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Ask Alice G (Future Trainee at Freshfields) Anything!
On Casual Friday, you are still in the office very late because you know that on Monday you’ll arrive late due to an upcoming weekend out. You want to make use of this time to work on something otherwise your work would start piling up. However, a partner that you do not know well comes to you...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
It's my error, sorry Mofin. I was talking to someone else about the BCL at the same time and here we are! Anyway, you're clearly doing something right- you got a vac scheme and an interview. Getting a TC is just difficult, it might be that you haven't nailed it this time, but will the next. Good...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Sorry, I don't want to create a whole drama about this. I just tried to help/advise. Apologies.- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
I really don't think redoing your LLB will make a difference, it's actually a really odd thing to do and I've literally never heard of someone doing it. You may have not done A-Levels but you must have done an international equivalent. The senior status LLB and even more so, the BCL, are both...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
The senior status LLB is specifically for those who haven't completed an LLB and want a more thorough introduction into law than the GDL. Oxford offers the senior status but those that do it have undergraduate degrees in subjects other than law. You can't do an LLB twice-or if you somehow can...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
DWF has been woefully poorly managed for many years. Their old CEO was recently axed. This is all part of the firm’s realignment with new management. And it’s a listed company so it has to think of shareholders- another reason why firms shouldn’t list. The redundancy's aren’t a strictly Covid...- Lr1
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Any Ulaw undergrads with a TC?
There might be questions about your grades. Oxbridge, Durham and the strong London universities are hard, no one gets over 80% as that’s of publishable quality. Also, they tend to teach law for the sake of law and not a career, really learning about jurisprudence etc which really helps you think...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Not really. Most people don’t have them, sure they are nice to get, perhaps help if you’ve gone to a ‘less good’ undergrad and move to a better postgrad, but it won’t overcome issues in your applications. For some specialist firms it might help, but again, most people that work in these firms...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Whatever ends up happening, it will some years for it to be fully fleshed out to see if it's working. The SRA are rushing it through though, they've been told to slow down, random people get over 40% in SQE1 with zero legal knowledge, just wouldn't happen the way it is now. Regarding the...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Your example won't happen in reality. I can't see MC/US trainees floating around the market. They will still offer 2 year TCs. The people that the SQE will effect the most will be ironically those the SRA were trying to help- the LPC students who couldn't get TCs so removing the insane expense...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
An average NQ with good training is arguably better than a great NQ with rubbish training. If a firm wants an asset finance NQ they will almost certainly still prefer an average NQ who did 2 asset finance seats than someone who seems better in person who did standard finance transactions at an...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Rubbish NQs are quickly found out though, either in drafting testing for NQ positions or just being rubbish in interviews- getting things wrong when they shouldn't. You say it protects firms, think about the long term, a whole heap of NQs will join the profession who probably shouldn't have...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Not sure but definitely incomparable to what you have to do now. GDL, if you haven't done a comprehensive law degree, 7-8 exams of three hours each and three essays in each exam. Having to memorise lots of cases, really knowing your way around legislation and quoting from statute during exams...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Now, a training contract is 24 months and short of a firm firing someone (incredibly rare) by the end you qualify with them. A 2 year contract with the same firm, as it is now and will remain with virtually all training providers, has the training partners watching your training, the training...- Lr1
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
I suspect where you train will become even more important, 4x6 months of an unconnected training contract vs 2 years of developing skills with lawyers who have trained people before. The big training firms will still offer the standard training contract of 2 years. The SQE will just turn a glut...- Lr1
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McDermott Will & Emery - TC application
They don’t offer TCs anymore. May move to SQE, still undecided.- Lr1
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