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    Paralegal positions

    Hi - a few agencies that spring to mind are F-Lex and Paralaw! They are great places to start and normally take on graduates with limited paralegal experience.
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    Accutrainee Interview

    Thank you so much, Jaysen!
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    Accutrainee Interview

    I've been invited to Accutrainee's assessment centre next week. I was wondering if anyone on the forum had any prior experience with their process and could provide any tips? The assessment centre consists of the following: 1. Presentation on topic of my choice 2. Competency interview 3...
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    Writing Tip 6: Communicating your Motivation for Law

    Hi Hazal, thank you very much for these tips! I was wondering how you would handle the subtle differences when writing for "Please explain why you want to be a solicitor at XYZ firm?" question? Would you explain some tasks that a trainee solicitor might do as well as your motivations for the firm?
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    Negotiation exercises

    Thanks, this is really useful! Do you have any tips around how to communicate when negotiating? i.e. I am assuming that being concise is really important. What style of question should you ask? i.e. open or closed
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    Vacation Scheme Diaries

    Just seen this, I am also happy to do a write up. I start HFW's Spring scheme in just over a week!!
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    Post your vacation scheme here

    Thank you so much, Daniel!
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    Post your vacation scheme here

    I've seen it reccomended a few times that it is really helpful to keep a work log. Does anybody have a template of one they have used?
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    Post your vacation scheme here

    HFW - Spring
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    Forsters interview

    I also had a direct TC interview with Forsters. The format was really relaxed and I think they were trying to really get to know you. One question that I know they ask a lot from speaking to other AC candidates is "Why Forsters, a West End firm, over a big international city firm?" Hope that...
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    Herbert Smith Freehills

    I am trying to answer the HSF 'Introduce us to a topic you know about and explain why it interests you' question and I am trying to interpret 'topic'. Do you think a commercial/business story is too much of a push for this question? My sense is that explaining why it interests me is just as...
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    Shoosmiths Insight Evening

    I would note down their application questions before the insight evening. That way you can structure your note taking and questions around what they are looking for in each of their vac scheme/TC questions. In essence, you should be able to come away from the event knowing exactly how each of...
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    Womble Bond Dickinson 'introduce a client to the firm'

    I spoke with Womble's grad recruitment team at LawCareersNetLive. For this question they advised really focusing on linking the client to the firm's core departments. She mentioned that you should demonstrate an understanding of the differing type of work that each office completes by tailoring...
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    PWC Legal Summer Vacation Scheme

    I believe it is. They will have a set pass mark for these tests and they will automatically process/ reject people based on those marks
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    Welcome

    Hi guys, Would anyone mind giving me any tips on improving my 'why commercial law' answer? I am conscious that at the moment I have taken the approach of describing what I have learned from experiences and from those trying to explain why I find commercial law appealing. Maybe I could take a...
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    Welcome! Introduce yourself here :)

    Hi everyone, I am Tom. I am a history with contemporary Chinese studies graduate from the University of Nottingham and now I am working at BT on a dual role. Half of my role entails acting as a paralegal in the litigation team, the other half is working in their counsel management team, which...
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    Referencing attending open days in 2017 as a reason for applying to firm

    Thanks, that's helpful to know. I missed the open day this year but I just wondered if there was a general time limit on these sorts of things when applying?
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    Referencing attending open days in 2017 as a reason for applying to firm

    I attended a number of open days in 2017. At what point does saying 'I am attracted to X law firm because of the conversation with trainees...' become outdated/flimsy evidence?
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    Aspiring Solicitors Commercial Awareness Competition

    I hope yours went well today, I have mine later this week. Am really unsure what to prepare for as they didn't provide a topics list like you said!
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