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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Will drop you a PM tomorrow! Generally, we'll be uploading our webinars to our premium section for anyone who missed out.- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Really good article - I'm not so familiar with Robinhood but think more candidates should be taught the basics of savings and passive investing, especially for when you guys go onto become lawyers.- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
It's a great question and I think you're right here. I'd say that the LTA is useful for the time being, but I imagine it'll be less relevant for many companies once the legislation is introduced (although there might still be some merit in opting for an LTA). That said, I still think it's fine...- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Hey guys, You may have seen that we're running a webinar with Shearman & Sterling on Wednesday at 11am: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3EIkbhGZSg6LI4J4blx1DQ. Delighted to see we have over 750 registrations so far! If anyone has had a virtual interview/vacation scheme, it would...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Okay great I'm glad! That should be plenty for interviews, but I'd just flag that there's a fair bit I'd improve on now (I wrote it some time ago). I'll be circulating a new one in the near future!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Hmm I'm trying to remember! Was it a link to an external site? And do you remember if it was general M&A or a private equity transaction?- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
I definitely felt the same way when I posted on TSR! Am very grateful to this community too - you guys are always so supportive of each other, which makes our job easy. We definitely have some work to do still to do here, especially in terms of community rules/improving the forum, but as we...- Jaysen
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Application review - BCLP
Hey Sarah - as you’re one of our scholarship candidates, you can just email this to [email protected]. I’ll aim to have this back to you by tomorrow evening!- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Hey guys, Just to flag that every Thursday we're doing a weekly commercial awareness Q&A via our Instagram stories. Each week we pose a real/fictional commercial scenario and invite your participation. You can check out this week's one above on corporate insolvency!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Many of you will know this already but YouTube can often be brilliant for learning new commercial concepts. A couple of excellent examples: Would be curious to hear if anyone else has any recommended videos?- Jaysen
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Application question help!
You can take this one in lots of different directions as long as you are clearly identifying something that didn't turn out as expected! Most WB applications I've seen discuss an unexpected situation that arose and the applicant will go on to explain how they adapted to that situation and/or...- Jaysen
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Covid-19’s Impact on the Energy Industry
Those of you who have read our guides before will know that we're a big fan of long-form guides. We love really diving deep into a topic and breaking down its history, the surrounding issues and why it's relevant today. With that in mind, we're absolutely delighted to publish this article from...- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Looks similar to what happened during the financial crisis: https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/06/dla-piper-offers-future-trainees-10000-to-delay-tc-start-dates-by-a-year/- Jaysen
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Ask Jaysen (TCLA's Founder) Anything!
Good question, so this has been a very long time coming. Initially this was supposed to be part of a 'shop' system where candidates are rewarded for posts, but I've had to push this back a number of times because each time it has proved harder to implement than I imagined. We're very likely to...- Jaysen
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Facebook Shops
With stories like this, there isn't necessarily a direct link to law firms. If you are asked this question, you might want to draw on the broader implications of Facebook's serious investment into e-commerce and think about a connection to law firms in this way. For example, this could be...- Jaysen
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Facebook Shops
What thoughts do you have on this so far? And why are you trying to make the link between the two?- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Twitter seems to have doubled down, hiding a tweet by Donald Trump for 'glorifying violence' (BBC). It's going to be very interesting to watch how this plays out!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Pretty shocking (but possibly unsurprising) news today that Trump is to sign an executive order targeting social media companies (BBC). Yesterday he threatened to strongly regulate or shut down social media platforms after Twitter added a fact-check link on some of his tweets. Those of you who...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Drive for Jaguar Land Rover to Secure Support Package By @Flora R The Story It has been announced that Jaguar Land Rover (‘JLR’) has entered talks with the UK government to receive a £1bn loan, the largest sought during the COVID-19 crisis, to date. JLR has publicly stated that the pandemic...- Jaysen
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