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Mock Interviews - future trainees and TCLA
Hi Camilla - for which mock interview service? We generally ask for as much notice as possible, but always feel free to PM me and we can see if we can fit you in.- Jaysen
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Mock Interviews - future trainees and TCLA
Hi All, As we're back to the training contract cycle, by way of reminder - you can book mock interviews with future trainees and/or myself over here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/mock-interview/. The future trainees are all either heading to magic circle firms or US firms. An...- Jaysen
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Law Firms' Mergers
I can't say I know much about the firm but from The Lawyer: "Further Manchester expansion came in 2013 through the bolt-on of George Davies, while in 2017 the firm bulked up significantly in London through a merger with Maxwell Winward, which had a strong real estate and construction practice...- Jaysen
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Ask Me Anything: Future Trainee at Reed Smith
Hey, the link should be available now, let me know if there are any issues.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Application question
That's definitely a very broadly phrased question. I think that's the point though, the kind of event you choose (and your reasons why) tells them something about your personality. The event doesn't necessarily need to be life-changing and there's no 'right' answer to this question, but I would...- Jaysen
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Why are you better than other candidates
That's absolutely fine, your experience as a chemical/process engineer sounds like you have some excellent USPs and should make you stand out. It's all about how you go about pitching your experiences!- Jaysen
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Why are you better than other candidates
That's a great point and something I should have addressed in my first answer. When you look at your variety of experiences, ideally you do want to identify your most unique selling points. For example: Do you have more legal work experience than most candidates? Do your experiences give you a...- Jaysen
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Why are you better than other candidates
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting! OK, so if we think about this from a recruiter's perspective, they receive thousands of applications and need to be pretty ruthless about deciding which candidates get invited to interview. This question is basically an opportunity for candidates to...- Jaysen
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Introducing our Video Interview Simulator
Introducing our Video Interview Simulator! We've been working on a solution to help candidates better prepare for video interviews. \ Introducing our video interview simulator: It's the same software that many law firm use to filter candidates You'll be asked questions, adapted from real...- Jaysen
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Can your work history overlap with the Positions of Responsibility?
Yep that's fine!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2019!
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's commercial news update. Happy reading! Commercial News Update: 24th July 2019 Topics covered this week are: Second-Quarter Reports of US Investment Banks (by @Sara Moon) Netflix and the Streaming Wars (by @Jaysen) 1. Second-quarter reports of US...- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
Some further advice from another future trainee! 1. The questions on those things are relatively standard across the board. Concerning three types generally: motivational questions, competency based questions and commercial awareness questions. As such applicants should be astute to those areas...- Jaysen
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Baker Mckenzie VI
You may find this post helpful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/hearing-back-from-firms-ac-interview-tips-share-2018.709/page-99#post-10981- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
That's terrible. A few firms are really bad at notifying candidates before they actually apply...- Jaysen
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DWF VI
In addition to Camilla's excellent advice, a future DWF trainee has kindly offered to give you advice. If you message him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayaz-saboor-35496a93?originalSubdomain=uk (and tell him you're from TCLA), he'll be happy to help.- Jaysen
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The UK Parliament votes on Brexit - Tuesday 15 January 2018 - 7pm
Boris Johnson was just elected the new leader of the Conservative Party. He is now the UK's prime minister.- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
A future trainee at the firm said she couldn't give specific details about the VI but said the following: 1) Ensure you've picked an appropriate and quiet environment. You should be free from distractions in that room so try to make sure all sounds from your computer and phone are switched off...- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
I've reached out to a few people about the video interview. Will let you know if I hear back!- Jaysen
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BCLP Assessment Centre Guidance
Arun, you may find these threads helpful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/bclp-assessment-centre.1434/ and https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/winter-vacation-scheme-2018-thread.571/page-8#post-4863- Jaysen
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