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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
Law Firms in the COVID-19 crisis From this week, TCLA is introducing a new feature to the newsletter: an update on the steps being taken each week by City firms during the COVID-19 crisis. We hope to provide updates on how individual law firms are seeking to counter the likely financial impacts...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
Primark Bags Deal to Pay Manufacturers By @Lauren2 The Story Fashion retailer, Primark, faced widespread media criticism in recent weeks after refusing to pay suppliers for orders which were in production or transit at the time when the COVID-19 crisis began. A deal has now been struck to...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
Hi All, I'm delighted to announce a new member of our commercial writers' team - Lauren Counsell (@Lauren2)!. Please see below the updates for this week (Wednesday 22 April 2020): Amazon Delivers Deliveroo Lifeline By @Curtley Bale The Story In a surprising U-turn, the UK’s competition...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Video interviews - tips and tricks
To also add to the above, so many candidates struggle with video interviews because of a lack of practice. Just like anything, if you've never practiced it before, you'll likely struggle with timing, feel nervous and lack composure. If you want to get 'good' at video interviews - or at least...- Jaysen
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App Question: Explain a recent news story and how it impacts either a firm or the legal industry in
As has been said above: Choose a topic you have a genuine interest in as this will show in your answer. Make sure your answer is 100% relevant to the question being asked. In other words, if the question asks you to discuss the impact of a story on a particular firm, don't discuss the impact...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Video interviews - tips and tricks
Links below to Jess's video interview advice so we can have it all in one place.- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Just to add to this, Hogan Lovells recently confirmed to a candidate that it wasn't a 'majority' that were offered TCs. I just want to highlight the importance of questioning whether the information you read on these sites is all true, especially where it's user-reported or supposedly 'coming...- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
Thought we'd also share Week 9 of TCLA's Weekly Report for free this week!- Jaysen
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Law Firm Insight: Freshfields
Not yet I’m afraid!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Inspiration!
In case anyone finds it useful, Harvard has listed 67 online courses for free: https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free. I spotted a few law ones there (although likely US-centric).- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Had a couple of people reach out after being upset by this. Just a few thoughts: 1. If you weren't one of the people who were offered a training contract, that's going to feel really tough (particularly because I believe some learned that it was a 'majority' through Legal Cheek). It's...- Jaysen
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Office Hours: Want to chat about your applications?
Will drop you a PM tomorrow!- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
COP26 has been postponed (by @Rachel S) The Story: COP26, the United Nation’s annual climate change conference, scheduled to be hosted in Glasgow this November has been postponed until 2021. Environmentalists may be disappointed in the delay, however, with governments struggling to weather the...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update April 2020
Welcome to the second update of April! The articles this week: @Jiraiya - SoftBank abandons WeWork Buyout @Curtley Bale - Barclays set out climate change goals @Alice Manners - Retailer’s refusal to pay rent @Rachel S - COP26 has been postponed @Sairah - Threat to Pension Funds Market...- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Hi All, This only applies to a small minority of people, but just a quick note: One of the great things about this forum is how candidates will often share insights/experiences to help other candidates. Now, while there's nothing wrong with messaging a candidate privately after they post...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Virtual Opportunities With Law Firms - Updated List!
Thanks guys, list has been updated. Keep them coming!- Jaysen
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CV templates
I attach my old one in template form, and a PDF so you can see how it looks in practice. Feel free to adapt - there's some flexibility with CV design provided it looks professional and is clear to read. As @Jessica Booker pointed out, just make sure the dashes between the dates are consistent!- Jaysen
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The Quarantine Revision Thread 2020
If you don't want to look at this thread, you don't need to look at it. It's a great thread idea.- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion