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  1. Jaysen

    Vacation Scheme 2018-19

    Welcome all. We will also use this forum to post advice and resources to help you with your VS applications this cycle. Good luck!
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    Vacation Scheme Work Log

    Hi All, Here's a fillable PDF we designed for you to use on your vacation schemes so you can keep track of your work each day. It's also handy for the final TC interview -- often you'll often be asked questions about what work you did each week. Click on the image to be taken to the PDF.
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    Mentioning the names of previous firms in your answers?

    Agreed. Definitely worth highlighting your vac schemes -- it makes you a more competitive candidate.
  4. Jaysen

    Watson Glaser Test Tips

    I used to get so happy when the same question popped up again in a different test!
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    Watson Glaser Test Tips

    Agreed with Selma. That's one of the biggest reasons you should practice a lot first. Take the time to get used to the style of questions so that you can be quicker on the real thing.
  6. Jaysen

    Herbert Smith Freehills Online Assessment?

    Do they still do the logical/shapes test? I hated that...
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    Watson Glaser Test Tips

    This is great @yanerlim, thank you for sharing. I did try to get some Watson Glaser practice tests for TCLA at one point, but they aren't cheap! My advice for this and the verbal reasoning test would be to a) practice as much as you can so you get used to the style of questions; and b) use...
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    Want to request a law firm insight?

    Hey -- we don't have any existing plans to release the new insights to all members.
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    Are you an SEO London candidate?

    Hi All, Just a quick note to say if you are an SEO London candidate, you should join their group: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/groups/seo-london.6/groupinfo. SEO London staff will be posting regularly within the group with law firm events and opportunities over the upcoming...
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    Commercial Awareness Class 2: The Trade War between the US and China

    Hi All, Thank you to those of you who attended my commercial awareness classes this weekend. I enjoyed meeting many of you. On Sunday, 30 September and Monday, 1 October. I will be running commercial awareness classes for our second topic. The topic will be the US and China trade war. I've...
  11. Jaysen

    Introducing TCLA Premium and Commercial Awareness Classes

    I will message you.
  12. Jaysen

    CMS application

    In case you have already drafted an answer -- your approach may not be wrong. The question is intentionally broad, so you can have alternative interpretations of the question e.g. what drives legal markets etc.
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    Open day application

    Is it a generic open day or a practice area specific open day?
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    Introducing TCLA Premium and Commercial Awareness Classes

    Slides for our private equity classes this weekend are being prepared!
  15. Jaysen

    Abbreviating firm names

    This is good advice. I would first check if the firm or legal news sites commonly use an abbreviation. If yes, make it clear as @Lawgirlxo said-- brackets or quotation markets or both. And if the firm has said they don't like abbreviations, definitely avoid it! I think in Norton Rose's case...
  16. Jaysen

    Poll - What aspects of the TCLA do you find helpful?

    Thanks all. The feedback we get helps us work out what to work on and what would be most useful for you guys.
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    Poll - Would an interactive discussion, comparing a good v bad application, be of interest?

    Thanks Selma. In our application review session, we could also offer the following: A mock answer review- you submit a mock answer to a question in advance of the session for feedback. Examples of good and bad answers to all of the most common application questions: why law/why this...
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    Introducing TCLA Premium and Commercial Awareness Classes

    A preview of our latest case study for TCLA Premium members - Trump's Tariffs and the Chinese Trade War:
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    CMS application

    I believe the question is intentionally broad. They want you to work out what you think they mean by the business of law, and then explain its drivers. I'm not convinced there is a "right" answer here, unless you go very off topic. @AJ has said the business of law could mean law firms, which I...
  20. Jaysen

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Application Questions

    Good knowledge!

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