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    Candidate comments: Here's my successful Womble Bond Dickinson application for a 2022 TC - I'd definitely change some parts of it now, most importantly cutting out overused buzzwords such as "self-starter," but it got me through to the AC stage (although they've delayed their AC because of...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

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    White & Case 9

    For: Vacation Scheme Date applied: 1/14/2020 Stage reached: Training Contract Offer When did you hear back: 1/28/2020 Dear Graduate Recruitment Team, I am a third-year History undergraduate at the University of York. Becoming a commercial solicitor excites me because of the intellectual rigor...
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    For: Vacation Scheme Date applied: 11/29/2018 Stage reached: Interview/Assessment Centre When did you hear back: 1/24/2019
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    White & Case 7

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    Covering Letter Dear Graduate Resourcing & Development Team, Please accept this letter in support of my application for a place on White & Case’s vacation scheme. I am an inquisitive self-starter drawn to theproactive nature of the work of a commercial lawyer. Negotiating debt repayment plans...
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    Dear Graduate Recruitment, As a penultimate-year student at Durham University, I am writing to apply for a place on the 2019 Spring Vacation Scheme. I undertook an internship at a local law firm in Taipei before university, in which I shadowed attorneys to both client meetings and court. The...
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    For: Vacation Scheme Date applied: 1/13/2020 Stage reached: Video Interview (if non-automatic) When did you hear back: 1/16/2020 Outside of employment or work experience, please tell us about any positions of responsibility you have held which you would like to highlight. 250 At university, I...
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    For: Training Contract Date applied: 7/30/2019 Stage reached: Interview/Assessment Centre When did you hear back: 9/12/2019 Trowers and Hamlins - 30th July Who are our main competitors and specifically demonstrate how we differentiate from the firms you name. (250 words) Trowers & Hamlins is...
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    Travers Smith 7

    For: Training Contract Date applied: 7/30/2019 Stage reached: Training Contract Offer When did you hear back: 11/7/2019 Travers Smith TC App Cover Letter 10 Snow Hill London EC1A 2AL Date: 30th July 2019 Dear Ms VanGeyzel, I am a penultimate law student at the University of Oxford and am...

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