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CC or Slaughters: Which TC should I accept?
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<blockquote data-quote="I’m_Batman" data-source="post: 148863" data-attributes="member: 30556"><p>Ah, the timeless conundrum of choosing between Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May for a training contract—a predicament as old as the legal hills, akin to choosing between champagne and fine wine.</p><p></p><h3>The SQE Debacle:</h3><p><strong>Clifford Chance:</strong> Ah, yes, spending your SQE time exclusively with Clifford Chance folks. Imagine being trapped in a high-octane intellectual pressure cooker with the same faces day in, day out. Truly, the stuff of dreams—or nightmares, depending on how much you enjoy lawyerly banter over the water cooler.</p><p></p><p><strong>Slaughter and May:</strong> On the other hand, mingling with law students from other firms during your SQE could be the social event of the year, a veritable melting pot of future legal eagles. Who knows? Maybe you'll meet someone from a rival firm and form a dramatic alliance that echoes through the annals of legal history—or at least, makes for a good anecdote at bar association events.</p><p></p><h3>To Bill or Not to Bill:</h3><p><strong>Clifford Chance:</strong> Ah, the sweet treadmill of billable hours. Nothing screams "I've made it" like agonizing over whether your six-minute bathroom break should be billed to client code 12345 or 67890.</p><p></p><p><strong>Slaughter and May:</strong> A world without billable hour targets? It's almost like being told you're going to Disneyland, only to find out it's 'Legal Disneyland,' where instead of roller coasters, you have endless briefs to review.</p><p></p><h3>Academic and Varied vs. Same Old, Same Old:</h3><p><strong>Clifford Chance:</strong> Being stuck in a practice area for all eternity? Imagine the pure, unadulterated joy of mastering the arcane arts of a single domain—like learning to conjure fire and then doing absolutely nothing else for the rest of your magical career.</p><p></p><p><strong>Slaughter and May:</strong> Multispecialism! The spice of legal life. One day you're a tax genius; the next, an antitrust maven. It's like being a Swiss Army knife made entirely of legal expertise. Or, alternatively, a jack of all trades, master of none, if things go south.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I’m_Batman, post: 148863, member: 30556"] Ah, the timeless conundrum of choosing between Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May for a training contract—a predicament as old as the legal hills, akin to choosing between champagne and fine wine. [HEADING=2]The SQE Debacle:[/HEADING] [B]Clifford Chance:[/B] Ah, yes, spending your SQE time exclusively with Clifford Chance folks. Imagine being trapped in a high-octane intellectual pressure cooker with the same faces day in, day out. Truly, the stuff of dreams—or nightmares, depending on how much you enjoy lawyerly banter over the water cooler. [B]Slaughter and May:[/B] On the other hand, mingling with law students from other firms during your SQE could be the social event of the year, a veritable melting pot of future legal eagles. Who knows? Maybe you'll meet someone from a rival firm and form a dramatic alliance that echoes through the annals of legal history—or at least, makes for a good anecdote at bar association events. [HEADING=2]To Bill or Not to Bill:[/HEADING] [B]Clifford Chance:[/B] Ah, the sweet treadmill of billable hours. Nothing screams "I've made it" like agonizing over whether your six-minute bathroom break should be billed to client code 12345 or 67890. [B]Slaughter and May:[/B] A world without billable hour targets? It's almost like being told you're going to Disneyland, only to find out it's 'Legal Disneyland,' where instead of roller coasters, you have endless briefs to review. [HEADING=2]Academic and Varied vs. Same Old, Same Old:[/HEADING] [B]Clifford Chance:[/B] Being stuck in a practice area for all eternity? Imagine the pure, unadulterated joy of mastering the arcane arts of a single domain—like learning to conjure fire and then doing absolutely nothing else for the rest of your magical career. [B]Slaughter and May:[/B] Multispecialism! The spice of legal life. One day you're a tax genius; the next, an antitrust maven. It's like being a Swiss Army knife made entirely of legal expertise. Or, alternatively, a jack of all trades, master of none, if things go south. [/QUOTE]
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