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    Productivity tips - how do you balance applications and revision?

    I've also started this for writing applications. I work through the day but I have a lot of breaks, so I've started making notes on things i find and collating them for the weekend. It has made a big difference so thank you!
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    Productivity tips - how do you balance applications and revision?

    I've been trying your setting up alarms idea and I wanted to say thank you! It really does help me to snap out of what I'm doing and get back to focusing.
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    Productivity tips - how do you balance applications and revision?

    I wake up at 7am. Without a doubt that has made the biggest difference to my productivity - I get two extra hours in before I'd normally have started any work.. TO wake up early I recommend getting the Sleep Cycle app on your phone. It sets off your alarm when you are in the lightest possible...
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    Ask Me Anything: Future Trainee at Reed Smith

    Welcome Rachael. Thank you for doing this!
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    Grammar Q

    I think you'd only use capitals for court if you were writing out the full name e.g. the Court of Appeal. Someone please confirm though!
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    What area(s) of law are you interested in learning more about, and why?

    Tagging on to the question - are you just supposed to say which area of law you are interested in or also which area of law you are interested in at Latham?
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    Linklaters Winter Vacation Scheme

    For the first Linklaters question the last part of the question says: "Include how you have balanced your various commitments." For anyone that has applied to Linklaters, do you guys think I should fit that inside my answer for the rest of question or include it as a separate paragraph?
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Is it worth having a thread specifically for when people hear back from firms? I always thought they should do that on the student room as its really hard to track how quickly different firms got back to people?
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    Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread

    To be honest I was quite grateful for the shorter wordcount of Norton Rose. Just quite a lot of questions!
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    Morning or evening person?

    I'm the opposite I can't work after 10pm. I usually try to work about 9-12 and then 8-10pm. I'm completely useless after lunch!
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    "Provide details of any careers events you have attended"

    I'd like to know this too.
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    Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread

    Oh yeah I'm not sure why they sent it now!
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    Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread

    Ahhh thank you for making the process a little less painful!!
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    Winter Vacation Scheme 2018 Thread

    Just got an email that Hogan Lovells is open. Let the games begin. I literally thought I had ages and now I feel behind!
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    Ropes and Gray

    Yeah fair. I was thinking of saying it shows their investment in diversity and talking about it more broadly (what stuff they're doing for inclusion and why that's interesting to me). But it's probably a bit flaky!
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    Ropes and Gray

    I was thinking of applying...but do you think think you could use this in an application form? As a reason for applying to Ropes & Gray?
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    The impact of tariffs on business and law firms

    Never stops does he
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    Introducing our Moderators

    Congrats guys!
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    ULaw?

    My worst nightmare.
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    Commercial Awareness Update - August 2018

    Big news today! Coca Cola to buy Costa: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-45365893

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