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UPDATE
This week’s reflection:
Made a finished draft for another winter vacation scheme and sent to a friend for review.
Submitted my application for an Open Day.
I wasn’t as consistent with my commercial awareness this week because work got so busy! I am planning to get back on track this...
UPDATE
The first application for this cycle has now been submitted🙌. Wow, upon reflection, this is the first time I have ever submitted an application this early.
I have made an Excel spreadsheet with all the law firms I will be targeting this cycle to keep myself organised and also hold...
Thank you @Jaysen that’s super helpful actually! So I won’t overwhelm myself with too much content all at once.
I have a follow up! I know that you have been working on the AI Watson Glaser platform! Is that out? Can I check it out?
I have basically ran out of practice tests I used the CC...
Project Commercial Awareness
While I prepare and mentally psych myself for this upcoming cycle, I will also document my commercial awareness journey.
I joined the TCLA Academy, and I will start my 15-minute read of the commercial news stories starting tomorrow morning.
Hi @Jaysen and @Ram...
Heya,
My name is Jasmine, I am a law graduate currently working as a Commercial Contracts Coordinator for a medical company.
I will now be entering into my either 5th application cycle. (😔😥)
I spent the last couple of weeks reflecting on my biggest problems and pitfalls which can be...
Any idea when we might hear back from W&C DTC? I am aware that they are reviewing applications on a rolling basis but I saw some VI invites being sent. 🙂
Amazing, thank you so much Andrei, I will be using Investopedia and I will also purchase the TCLA Academy course. When you were beginning your commercial awareness journey, did you have a specific process or routine? As I struggle consistency, I think I need to set up a routine to follow daily...
Thank you Amma for the detailed response! I am a currently subscribed to Little Law, and the Morning Brew! I started small by picking one article a week to analyse in detail. I will definitely start to create some sort of index with terminology just so I can understand everything better. My...
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