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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Many of you will know this already but YouTube can often be brilliant for learning new commercial concepts. A couple of excellent examples: Would be curious to hear if anyone else has any recommended videos?- Jaysen
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Application question help!
You can take this one in lots of different directions as long as you are clearly identifying something that didn't turn out as expected! Most WB applications I've seen discuss an unexpected situation that arose and the applicant will go on to explain how they adapted to that situation and/or...- Jaysen
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Covid-19’s Impact on the Energy Industry
Those of you who have read our guides before will know that we're a big fan of long-form guides. We love really diving deep into a topic and breaking down its history, the surrounding issues and why it's relevant today. With that in mind, we're absolutely delighted to publish this article from...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Knowledge Articles
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Looks similar to what happened during the financial crisis: https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/06/dla-piper-offers-future-trainees-10000-to-delay-tc-start-dates-by-a-year/- Jaysen
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Ask Jaysen (TCLA's Founder) Anything!
Good question, so this has been a very long time coming. Initially this was supposed to be part of a 'shop' system where candidates are rewarded for posts, but I've had to push this back a number of times because each time it has proved harder to implement than I imagined. We're very likely to...- Jaysen
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Facebook Shops
With stories like this, there isn't necessarily a direct link to law firms. If you are asked this question, you might want to draw on the broader implications of Facebook's serious investment into e-commerce and think about a connection to law firms in this way. For example, this could be...- Jaysen
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Facebook Shops
What thoughts do you have on this so far? And why are you trying to make the link between the two?- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Twitter seems to have doubled down, hiding a tweet by Donald Trump for 'glorifying violence' (BBC). It's going to be very interesting to watch how this plays out!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Pretty shocking (but possibly unsurprising) news today that Trump is to sign an executive order targeting social media companies (BBC). Yesterday he threatened to strongly regulate or shut down social media platforms after Twitter added a fact-check link on some of his tweets. Those of you who...- Jaysen
- Post #21
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Drive for Jaguar Land Rover to Secure Support Package By @Flora R The Story It has been announced that Jaguar Land Rover (‘JLR’) has entered talks with the UK government to receive a £1bn loan, the largest sought during the COVID-19 crisis, to date. JLR has publicly stated that the pandemic...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - May 2020
Hi All, Please see below the updates for this week (Wednesday 27 May 2020). Many thanks to our team of writers once again this week! Exam ‘Bitesize’ Commercial Awareness We realise that many of you are in the midst of exams, so this week we have summarised several of the week’s top new...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Great example of topic that is both legal and commercial! A few more stories: The car rental company Hertz has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US (BBC). It's one of many businesses falling into insolvency procedures during the current pandemic. The UK government's Corporate...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
A couple of commercial stories that have caught my eye recently: US-China tensions have ramped up once again. The reasons range from Trump's criticism of China for 'covering up' the outbreak (BBC) to China's plan to impose a new security law in Hong Kong (BBC). There are also broader reasons at...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Hi All, In the run up to summer vacation schemes and training contract interviews, I thought it would be nice to have a thread to discuss ongoing commercial news stories. This thread is open to anyone to discuss anything interesting they found in the news and share articles. This will also...- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
List has now been updated to reflect all the posts since May. If anyone notices I've missed something out, feel free to let me know and I'll fix!- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Updated, thanks!- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Thanks!- Jaysen
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Coronavirus, Internships and Future Applications
I think it's great that you've identified this as an area to improve on. The next time you get a task (doesn't have to be work, it could be anything), you might want to try focusing on making it excellent. That'll probably take a while to start with, but over time you should find a closer...- Jaysen
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Just to flag, the candidate I spoke to about CMS said this: 'With regards to some comments/"myths" I read on that particular thread, we were provided with a list of the students taking part in the scheme because we've been divided into groups. There are 126 students for all of the firm's UK...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion