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    PGDL or LLM Law and Legal Practice at BPP

    I am currently doing the LLM too, and can confirm every word of this answer. Do NOT do the LLM unless you need the funding, which you don't. For anyone reading this thread who hasn't yet got a training contract, and is wondering whether to do the LLM Law and Legal Practice (research pathway)...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey, so I just did the V&E VI. Here's what I can say - hoping this fits with the forum guidelines! You get three personality questions each requiring a 30 second recording. You can re-record each question as many times as you like.
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    Management Consultancy v Law

    Thanks Jacob! I appreciate your well-considered answer. I am sorry if I came across as condescending towards a particular motivation for a career in law. What I was trying to get at in that ill-judged throw-away line was to filter out the canned responses to 'why law' which I feel are not...
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    Management Consultancy v Law

    Although some firms may ask this explicitly, either in an application form or at an interview, I formulated the following question as part of my own self-reflection into my motivations: If you want to work on a broad range of matters, on cross-border, complex transactions etc, why do you want...

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