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    BPP Waterloo PGDL Start Date

    Hey there. Can someone provide me with info relating to last year's term dates? I can't find this year's September start PGDL dates, so I think the next best thing would be last year's. I'd like to know things like when the exams are? Is there a reading week? When does the course end?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone got an AC for Weil Summer VS?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    If in a TC interview, the partners joke that something you said "that's just got you a TC on its own" and then at the end of the interview they say "good interview". Can I reasonably suppose that it went well?
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Has anyone been rejected yet from Slaughter and May? If so, post or pre interview?
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Did you get it last year? @MVE49 Maybe they've only emailed those who they think there is going to be a longer wait ? @Abgaal
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Great thanks for the responses. Well not everyone got that email? But glad it's normal Plus they make decisions based on the partner that interviewed you. Hence how people at certain universities have heard, and others haven't. (Remember they interview on campus for some)
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hi everyone, I got an email today from Slaughter and May advising that I will hear back before the end of February. They said in the email that if I had another offer, or for whatever other reason that I needed to hear the outcome ASAP to ring them. What does this mean? Does this mean a sort...

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