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  1. Jaysen

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Think there may be a mixup here, Sherard is asking about this question: ‘Why are you interested in pursuing a career at the firm and what skills, qualities and attributes would you bring to the role?’.
  2. Jaysen

    Mishcon de Reya issue question

    The first half sounds fine. It's hard to know whether the second half is too generic without seeing it. I'm not a huge fan of the 'high profile cases' answer, unless you're being more specific e.g. the cases are in a particular sector and you have an interest in that sector. Note, you don't...
  3. Jaysen

    Server Upgrade - 24-48 Hours

    Looks like we've finally worked out what the issue is. TCLA should be pretty much back to normal now. The 503 error may still come up from time to time - if so, please refresh the page a couple of times. We are currently working to fix this.
  4. Jaysen

    Simmons & Simmons video interview

    From what I've heard it's 90 seconds to answer the question. Not sure about the others I'm afraid.
  5. Jaysen

    Server Upgrade - 24-48 Hours

    Apologies - I know some people are still having trouble accessing TCLA. For the time being, using an incognito browser seems to do the trick. This should be resolved very soon.
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    Server Upgrade - 24-48 Hours

    Server upgrade is now completed and the website should be back to normal for most people. If you have particular problems on one device (e.g. mobile), please try clearing your cache.
  7. Jaysen

    Legal Technology Crash Course - to be released this week!

    Hi All, Our legal technology crash course will be released this week. In this course, you will learn: - Learn about how the financial crisis and advancements in machine learning and AI kickstarted the 'new wave' of legal technology - Learn about the business drivers influencing the adoption...
  8. Jaysen

    Server Upgrade - 24-48 Hours

    Hi All, Just a heads up that I’ll be upgrading our servers tonight (so we can handle the traffic a bit better). Hopefully that time will cause the least disruption, but please note, you may have difficulties accessing TCLA over the next 24 hours (48 at most). You may also note that any posts...
  9. Jaysen

    TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!

    Good question! I’m not sure there’s much you need to prepare unless you had specific questions you wanted to ask on the day. I’d say the most important thing is coming on the day ready to learn and absorb as much information as possible because it’s going to be quite full on. If you did...
  10. Jaysen

    Welcome! Introduce yourself here :)

    Welcome Saffa! Great to have you on here.
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    TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!

    Crash Course attendees: I have sent an email round containing important information about the registration time and how to access the application review. Please check your spam folder if you haven't received it.
  12. Jaysen

    The UK Parliament votes on Brexit - Tuesday 15 January 2018 - 7pm

    According to Boris Johnson, a new Brexit deal has been struck between the UK and EU: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-50079596.

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