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From AI to Energy Deals: Inside a Full-Service Law Firm with Osborne Clarke
8 Dec 2025 · 6pm (UK)
Zoom · Registration Required
You want to write a strong Osborne Clarke application — but what really makes the firm different, and how do trainees experience the work day-to-day?
In this session, you’ll hear directly from current trainees and Recruitment Advisor Patrick Fermin Ryan, so you can speak with clarity and specificity in your applications and interviews.
I'm a campus ambassador for HL and on the induction day, they said the application and the 1st assessment (online immersive assessment) is stage 1. This needs to be passed to get to stage 2 (online job simulation). They did also mention, however, that they take a holistic evaluation, which may...
This may be a silly question, but how do I answer this?
'How do you rate your computer skills? Please give details.'
The rating is just a drop-down selection box but what am I meant to write for 'please give details?'
There isn't an additional question - the form is just a registration form to get the link rather than a formal application. I attended a similar event earlier this year and it was the same process
I emailed the grad rec and this was their reply:
"Thank you for your email and interest in pursuing a vacation scheme at Weil. We are experiencing some technical issues with our ATS at the moment, but the role be live asap. Please do keep checking our website."
I think you could discuss why a practice area interests you, and then discuss why Akin in particular would be an ideal firm to explore that area. You could discuss Funds again but just be cautious of repeating anything that you've already mentioned in the other question
Please tell us something that not many people know about you. (max 250 words) - any advice on how to answer this? Especially as they've given 250 words and I'm unsure how to make the most of it
Hi! I'm a campus ambassador for HL so I thought I'd share what they said about their recruitment process, as they've changed it recently.
The first stage will be your online application and a critical reasoning assessment. After these are screened, if they want to progress you to the second...
Just got an invite to Jones Day's AC! Any advice for the AC would be greatly appreciated - I've been told that it involves a group exercise and a one-to-one discussion with senior lawyers
- 650 word cover letter
- Online situational judgement and strength assessment - Cappfinity test with some elements of SJT and SPAG/Proofreading exercises. No WG
- 1st stage interview with Graduate Recruitment
- 2x 2nd stage interviews with partners and associates (competency based interview and...
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