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  1. Alice G

    Container Chaos: Partial Closures at Chinese Port Yantian Leaves Shipping Industry in Disarray

    This thread is for the general discussion of the Article Container Chaos: Partial Closures at Chinese Port Yantian Leaves Shipping Industry in Disarray. Please add to the discussion here.
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    Mining Mad: Global Shift to Renewables Drives Lithium Demand

    This thread is for the general discussion of the Article Mining Mad: Global Shift to Renewables Drives Lithium Demand. Please add to the discussion here.
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    Remote Rat Race: The Future of Remote Working at Law Firms

    This thread is for the general discussion of the Article Our Weekly Newsletter You leave your house to go to your part-time job.⁣⁣ ⁣ Sam stops you to tell you he has completed a new online course.⁣⁣ ⁣ Ma. Please add to the discussion here.
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    Bird & Bird Vacation Scheme Interview 2021

    Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. February 2021 Please specify what the interview was for. Spring Vacation Scheme 2021 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 12pm - 5pm on TopScore. 12 - 12:30pm: Briefing with Graduate Recruitment. 12:30 -...
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    Bristows Training Contract Interview 2020

    Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. August 2020 Please specify what the interview was for. Training Contract 2022 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. N/A Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings. Video...
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    Jones Day Vacation Scheme Interview 2021

    Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. February 2021 Please specify what the interview was for. Summer Vacation Scheme Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. It just consisted of one 45 minute interview, with 15 mins beforehand to chat with a trainee...
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    Watson Farley and Williams Vacation Scheme Interview 2021

    Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. January 2021 Please specify what the interview was for. Spring and Summer Vacation Scheme 2021 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. 5 people at the virtual assessment centre including myself. 9:30 Candidates...
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    New webinar series: which top three topics would you like to see us cover?

    Hi everyone, The TCLA team are working on a new series of webinars to help you all 'get ahead' for the new application cycle. We would really love to hear the kind of content you guys would find the most useful. If you have a moment to complete the poll and tell us which of the options...
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    Three Free Application Reviews!!!

    Hi everyone, I am beginning to help Jaysen with the application review service that we offer for our TCLA Premium (Silver) members and as part of this and my training, we have decided to review three applications for free! This offering is open to anyone and if you are keen to take us up on...
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    Technical Mock Interview Takeaways

    Hi Everyone, Jaysen and I have been hosting our technical article interviews for premium members and we felt it would be a good idea for us to create a thread to bank all the things we have noted since doing them. We will be posting in this thread the things which we think make candidates stand...
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    Video interviews - tips and tricks

    Hi all, As promised, here are my top tips and tricks for video interviews. Please feel free to add any more below! If I think of any more myself I shall be sure to add them into this thread as well. - Schedule the interview in your diary as you would a face-to-face one and be ready 15 mins...
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    Ask Alice G (Future Trainee at Freshfields) Anything!

    Hi everyone, As promised, I am creating this thread so that you can ask me any questions which you may have, whether they are questions about my journey to a TC or more general ones about the process itself, ask away! :) By way of background for those of you who are maybe new to the forum, I...
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    Inspiration!

    Hey everyone, I have been totally inspired by @S87 today and wanted to create this thread. I thought it would be great (and hopefully a source of positivity) for us all to share the things we are doing during this time to work on our self-development, to learn new skills or re-engage with old...
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    Case Study Interviews: Good things to know!!

    Hi everyone, I wanted to post this because I wanted a place to collate lots of terms and tips and know hows for case study interviews. I’m thinking along the lines of sharing the knowledge we have that we can all keep in mind for these more technical interviews (think A&O and HSF) here are...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - December 2019

    4th December 2019 December has come around so quickly but we will still be providing you all with the need-to-know news of this month! Our commercial team would like to wish you a lovely month of festivities, whatever it is you are up to, and hope you all get a well-deserved break as 2019 draws...
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    Coping With Rejections: At the Application Stage

    Hi everyone, This is just a little something I wrote this week as I have heard firms have started making their decisions on Winter Vac Shemes and Open Day places. I really hope this helps some of you and please stay positive...
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    Commercial Awareness Past Interview Questions and Topics

    Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well and having a great week! I just thought I’d start a new thread about which commercial related questions and topics came up last year at interviews and ACs. I think these can be the toughest and most curve-ball questions so it would be good to maybe compile...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - October 2019

    Hello everyone, It is the start of a new month and we have some new commercial stories to share with you. We really hope you enjoy these and that you find them useful. Your feedback is always welcome and very much valued, so please do let us know your thoughts :) We have a growing presence on...
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    HSF 2019 Applications 'Topic Question'

    Hi everyone, The 'introduce us to a topic' question is forming part of the HSF app again this year and i think it is one of the trickiest ones to start thinking about, so I wondered how people might feel about sharing some ideas for inspiration purposes? If you made an app last year and using...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - August 2019

    Hi everyone! Welcome to the first commercial news update for August. Happy reading! Commercial News Update: 7th August 2019 Topics covered this week are: 1. The London Stock Exchange Group’s Proposed Acquisition of Refinitiv (@ELA) 2. Enduring Hong Kong Protests Begin to Add to Economic...

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