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  1. Jaysen

    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    Thought it might be helpful to have an updated thread that lists law firm interview/open day/vacation scheme cancellations/changes in one place. Please note, these are all student reported and shouldn't be taken as definitive. Open Days Allen & Overy (March 2020) - Cancelled and Replaced with...
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    £5 Amazon Gift Cards - Share Your Recent Interview Experiences!

    Hi All, If you've had a recent interview or assessment centre, we're giving away £5 Amazon Gift Cards for every interview experience you share! To register your interest, please fill out this short form. We'll contact you for the next steps. We'll then be posting the interview experiences in...
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    King & Spalding Vacation Scheme Interview 2020

    King & Spalding Vacation Scheme Interview 2020 By Anonymous 1. Presentation + interview (30 minutes for both) The presentation was to be prepared ahead of AC (one week notice) with the presentation handouts (if any) to be sent to the grad team two days before the AC. We were asked to prepare...
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    Clifford Chance Vacation Scheme Interview 2020

    Thanks to this anonymous candidate who shared this detailed insight. Tough questions here! If anything, this reflects the importance of staying up to date with topical news stories and reading around a topic (particularly here with Thomas Cook and CVA related questions). Clifford Chance...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hi All, I've locked the last thread since it has now reached 300 pages. Feel free to use this thread to chat about applications, interviews and anything in between. Wishing you the best of luck this year! Jaysen
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    What law firm talks have you found useful?

    Hi All, For our next round of courses, we're looking to get associates and partners involved in teaching you guys about different practice areas within a firm, the challenges facing the legal industry etc. I'm keen on seeing if any of you have any recommendations - Have you been to a law firm...
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    Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020

    Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020 Many thanks to this candidate for generously sharing her experiences! HSF Spring Vacation Scheme AC Generally, it was not as stressful as so many people described it to be (which was getting me really worried). Everyone was really...
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    Macfarlanes Training Contract Assessment Centre 2019

    Macfarlanes Training Contract Assessment Centre 2019 - Anonymous Application: Training Contract Macfarlanes AC Overview Macfarlanes typically hold 1 AC per month for the TC after the milk-round season. My AC had around 8-10 people but I've heard that other people had around 12-15+. Don't be...
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    Travers Smith Summer Vacation Scheme 2019

    Travers Smith Summer Vacation Scheme 2019 - Anonymous Travers Smith Interview Process: I was interviewed by a Partner. Usually, the firm will let you know who is interviewing you. There's no HR component like in other firms so you only have the one interviewer. My interview largely consisted...
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    Hogan Lovells Assessment Centre 2020

    Hogan Lovells Summer Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre - January 2020 - anonymous The first part of the day is a Watson Glaser retake. I found this part generally alright. Just be confident! You passed it once to get here you’ll get through it again. Next is 15 minutes to read over the case...
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    Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020

    Herbert Smith Freehills Assessment Centre 2020 - Anonymous There were 7 of us at the assessment centre in total. We were taken to a holding room where the graduate recruiter explained what to expect on the day at around 9:30am. A partner also came to speak to us. She provided an overview of...
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    The Financial Crisis Guide

    Our star writer Ginevra Bizzarri is back! This time she breaks down one of the hardest, most complex commercial awareness topics out there: the global financial crisis, all in an easy-to-understand manner. You'll learn: - The role played by banks, governments and regulators leading up to the...
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    CMS Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020

    CMS Training Contract Assessment Centre 2019 - Anonymous Assessment Centre: Activity 1 – Written Exercise 1 hour to read a bundle of information and write a summary with your suggestions. My scenario was advising a fictional oil/gas company on whether or not to invest into a fictional African...
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    Dentons Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020

    Dentons Training Contract Interview 2019 - Anonymous HR Interview: 45min-1hour This was done on a separate day and was the round before the assessment centre. Essentially it took the place of a video/telephone interview but in much more depth. Questions mainly revolved around standard...
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    DLA Piper Summer Vacation Scheme 2020

    DLA Piper Summer Vacation Scheme 2020 - anonymous 1. Group Exercise The day started off with the group exercise. I was in a group of 6 (including myself). We had 15 minutes to read a pack of information which included 6 different issues. You want to try and form opinions on all 6 issues because...
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    CMS Academy 2020 Assessment Centre

    CMS Academy 2020 AC - anonymous 1. Case Study and Interview You are given preparation time to read over a pack of information about whether a client should expand into an imaginary country. You have to essentially decide whether they should/shouldn't and why based on the given information. You...
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    Macfarlanes 2021 Training Contract Assessment Centre

    Macfarlanes 2021 Training Contract Assessment Centre (anonymous) 1. In-tray exercise The intray was something very hard to prepare for and specific commercial knowledge isn't actually required. The task requires you to read over information (3 different sets) in the preparation time and then go...
  18. Jaysen

    Server 503 issues

    Hi All, I know many of you are facing a 503 error at the moment when trying to access TCLA* (usually accompanied by a message noting capacity/maintenance work). I really apologise for the inconvenience here - it doesn’t reflect well on us! Unfortunately we didn’t anticipate this amount of...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - January 2020

    Hi All, Welcome to our first commercial update of the year! California Consumer Privacy Act (By Rachel Strickland) The Story The controversial California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into effect on 1st January 2020 and aims to protect consumers in California from data privacy...
  20. Jaysen

    Shearman & Sterling Vacation Scheme Deadlines

    Hi All, Just a heads up, the Spring & Summer vacation scheme deadline for Shearman & Sterling is the 19th January 2020. From the firm's recruitment page: Our vacation schemes are the perfect way to gain an insight into life at Shearman & Sterling. The scheme will see you experience two...

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