However, I always feel that I am missing something or that I do not have a good understanding. I find hard to describe the impact on law firms. For example, let's take a full service firm operating in multiple...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I took part in the law fair organised in September and I highly recommend it.
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    How to write mitigating circumstances?

    My two cents on this.. I used to be very detailed and also mention my disability. However, I had a chat with a former GR and I was told that I should be brief and not very detailed and do not mention my disability.
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hi Penelope, I cannot tell you what to do, but I can tell you what I have learnt. I have been working as a paralegal for a while and I believed that my experiences would make me a super candidate for a direct TC. However, I realised that firms hire mostly from their VS intake and it makes...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Has anyone secured a VS or a TC with Mishcon De Reya?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    You bring the beers and I bring the food!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Same..we can be rejection mates!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    HSF will run a virtual Winter VS
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    So I did not pass my interview for policy advisor..still applying for Civil service jobs tho. However, got long chats with my girlfriend and parents and I should still try for a training contracts. At the end of July, got rejected for AS Aspire but they invited me to events with inclusive...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Last year...they rejected me after 9 months. Uber slow
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    uuu..I can send you a couple of my colleagues..then you can write a book!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Sildey and Latham..but cannot be bothered and already deleted their respective folders. Sending my love to them!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Same..Now I can move on!!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    No darling. Happy happy birthday..try to enjoy your day!

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