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17 Nov 2025
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1. Yes, I finished my LLB in the UK.
2. I have not started my LPC, choosing to do this instead. I am currently applying to jobs though.
3. I am a European citizen so, at least for now, I do not require a work permit.
I agree. Thanks for your opinion.
On an unrelated note, I am currently studying for the New York Bar. I wanted to ask you whether it is worth mentioning it in my applications. I have heard mixed opinions about doing the NY Bar. To some it seems like a good idea to add something different on...
That could be the case. Thank you for explaining the grad recruitment’s perspective of this. I bet it’s tough to deal with the different demands of the job. I guess what myself and other people on the scheme disliked was the lack of communication regarding the decision. It seemed to us that HR...
I understand your perspective and do agree that rules have to be bent to accommodate people’s needs. Maybe I did not fully make myself clear: I also told grad recruitment that I have a flight booked for the Saturday after the vac scheme (as the student actually did as well). I told them this at...
Hi Jessica,
I was part of a vacation scheme at a firm I won’t currently name in London the past summer. The firm had their selection process organised in a way that the pre-VS interview was only an HR interview, with the assessment centre being scattered through the VS, with test on the Thurs...
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