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<blockquote data-quote="confusedlawstudent" data-source="post: 134026" data-attributes="member: 17277">Hey!So I didn't start fully preparing for the AC until 1 week before it. In this week, I of course still had uni work to do, so I did my uni work in the mornings, and then spent the afternoons and evenings prepping for the AC. Roughly 2-3 hours a day probably. I spent this time doing firm research, commercial awareness and practise interview questions. For commercial awareness, I read the FT everyday in the week leading up to the AC and made mind maps of 3-4 articles noting the impact on law firms and their clients. I also read ZipLaw newsletters and took notes from them which was SO helpful. I think practising interview questions was the most helpful thing I did. I started by looking at the 265 TCLA interview questions document and just writing down briefly what I would talk about. This was so helpful as it made me think about my experiences and what I learnt from them. Also, ALL the questions that they asked me in the interview were on that document, so I had ended up preparing for all of them. However, I didn't memorise answers as this doesn't allow me to speak naturally. I just knew roughly what I would speak about for each question. Hope that helps and wishing you all the best! You got this 💪</blockquote>

[QUOTE="confusedlawstudent, post: 134026, member: 17277"] Hey! So I didn't start fully preparing for the AC until 1 week before it. In this week, I of course still had uni work to do, so I did my uni work in the mornings, and then spent the afternoons and evenings prepping for the AC. Roughly 2-3 hours a day probably. I spent this time doing firm research, commercial awareness and practise interview questions. For commercial awareness, I read the FT everyday in the week leading up to the AC and made mind maps of 3-4 articles noting the impact on law firms and their clients. I also read ZipLaw newsletters and took notes from them which was SO helpful. I think practising interview questions was the most helpful thing I did. I started by looking at the 265 TCLA interview questions document and just writing down briefly what I would talk about. This was so helpful as it made me think about my experiences and what I learnt from them. Also, ALL the questions that they asked me in the interview were on that document, so I had ended up preparing for all of them. However, I didn't memorise answers as this doesn't allow me to speak naturally. I just knew roughly what I would speak about for each question. Hope that helps and wishing you all the best! You got this 💪 [/QUOTE]

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