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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hi all, I've been invited for a TC AC with CC. I don't know how I bagged that and now I'm really really stressing with the commercial element of the interview. Does anyone have any tips at all about the commercial awareness aspect and what I can be doing? A lot of people are saying being aware...
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    Case Study 1: Legal Analysis

    Thanks for uploading this Jaysen! I was wondering whether it'd be possible to see the guidance/marking on this, please? It'd be great to see your perspective on the case studies. :)
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    Written/intray exercise tips?

    Hi all, I hope you're all well! I was wondering whether anyone had any tips/pointers/guidance on case study exercises and in-tray exercises, please? The only guidance I have from the firm is: Written Exercise 45m to prepare two pieces of writing. Past things have included memos, letters to...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Thank you! :) I got an e-mail invite.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey! I applied 2 weeks before the deadline. Second week of August :)
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Heard back yesterday from Linklaters with an AC offer.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Slaughter and May rejection :( Anyone heard anything from Linklaters at all?
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    Which law firms recruit on a rolling basis? 2018-2019

    Watson Farley & Williams don't recruit on a rolling basis however screen applications in order to keep up with volume. Confirmed via e-mail with grad rec.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hey! I think this may be because Linklaters may no longer hire these services anymore. The Links website does say that the TC vacancy is live. I remember in one of the chats they hosted that they hire around 20% of their trainees through the direct TC route. Good luck!
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    Baker McKenzie - can we call them Bakers

    Hey! You could abbreviate to BM instead which may be better than Bakers?
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    Slaughter and May 2021 Training Contract

    Thanks Abstruser for your insight! Do you have any advice when writing about work experience/extra-curriculars? :)
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    Slaughter and May 2021 Training Contract

    Thanks Miki for creating this! Are you guys explicitly mentioning the skills that they've set out that they're looking for? Or are you including examples of those skills in each entry you guys create for work experience? I really really hate CVs haha
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    That's so so strange. They must want to recruit and probably expect their Vac Scheme cohorts to fill up the TC slots if screening is so late and ACs with the next recruitment cycle. Did they include years? Could this be an outdated holding e-mail :/
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    What makes a successful Freshfields application?

    Hi Raphael, Just wondering whether you had any advice on the above? ^ :)
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    The Huawei security risk

    Thank you so much @Jaysen :)
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    The Middle East - Business Stories/Links

    To those interested in the Middle East, an interesting article on Ashurst's presence in the region: https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019/05/20/ashurst-bulks-up-in-middle-east-to-cope-with-workload-from-oil-giant/
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    US trade war with China

    Hi all! An interesting piece I should imagine on the effect on law-firms: https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019/05/17/global-lawyers-discouraged-by-trade-war/ Does anyone have access to Legal Week that perhaps could explain the effect on law-firms? :)
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    The Huawei security risk

    Thanks @Jaysen for the articles! Does anyone by any chance have access to this article? It'd be interesting what this says: https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019/05/21/compliance-concerns-spike-over-huawei-trade-restrictions-378-108561/
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    What makes a successful Freshfields application?

    Hey Raphael! Thanks for your insight. In part (iv), when you talked about the things you did, how did you talk about them? Did you link them back to what trainees are expected to do or did you just talk about the things you did? Thanks! :)
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    What makes a successful Freshfields application?

    Hi all! I hope you're well! :) I've started to draft my personal statement for the Freshfields TC application cycle this summer. I'm struggling to actually write. Various guidance and insights say why law, why Freshfields, why you with a 70% weighting to the 'you' bit but what does this...

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