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Bullet points
Both work. I generally prefer a balance -- more detail for your best extra-curriculars (a couple of sentences is fine) but still try to highlight a variety of experiences.- Jaysen
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Weekly Commercial Awareness Thread
Friday 19 October 2018 Lawyers are not prepared for Brexit Thomson Reuters recently surveyed over 250 legal services professionals including a variety of top UK and US law firms. Here are some of the results: 47% said they were "not well prepared" to tackle threats posed by Brexit during the...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Norton Rose Fulbright - Application question
Without a topic it's difficult to give specific advice because there are so many ways to tailor it to Norton Rose. You may find our law firm insight on the firm helpful though: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/insights/norton-rose-fulbright/.- Jaysen
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Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? 2018-2019
Good to know, thanks. I'll update the list.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Introducing TCLA Premium and Commercial Awareness Classes
TCLA Premium members now have access to: Law firm insights on Simmons & Simmons, Jones Day and White & Case Detailed notes on the GDPR and the financial crisis Regular analysis of legal and buiness news topics 8+ past successful applications and cover letters (thanks to premium members for...- Jaysen
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Commercial Class 5: The Financial Crisis - Consequences, Lessons and the Future
We did in our last class: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-class-4-the-financial-crisis.627/. If that's something you're interested in, I'll be running these classes again in the New Year, so feel free to drop me a message then. Alternatively, TCLA Premium members...- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial Class 5: The Financial Crisis - Consequences, Lessons and the Future
Hi All, Sign ups for our next commercial awareness class close by end of day tomorrow. See a snapshot of the prep material below.- Jaysen
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Morning or evening person?
I initially read that as "I can't work before 10 pm"...- Jaysen
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Morning or evening person?
I used to be a morning person. Being a trainee turned me into a night owl (genuinely). I'm back to being a morning person though!- Jaysen
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Prep for an open day?
Great stuff -- if anyone gives you their card and seems happy to have a future chat, take them up on their offer (especially if you are applying to the firm). If you want to, remind yourself to follow the evening or day after otherwise they will probably not remember you. Also ask lots of...- Jaysen
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Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread
The latter -- the website is outdated. Nice one-question application!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Useful links and resources
Those of you writing about legal tech in your app firms, this was also published recently: http://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/pdf/legal-technology-looking-past-the-hype.pdf- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Kirkland App
Oh I see, that's odd! Yes that's exactly what I would do.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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How to answer ''Tell us about yourself question''?
I think at least some of your answer to this question will be inevitably boring as you want to tell them about your education/current stage. The rest doesn't have to be though. I suggest going through your background/extra-curriculars/jobs and thinking about what you're proud of/what you...- Jaysen
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How to approach this aspect of a 'why us question' - Career ambitions
I'd interpret it as covering both. It should be OK to say you want to make partner (although on its own that would be boring/general).- Jaysen
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BCLP - listing your achievements, positions of responsibilities etc;
Hmm, this question isn't very clear -- you could easily interpret it both ways. I would lean towards the first largely because it would be strange for them to ask you to list in bullet points if they wanted the latter. If it's a particularly impressive experience, I'm sure you could get away...- Jaysen
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What do you want to ask a Baker McKenzie trainee?
I will ask as many of these as I can!- Jaysen
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Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? 2018-2019
Good to know, thank you!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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BCLP - listing your achievements, positions of responsibilities etc;
What is the word count for this question?- Jaysen
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How to approach this aspect of a 'why us question' - Career ambitions
It's good you've spotted that a different approach is needed to this question -- it's often missed or muddled up. I suggest you treat it as two questions. Answer "why Macfarlanes?" as normal and then discuss your career ambitions in a separate paragraph as a different question. You don't need...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion