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    Advice for In tray exercise

    Hi, I have an assessment centre for a vacation scheme for Pinsent Masons this week which includes an in tray exercise. Has anyone does this before and has any advice for me? I guess the most important is to prioritise the tasks according to their urgency and hierarchy (so do task given from...
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    Simmons and Simmons

    Hi!! Does anyone have any advice / know what the questions are like for the Simmons & Simmons video interview for their vacation scheme? Thank you in advance! ;-)
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    Application question: on current issue in the mainstream media and how it will impact the firm

    Application question: Please identify an issue currently in the mainstream media and explain how this is likely to impact the clients that the firm represents and/ or the type of work that the firm undertakes. The firm: - International law firm headquartered in London with offices in 14...
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    Good questions to ask at the end of an interview

    Hi, DOes anyone have any suggestions for good questions to ask at the end of an interview?
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    Case study - Limited partnership or private fund limited partnership?

    Hi, I am currently working on a research task for my interview at a law firm next week. The scenario is that a private funds client in the States is setting up a new fund structure in a couple of different countries and is considering adding a limited partnership/private fund limited...
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    Watson Farley and Williams Video interview

    Hi, just received the news that I have been invited for the Watson Farley and Williams (WFW) Video Interview. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into video interviews in general or maybe even for the firm-specific? - What type of questions should I expect? (Im guessing why the firm, why...
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    What skills are essential to be a trainee and how do you demonstrate these?

    Does anyone have experience with a question like that? The problem I am facing is that I am applying to a comparatively small transatlantic boutique law firm who don't even advertise their vacation schemes on their website. Also I am struggling to find any information on their firm's culture...
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    Application question: If you could only take two people on a road trip, who would they be and why?

    Why would a law fair ask me this as one of the applications question ? What are they aiming at ?
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    The next big technical innovation in the legal sector in the next five years

    What do you guys think it will be? Can you suggest any reading on it? I'm guessing blockchain technology (for smart contract etc.) are not developed enough to be in use by law firms in five years?
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    Firms I shouldn't be applying to as an Non-Russel group student

    I've spoken to a few people over the last days and I was advised not to apply to certain firms (Macfarlanes, Clifford Chance, Slaughter May, ...) are those firms are mostly interested in Oxbridge students and I would simply be wasting my time. (I am a law student at non RG university) How do...
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    How many vac scheme applications will you be sending off?

    I was told 5-6 is a good number, because otherwise the applications just get too vague. What are your thoughts?
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    Challenge facing the firm at this current moment - Directly criticise the firm or be more generic?

    I am currently working on this question: What do you understand to be the most significant challenge facing the firm at this current time? What has made you choose this challenge? I have identified a few points which I think relevant to the question. However I am very unsure if they want me...

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