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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    It's a technique for helping to structure your answer :)
  2. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Congrats! Mind if I ask when the AC is or which dates were on offer?
  3. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    anyone know any books to help explain lots of this commercial stuff?
  4. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    If you did, what was the news?
  5. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey I'm waiting on a response post WG for the same scheme, mind I ask how long you waited to get your AC invite after your WG test?
  6. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I emailed too and they said ACs will be starting in the next few weeks also.
  7. M

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Did you hear back from the Freshfields WG?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I'm new to this so, do interviews happen on the same day as the AC or are they separate? How does an AC work, what does the schedule generally look like? and do you have to 'pass' an AC to have an interview?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Has anyone heard back from Freshfields post WG? Or anyone know when their summer vac ACs are?
  10. M

    Freshfields Workshop Applications

    Freshfields app asks for awards and prizes etc. What if I have no formal awards/prizes? what do i write about?
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    Baker McKenzie

    Question. For the D&I question asking which Bakers D&I group you'd support, and what initiatives you've taken part in, would it be too much to talk about 3 of their groups for example, and also, would it matter if the initiatives I've taken part in are not related to the specific group?
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    Hogan Lovells question

    The word count for each individual work history entry is 250 words. Do you think it would matter if we were far off that word count? I cannot think of what else to write other than the responsibilities of the job, and even then it is nowhere near the word count.
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    BCLP TC app question

    Maybe this is an obvious question, but under which of BCLP's sectors does M&A fall under, if any? I want to write about both real estate and M&A, and whilst I know I can talk about the real estate sector and small practice areas within it, I cannot seem to do the same for M&A. Would that matter...

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