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How on earth do some people have 3 TC offers and further Vac Schemes lined up?
- a 2:1 or above - some form of legal work experience (or just a prior vacation scheme) - a high level of commercial awareness - strong application/interview technique- Jaysen
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How on earth do some people have 3 TC offers and further Vac Schemes lined up?
I have in mind three people who secured 4+ training contract offers. If I had to sum up a quality those candidates have, I'd say that in addition to everything you'd expect, they were very personable and had a lot of charisma. In other words, they could build a rapport with the person they were...- Jaysen
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Brilliant news, well done!- Jaysen
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#2 The Legal Profession This Week - New Entrants To Legal Education
#2 The Legal Profession This Week - Flexible Working For Law Firms By Violet O'Gorman Law firm Clifford Chance has recently been inviting real estate agent pitches in a bid “to rethink its property strategy ahead of its City lease end” (The Lawyer). On 23 February 2021, The Lawyer...- Jaysen
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#2 The Legal Profession This Week - New Entrants To Legal Education
This thread is for the general discussion of the Article #2 The Legal Profession This Week - New Entrants To Legal Education. Please add to the discussion here.- Jaysen
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#1 The Legal Profession This Week - Flexible Working For Law Firms
This thread is for the general discussion of the Article #1 The Legal Profession This Week - Flexible Working For Law Firms. Please add to the discussion here.- Jaysen
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I think this is so key. Most applicants start off by taking inspiration from other successful applicants. Do this too much and it often leads to answers that aren't 'bad', but they're unremarkable and impersonal. The answers end up sounding like everyone else's, and when a firm can only select a...- Jaysen
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Have you had anyone review your applications?- Jaysen
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
I'd just focus on the positives of the particular office you are applying to (rather than the negatives of the other ones).- Jaysen
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I never know what to expect when I check in on this thread- Jaysen
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Not at all - you'll be very interesting at interview. One of our members I got to know fairly well was actually a former detective who recently secured a TC with a magic circle firm. Just be very clear as to why you made the decision to change and move into commercial law. It's completely fine...- Jaysen
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Well done Sam!- Jaysen
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
a I've mentioned this a couple of times but turning off LinkedIn notifications has been amazing for me. It stops the mindless scrolling when I can't think of anything better to do.- Jaysen
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Here you go! https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/video-interviews-tips-and-tricks.2324/#post-27817str- Jaysen
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Fun fact: This thread now has 1 million page views :)- Jaysen
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With the stories you have been following for a while, have any in particular stood out to you? A story that you enjoyed reading and following? That would be my starting point. My approach would be to read as many related news stories as I can about the topic. For example, I would click through...- Jaysen
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This is very inspirational, thank you so much for sharing! Would you be okay if we feature this post in our newsletter? You should be very proud of how you stayed persevering after multiple cycles.- Jaysen
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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
Hey guys, Just to let you know that the forum team is running a new commercial discussion each week. Every weekend, they'll pick a new topic to discuss and anyone is open to ask questions/share their thoughts. This will be based on a story in the commercial newsletter. The idea is to help...- Jaysen
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Post your rejections/interviews/offers!
Completely optional to post here, but I thought it would be interesting to get a sense of how everyone is doing? Hopefully, it'll show that even the very successful candidates have still had to deal with a number of rejections. I think @macbeth's formatting is great, so feel free to follow the...- Jaysen
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