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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
An achievement is an achievement, well done!- Jaysen
- Post #697
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Time management
It’s very tough - and I’m curious to know how you guys do this too. I was actually given an exam bar in my final year at university because I chose to prioritise applications over the other stuff. (Just meant I had to have 100% attendance or I wasn’t allowed to take my exams!)- Jaysen
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Update - November 2019
Hi All, The latest commercial updates have now been carried over to the Weekly Series page, where you can find all our past updates. Best, Jaysen- Jaysen
- Post #2
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Law Firm Insight: Kirkland & Ellis
Here's the summary: The article begins by talking about Kirkland's former reputation as a litigation powerhouse with a 'decent mid-market private equity practice'. Since then, aggressive lateral hiring and growth in PE has led to Kirkland becoming the highest grossing law firm in the world. The...- Jaysen
- Post #11
- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Noticed a typo after submission
As did I...my first vacation scheme offer was from a firm that I'd spelt wrong throughout the whole of the application! (I got very lucky there.) Personally, it's one-off/not obvious, I think you'd be okay to just leave it rather than drawing attention to it. I know it's very frustrating, but...- Jaysen
- Post #3
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Well done! We don't have much on the firm (aside from this one), I'll see if we can find any more.- Jaysen
- Post #625
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Fantastic, well done!- Jaysen
- Post #600
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
I always find it hard to know what to say here because there's no way round it being a really rubbish situation. I remember my rejections well and I know they don't get any easier - if anything, they get worse because you feel you have improved a lot from previous interviews. I think it's great...- Jaysen
- Post #591
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Law Firm Insight: Kirkland & Ellis
Sure, I’ll do this later today.- Jaysen
- Post #9
- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme
Yeah I take it to mean they may interview before the deadline but they won't give out vacation scheme places. A few non-rolling firms do this - they don't 'recruit' on a rolling basis, but they may interview candidates beforehand due to the volume of applications.- Jaysen
- Post #16
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme
Hi All, I've had a confirmation from Paul Gascoyne at Shearman & Sterling: "To clarify - we don't recruit on a rolling basis. Everyone who applies on or before the deadline will have their application reviewed. We may review applications before the deadline, given the volume of applications we...- Jaysen
- Post #14
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme
It sounds like they may not offer places until after the deadline, but they may still interview candidates (I assume to spread out the interview process). I've had a few PMs about this - I don't think people should assume candidates are making up interviews invitations without more proof.- Jaysen
- Post #13
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme
I appreciate this is worrying a few people, but I suspect @AS98 is right. Hopefully we'll get a clarification from Shearman soon.- Jaysen
- Post #11
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
This is such good advice!- Jaysen
- Post #404
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Tips
Might also add tech valuations and WeWork's troubles to this list. I haven't heard WeWork come up yet, but I could see it being a great topic to ask in interviews. The decline of high street firms has also come up in the past.- Jaysen
- Post #7
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Commercial Awareness Tips
I can't say I'm too clued up on this in practice, but ^ is how I'd answer this in theory. If you're in that position, many would much rather pay a higher interest rate than risk losing possession of an asset if things go wrong (especially if the bank is pushing for something substantial).- Jaysen
- Post #6
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Which office would you open/close?
I hear 'where shall we open our next office?' gets asked fairly frequently. The 'where should we close?' came up in a few Linklaters interviews last year (although I haven't heard another firm ask it). Some factors that you might want to consider for open: - Why do law firms open new offices...- Jaysen
- Post #3
- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA's Crash Course - We're running our first event!
Looking forward to seeing everyone later today! Registration is 11 - 11.30.- Jaysen
- Post #38
- Forum: TCLA General News