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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Thank you for the advice!
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hey! Thanks for the advice! I already tried to move to an alternative date at firm 1 as a precaution to avoid this clash but they said they had allocated the spaces for their first summer scheme in June already unfortunately. I suppose the best thing to do is explain to the second choice firm...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hey all! Long time lurker, first time poster! I’m in a sticky (but obviously extremely lucky) situation of having two vac schemes but they slightly overlap with each other... I’ve been offered the July dates at a firm about a week and a half ago and just been offered another vac scheme on Friday...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Does anyone have experience with W&C AC/interview? I have mine next week and not really sure what to expect especially for the written task! Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

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