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  1. Jacob Miller

    Free Month of TCLA Premium (Bronze) - Every Week From Monday!

    My winner for this week is @al2020 for THIS very detailed and considered post on the Freshfields AC. It's great to see a user so willing to take the time to write in great depth and genuinely help other candidates. Very well done!!
  2. Jacob Miller

    Goodbye, Fiat: Tesla’s Investment in Bitcoin

    Sorry it's taken me a while to add some thoughts to this discussion! Dheepa has included a lot of extremely interesting discussion and I substantively agree with what has been said. Note that I will use some jargon here, any jargon used is linked to a fuller definition. I'm coming at this from...
  3. Jacob Miller

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    In my experience, most CFAs also have a DBA element to them (this is having been a customer) - fees plus proportion of award relative to damages awarded.
  4. Jacob Miller

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    By my understanding, AFA's are basically a blanket term for any fee arrangement which is not a classic all-hours-billed or fixed fee model - for example, a client having an 'account' of X number of hours per year/ block hours discounted/ etc etc. Fixed Fee and AFA models will be far more...
  5. Jacob Miller

    Definitive Guide to Law Firm Case Studies! *Monday Article Series*

    Pleased you like them! I think @Jaysen or @Alice G might be best-placed to advise on where the case study resources are as I'm unsure of the access level they require.
  6. Jacob Miller

    Ask 3 future trainees (Magic & Silver Circle, International Elite) ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*

    Hi, thanks for reaching out. Congratulations on securing your interview! I would tend to say you're along the right lines with what you're prepping for. I would advise consulting my "Definitive Guide to Interviews" article on these topics - there's nothing else I can really add on the points...
  7. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    I'll (touchwood) have a Scots law degree by then and still have to do parts of the poxy GDL 🤦‍♂️ Ed: yes though if you know of others in our cohort then I would be more than happy to arrange a WhatsApp GC :)
  8. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    My gosh I'm popular here this evening! Yes I'm Scottish and I talk (and drink) like a Scot too :oops: Here are the articles in no particular order: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/definitive-guide-to-law-firm-interviews-monday-article-series.3286/...
  9. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    This would be a breach of rule 1.4 of the SRA Code of Conduct. (sorry it's taken me ages to reply btw I was in back to back meetings 3-8 and literally just had dinner lol)
  10. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Will be buying ASAP but probably need to rent for about a year first :(
  11. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Try not to think too much about this - LinkedIn is basically a (semi-)professional Instagram where people put up a highlight reel of their best bits. Take it with a pinch of salt, in the same way you would an Instagram feed where someone's life seems "perfect" but we all know it's very...
  12. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Also - completely off the beaten track of normal discussion, apologies - if anyone who uses this forum has a bit of knowledge/ experience on the London rental market, I'd massively appreciate if you wouldn't mind sliding into my DMs so I can pick your brains for a few minutes! Moving down in a...
  13. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Few folk heard from Travers as of this morning so I think they must be starting to send interview invites :)
  14. Jacob Miller

    Ask 3 future trainees (Magic & Silver Circle, International Elite) ANYTHING! *New TCLA Team Members*

    First off, congratulations on the interview! I would advise consulting my article on interviews, mainly because it's the biggest compendium of advice that I can really give! In terms of specific questions based on my experiences, I can't really provide a huge amount of information purely...
  15. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hi Dwight, It's challenging to say precisely where your commercial awareness needs to be in terms of specific stories. For me, CA was always a combination of being aware of general news and current affairs as well as how these affect or could affect law firms/ the firm you're at and how these...
  16. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Thank you for the kind words! Unfortunately these things happen and I just had to keep my head down and push through. Gave me some good answers for resilience questions though, every cloud... I think you're 100% doing the right thing here. Please feel free to DM me about if anything else crops...
  17. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Very challenging situation and I commend your response to this point. I can't say what you should do one way or the other; all I can say is what I'd personally do in the same circumstances. Personally, I wouldn't look to escalate things by 'turning them in' per se - it may be an offer they've...
  18. Jacob Miller

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    with 250 words I would write in full prose rather than bullet points, I tended to only go for bullet points when I had less than 100 words for answers :)
  19. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Same position, had my PGDL offer at Waterloo confirmed the other day. September 2021, @ me if you'll be in my intake! All I personally said in my personal statement was that I was applying with a TC and that this was where my firm wanted me to go, didn't write a proper statement per se :)
  20. Jacob Miller

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Doesn't come over badly at all! For what it's worth, this is actually quite a good conversion rate from 10 applications. For perspective, I was 12/13 apps, 3 ACs and 2 VSs which is roughly proportional to your experience. Conversion rates also vary massively by individual, some people will make...

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