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    Bird & Bird Trainee Trademark Attorney AC

    I've been invited to Bird & Bird's AC for a Trainee Trademark Attorney position. I was just wondering what I could expect (e.g., will it follow the same structure as ACs for a traditional TC?) and just any advice generally as I've never completed an AC. Also wondering approximately how many they...
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    AC Bird and Bird

    Hi Guys! I have an Assessment Centre at Bird & Bird for a Trainee Trademark Attorney position. Does anyone have any advice or tips that they could share. Any help would be appreciated! It involves: - Written Assessment - Interview - Group exercise Thanks in advance!
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    Bird & Bird Keeping Applications on File

    I applied to the Bird & Bird vacation scheme last year and progressed past application and test to the video interview, however didn't progress past this. The grad rec emailed me saying that they were impressed with my app, test, interview and wanted to keep them on file to review in the next...

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