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How do you 'network'?
Great advice. I'd add that it helps to see networking as a way of genuinely getting to know people. I think that goes a long way and it makes it much more enjoyable.- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Welcome! Introduce yourself here :)
Hey guys, welcome to the site :). I'm Jaysen, the founder of The Corporate Law Academy. I did my undergrad in law at LSE and the LLM at Cambridge where I specialised in corporate law. Before starting the site, I was a trainee at Weil Gotshal & Manges. Interesting fact: I have a (giant)...- Jaysen
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Magic circle v US law firms?
Hmm the magic circle law firms are very different from each other (same with the US firms). This'll be clearer to see when our insights page is up. But if I could generalise, I'd say US firms have: less formal training and more on-the-job training fewer trainees compared to the magic circle law...- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Jones Day
Hey Jess, I actually just responded to someone on TSR with this question! I'll copy over my thoughts: "I'll qualify all of the advice I'm about to give by saying things may have changed since! So first I’ll start with the assessments: Business Discussion: They sent us the first assessment a...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask me anything: Trainee at Morrison & Foerster
Hang on guys, he will be joining us soon :)- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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What's the hardest interview question you've ever had?
I used to find that tough too. The way I used to approach it was to choose a handful of similar firms that I'd also applied to. That way if they asked why, I could justify my reasons.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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What's the hardest interview question you've ever had?
I think I know which firm that was! Mine was "what energises you?".- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Ask me anything: Trainee at Morrison & Foerster
Hi all, Each week we run an ask me anything thread featuring a trainee/associate/partner at a City law firm. Today I'd like to welcome Rayhaan Vankalwala, a current trainee at US firm Morrison & Foerster. He has kindly offered to answer any of your questions this week, so feel free to ask him...- Jaysen
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My successful training contract application to Allen & Overy
Hey guys, A bunch of you mentioned you'd like to see an example of a successful application. I attach images of my training contract application to Allen & Overy. There's quite a number of things I'd change now, but I hope it helps you work out whether you're going in the right direction. It's...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion