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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, If I am submitting an application to a firm that I have previously applied to and made it to the AC - if I am re-applying this year, do I have to change the entire application if the questions are exactly the same? Or can I simply update and enhance it without rewriting the whole...
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    Help needed: application questions about a firm's clients...

    Yes it's WBD - I can find a few clients but it is difficult to check whether they will be applicable to the Newcastle office other than making sure they have that department in the Newcastle office. Thank you!
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    Where can I find Pinsent Masons' competency framework?

    Do you mean this one?: AN INTEREST IN BUSINESS We’re a commercial law firm, so you’ll have a genuine interest in how business works. That means keeping up-to-date with the latest business issues, as well as appreciating how legal expertise can support and steer commercial organisations...
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    Help needed: application questions about a firm's clients...

    Considering a lot of the information about a law firm's clients is not in the public domain, why do law firms ask application questions about them? I am really struggling to answer an 800 word application question about which client I would most like to work with if I were a trainee at the...
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    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    Hello, I don't know if this is a stupid question - but how have people submitted applications for the Linklaters direct TC? On their website there is no option to apply for the direct TC yet and it also says the deadline is the 19 June 2020?
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    Fourth year of applications... perhaps my final year?

    These suggestions are great thank you! I will get started and hopefully by interview stage in summer I will be able to show the firms how much I have improved over the year.
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    Fourth year of applications... perhaps my final year?

    Thank you for all your replies, it is reassuring to know that some firms are not too strict on the A-Level grade front and that in some cases my application will not be wasted. I will also contact recruiters and ask the question re: grades also. I will keep those applications (larger...
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    Fourth year of applications... perhaps my final year?

    Hello everyone! I have been following The Corporate Law Academy for a few years whilst applying for vacation schemes and training contracts, and would be ever so grateful for some advice on my (potentially) final year of applications. I have recently graduated from my law degree and LPC at a...

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