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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Updated to reflect Jones Day's postponed spring scheme.- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - March 2020
Interesting example of a tactic typically used to defend against hostile takeovers - Occidental is adopting a 'poison pill' plan to fend off against activist investor Carl Icahn: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/occidental-deploys-poison-pill-amid-icahn-effort-to-oust-board...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
Looks like the Slaughters first year open day is postponed (found on LinkedIn).- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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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...- Jaysen
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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...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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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...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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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...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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Linklaters Vacation Scheme Interview 2019
To add to the above, here is some further feedback from a recent successful candidate. She found the above the most accurate description of the day, but wanted to add: Be prepared for the day to follow a different order. For example, I did the case study first and then had the HR interview. I...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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Paralegal roles and other non TC/VS opportunities
Great idea!- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Sure, what would you like to know? Here’s the application review page: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/application-review-2/.- Jaysen
- Post #810
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
So so proud, you’ve helped so many people here - couldn’t think of someone more deserving!- Jaysen
- Post #670
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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BEST RESOURCES FOR BUILDING UP ON OUR COMMERCIAL AWARENESS: FROM SCRATCH
That's a good start and it's good you want to build up your knowledge here. If you want to understand how businesses and financial markets operate on a fundamental level, personally I'm a big fan of reading books (and long-form articles) - depending on what you want to learn more about...- Jaysen
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BEST RESOURCES FOR BUILDING UP ON OUR COMMERCIAL AWARENESS: FROM SCRATCH
What have you done so far to try develop your commercial awareness?- Jaysen
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SHARK TANKS SHARKS
I don't know about the profile of all of them, but the people on these types of shows tend to be angel investors rather than venture capitalists (they tend to be high net worth individuals, investing their own money rather than that of a fund, at early stage rounds). You'll be looking for firms...- Jaysen
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ROLLING BASIS
We have a fairly recent thread on this: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/which-law-firms-recruit-on-a-rolling-basis-2019-20.1757/- Jaysen
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Hi Suhail - wish I could help but I'm afraid I didn't interview at Arnold & Porter - the post...
Hi Suhail - wish I could help but I'm afraid I didn't interview at Arnold & Porter - the post you saw was likely me posting on behalf of an anonymous candidate! In terms of whether they sponsor international students, your best bet for a response would be to call them :)- Jaysen
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Hogan Lovells app to Birmingham
Example sounds great. No need to go into much detail about her query, I'd focus on detailing what you actions you took to help the client.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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LPC Help?!
I did my LPC at ULaw. Personally, we all had access to notes that previous students had passed down, so I didn't spend too much time making new ones unless there were gaps. I'd just focus on understanding the content. For the exams, while they are open book, just note that you'll be under...- Jaysen
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Kirkland & Ellis Open Day
Open days are still competitive, you won't be rejected because you asked for a response. I'd encourage candidates to go find out for themselves and speak to people in the profession, rather than listening to blanket statements like this ^.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion