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    Compliance to Law

    Been working in FS compliance ever since graduating last year (consulting role). I'm not enjoying it for a number of reasons, and was thinking how beneficial for TC prospects it would be if I were to pivot to a more “legal” role (think paralegal/in-house legal analyst). My current concern is...
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    Rare Contextual Recruitment Questions

    Would opting out of Rare Contextual questions harm your application in any way?
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    Including transferable skills on CV

    Currently redrafting my CV for DLA Piper’s Summer Internship and am struggling to fit in transferable skills in a way that reads well. I’m not keen on a ‘key skills’ section, but my other approach of just tacking on ‘…, improving/developing [x]’ at the end of bullet points doesn’t read...
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    Legal500 - no links working?

    Hey all, Doing some application research profiles and having a bit of trouble with the Legal500 website. I can't access any firm pages, and when I do they are blank (i.e., not showing the bands each firm ranks in for their work). If I go to the practice area tab all the firms are greyed out...
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    Work Experience Section Query

    Filling out the TW VS form and the WE section states to include three skills & how they'll be useful, as well as not going over 150 words for detailing responsibilities/nature of work. Am I correct in assuming that I should try keep to under 250 overall, and that the 150 cap doesn't extend to...
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    Personal Achievement & Personal Impact

    Hi all, just started going through applications now and just wanted to confirm I'm along the right tracks. The full question is: 'Please tell us about a personal achievement outside of your academic career and how this has impacted on you personally?' Am I along the right lines in approaching...
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    Might have failed an undergraduate module - Implications

    Absolutely butchered my company law exam and I wouldn't be surprised if I receive a fail given the extent to which I think messed up the PQ. The questions are supposedly equally weighted but I just have this lingering feeling that the extent to which I messed it up will lead them to failing me...

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