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  1. Jony

    Ashurst 2020/2021

    Hi everyone, you should be able to dm me now!
  2. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Yay see you there :D
  3. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Aha are you final year as well? I've got my diss but having this internship in spring is really motivating me to not put it off until the last minute :D
  4. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Hahaha SO happy to hear @conniekatherine! Was kinda hoping we'd all be on the same scheme because #tclasolidarity but I'm on the spring scheme because I've got an Ashurst VS in june! (plus I'm also final year law so it helps to do things early). SO happy for all of you! Now we can all go on...
  5. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I got ... Skadden's VS! :eek:
  6. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Can't wait to see you guys! SO proud of you! @Soccerox73 @sabma
  7. Jony

    Skadden AC

    my phone staring at me after a week post-AC
  8. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    @dosblancos7 and I will grow old with you
  9. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Definitely great to see people like you here who've been keeping up the fight! I'm not at 29 applications, but I'm currently standing tall at 23 applications while juggling my final year LLB and my businesses and daytrading gigs ... it's been a journey but I'm honestly coming out of it a better...
  10. Jony

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Anyone here day-trade as their main gig as well? I've heard stories on RolllonFriday about lawyers making more from day-trading BTC than their jobs, and I'm keen to amp up my trading to support my finances so I can get further on the journey to owning my first home :D would be cool to find...
  11. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Reminder to go for a looong walk today and not look at your phone too much :p all the best guys, we got this!
  12. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Drop them a friendly email, Nicola usually replies really fast and it’s definitely important for you to get it sorted on the server-side! :)
  13. Jony

    Ashurst 2020/2021

    DM me!
  14. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Hahaha it's definitely a wait! Just try to leave your push notifications on, go out for a walk and do other things! The news will come soon :)
  15. Jony

    Skadden AC

    Yeah, what's likely is just that they want everyone to have their documents in hand before handing out offers.
  16. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    usually they call if you’re offered a VS, but we’ll see!
  17. Jony

    Skadden Telephone Interview

    Seeing that it's almost the end of the working day, I'd say that maybe we'd expect to hear more tomorrow or the days coming! It's likely that they might have needed some time to sort through scores and talk about which candidates they liked.
  18. Jony

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Baker's v strong NY-London axis (get dual qualified!), it's heavy D&I investment in the past few years compared to Silver Circle/London International firms, general US-oriented exposure in terms of trainee size and it's expansion into China for me! (bilingual). Find your own reasons, and talk...
  19. Jony

    US Firm Interview Status Tracker

    This was what I was aware of too!

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