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Ashurst Interview
When was your Ashurst interview? January 2018 What was it for? Ahead with Ashurst (first year scheme) Please describe the Ashurst interview process. There were 3 parts to the interview process: Written exercise - 1 hour to read several articles and formulate an argument where you had to...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Freshfields Interview
When was your Freshfields interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Freshfields. There was a very clear structure for the assessment centre, and this was laid out to us very clearly in the invitation email. There were no surprises on...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Clyde & Co Interview
When was your Clyde & Co interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Clyde & Co. I attended an assessment centre at Clyde & Co's office in London. There were two slots to choose from (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) on...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Osborne Clarke Interview
When was your Osborne Clarke interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Osborne Clarke. The assessment centre took place over a full day. It was a friendly and relaxed environment. There were approximately 25 people attending; I think...- Jaysen
- Post #3
- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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TLT Interview
When was your TLT interview? April 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme & TC Please describe the interview process at TLT. Assessment Day: Commercial letter writing exercise (45 mins) three person team exercise (20-30 minutes pitching a law firm you created with your team with some...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Burges Salmon Interview
When was your Burges Salmon interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Burges Salmon. There was an assessment day at their office in Bristol. It was the longest assessment centre that I have attended, and there were quite a few...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Travers Smith Interview
When was your Travers Smith interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Travers Smith. A partner interviewed multiple applicants at my University. The interview lasted around 30 minutes and it felt very relaxed. For all of the firms...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Just a quick update, we've now included salaries for all the law firms on the insights page: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/insights/allen-overy-2/. Thanks @Jonty for the suggestion!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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How much of it is about application technique?
Just FYI it wasn't all one way up. There were countless rejections before and during those interviews, so I know how rubbish they can feel. Especially when you think you did a good job on the app/in the interview. That's true of all the trainees I know - there's always a string of rejections...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
I can see A&O doing this – they seem to be very open minded in the way they run their business – but for the more traditional UK firms and many of the US firms, I’d be surprised if the more senior lawyers were open to it. I can see them being worried about their competitiveness, especially as...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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How much of it is about application technique?
I don't mind sharing - I secured 13 interviews and I attended 10 of them.- Jaysen
- Post #7
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Legal Cheek's Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Brilliant insights, Jonty, thank you for taking the time to share this. Apologies in advance for the many questions, there’s so much good content in there! Interesting that Fuse are interested in using tech to improve work/life balance. If that happens, that’ll be a real breakthrough – I think...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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How much of it is about application technique?
^ Exactly this, great advice. In my first round of applications, I received many rejections. I just assumed it was because I wasn't qualified enough. After that, I spent a very long time improving the quality of my applications and learning about application technique. In my second round of...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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What courses would you like to see?
Our application course will be the first to come out (and soon!). We're distilling the comments we've made on many hundreds of app forms over the years, with practical examples to show you the most common pitfalls and how to make your applications stand out. Some of the topics include: The...- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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White & Case
Our application course will be out soon, so in time for your applications :)!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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How to find the competitors of the law firms?
I'm glad! It depends on how the question is phrased. For example, I know Reed Smith asks students to state who their competitors are and how Reed Smith differentiates itself from those competitors. For that question, I'd limit the answer to a couple of competitors - one paragraph per firm -...- Jaysen
- Post #8
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Mental health for lawyers: the impact of long working hours
I would recommend it, although as I'm sure you know, the property prices are very high! It depends. If I was there late, it was usually because there was a closing or an urgent deadline coming up. If there was still stuff to do, then I'd come in normal time. If it was all done, I'd be told I...- Jaysen
- Post #10
- Forum: General Discussion
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What courses would you like to see?
Hey everyone, You may have seen the email we sent round recently. We're developing a series of mini-courses to help you practice for interviews and case studies, and learn about commercial law and business. I'm keen to hear what content you'd like to see so I've created an anonymous poll...- Jaysen
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Mental health for lawyers: the impact of long working hours
It was quite variable. On average, I would start at 9am and end at 8/9pm. Some days I'd end a bit earlier (7pm) and some later (3am). It helped to see it as a team effort - it wasn't just me working late some days, but my supervisor and other trainees were also doing their best to get things...- Jaysen
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion
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Video Interview help
Good point. In fact, it may be better to assume that you have no time to prepare in between, just in case you don't. Then if you do, it's a bonus.- Jaysen
- Post #9
- Forum: Interviews Discussion