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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

A good snapshot of the recent antitrust hearings with the Big Tech firms: If anyone watched this, would be curious to hear you felt the different tech founders held up!
- Jaysen
- Post #160
- Aug 3, 2020
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
General, Commercial Stories themes for AC discussion

Here's a few additional commercial topics I’ve seen come up in interviews recently (late 2019 - 2020). Many of these are firm specific: - The regulation of big tech firms (competition concerns/whether social media should be better regulated etc.) - Recent companies entering...
- Jaysen
- Post #4
- Aug 3, 2020
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

This is so nice to read, well done!
- Jaysen
- Post #3,228
- Aug 1, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

This is really tough - I just want to give a quick shoutout to both of you for being so open about your experiences. Right now, I think social media can really distort the training contract journey. Because people generally only post their successes, it can give the impression that everyone...
- Jaysen
- Post #3,161
- Jul 29, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

Nope, I wouldn't just focus on your academics here, it can be any of those things suggested. You don't have to put something for each of those suggestions either, so if there's nothing relevant to mention about your position in your cohort, you don't have to say anything about this here. (It's...
- Jaysen
- Post #3,155
- Jul 29, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

So happy for you, well done!
- Jaysen
- Post #3,131
- Jul 29, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
Application Help - Trowers

Personally I would try to steer away from mentioning experiences you've already discussed anywhere in the application. With the point about showing how your work experiences demonstrate your character, I would question why you can't just include the information within the work experience section...
- Jaysen
- Post #2
- Jul 28, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

So so happy for you!
- Jaysen
- Post #3,076
- Jul 28, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

Well done!!
- Jaysen
- Post #3,058
- Jul 28, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
Ask a future MC Trainee (international applicant) anything

This is such a brilliant idea Carina, thank you!
- Jaysen
- Post #2
- Jul 25, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
Linklaters Interview 2019 - 2020

Thank you to this recent successful candidate who shared their experience of the Linklaters vacation scheme interview/assessment day and vacation scheme: Vacation Scheme Interview/Assessment day The assessment day consisted of 3 main parts: an HR interview, a case study & eTray exercise, and a...
- Jaysen
- Post #3
- Jul 25, 2020
- Forum: Interview Experiences 2019 - 2020 Cycle
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

This has made my day! So happy for you, well done :)
- Jaysen
- Post #2,990
- Jul 24, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

Incredible news and a huge well done to you! Clearly a credit to the hard work you've put into this process.
- Jaysen
- Post #2,922
- Jul 22, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

I'd give them a call.
- Jaysen
- Post #2,869
- Jul 21, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

Expecting to see plenty more redundancies/insolvencies coming soon, especially as the furlough scheme is phased out.
- Jaysen
- Post #154
- Jul 9, 2020
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
Submitting a last minute application. Will it be considered?

Here's the one from @Paul - Shearman & Sterling!
- Jaysen
- Post #11
- Jul 9, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
General Discussion Thread 2020-21

Interesting to see Clifford Chance have replaced their 2021 vacation scheme with a virtual internship, open to all: https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/07/clifford-chance-teams-up-with-york-university-to-launch-virtual-work-experience-programme/.
- Jaysen
- Post #2,625
- Jul 7, 2020
- Forum: Applications Discussion
Virtual Vacation Schemes - Top Tips

A huge thank you to this candidate who shared this advice after completing Weil's virtual vacation scheme: General Tips Be yourself. Vacation schemes are about the firm seeing if they would want to work with you but also for you to see if you would want to work at the firm. Neither assessment...
- Jaysen
- Thread
- Jul 6, 2020
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
Advice/Tips on CVs & Applications from Trainees

Welcome back to the forum @Sandrou!
- Jaysen
- Post #2
- Jul 4, 2020
- Forum: General Discussion
New to The Corporate Law Academy? Start Here

Thanks Yashna, welcome to the forum :)
- Jaysen
- Post #7
- Jul 2, 2020
- Forum: General Discussion

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