General Discussion Thread 2020-21

[AY]

Does anyone know how to best prepare for a virtual assessment centre?

 

[FutureCity]

Does anyone know how to best prepare for a virtual assessment centre?

Bright Network is doing a seminar this Wednesday

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Does anyone know how to best prepare for a virtual assessment centre?

will be writing something on this! Sorry for the delay.

 

[AY]

Thank you both, will look into BrightNetwork's seminar for the time being as well as read up on commercial news/negotiation/drafting etc

 

[FutureCity]

will be writing something on this! Sorry for the delay.

I know it is the first time it is being done like this, but it would be great if you could give advice on how to approach an online vacation scheme that will include partner interviews.

 

[thecorporatelawyer]

Yeah I would put that in your work experience. If there's a particular achievement you have associated with your e-commerce business or a particular challenge you faced which you overcame, you could then mention that specific point in the first question I'd say but otherwise put it in your work experience as @Jessica Booker says

Yes I essentially wanted to speak about how it was a huge achievement, and I certainly had challenges to get the success I did, so I felt it would be nice to go into more detail outside of work experience. Hoping talking about this in the first question will be fine, as the question seems very specific.

 

[S87]

My apologies if this is a dumb question but I'm not sure which one of these questions I could speak about the e-commerce business I started; would it fall under;

Please provide details of any noteworthy achievements e.g. awards, prizes, positions of responsibility, particular exam marks and your position in your cohort?

or

Use this section to provide details of your non-academic interests.

So what I would do is to put your interest in e-commerce among your non-academic interest. For example, I said that I am interested in music..I am an avid music collector and this has allowed me to create a group where we exchange material across different countries. Plus, from a simple passion I have transformed it into a "legal passion" and moved to study the wider implication of the music and pop industry with copyright and IPO implications and this has allowed me to set-up a business plan for a company through the use of music platforms and social media. Plus, in the section why this firm I have mentioned my passion and how this pushed me to take a work experience where I compared the National legislation on copyright against the one in the US. Finally, in my work section I explained about my business.

Basically, I created a narrative for the recruiter so it is also easier to understand why that firm.

This is my 2 cent and might be wrong so take it with a pinch of salt!

 

[thecorporatelawyer]

So what I would do is to put your interest in e-commerce among your non-academic interest. For example, I said that I am interested in music..I am an avid music collector and this has allowed me to create a group where we exchange material across different countries. Plus, from a simple passion I have transformed it into a "legal passion" and moved to study the wider implication of the music and pop industry with copyright and IPO implications and this has allowed me to set-up a business plan for a company through the use of music platforms and social media. Plus, in the section why this firm I have mentioned my passion and how this pushed me to take a work experience where I compared the National legislation on copyright against the one in the US. Finally, in my work section I explained about my business.

Basically, I created a narrative for the recruiter so it is also easier to understand why that firm.

This is my 2 cent and might be wrong so take it with a pinch of salt!

This is so great thank you so much!

 

[Daniel Boden]

Yes I essentially wanted to speak about how it was a huge achievement, and I certainly had challenges to get the success I did, so I felt it would be nice to go into more detail outside of work experience. Hoping talking about this in the first question will be fine, as the question seems very specific.

In that case, I would mention one of those challenges you overcame and talk about that in the question using the STAR/CAR method

 

[FutureCity]

In that case, I would mention one of those challenges you overcame and talk about that in the question using the STAR/CAR method

In regards to CAR, there is a CARL method my advisor told me about which adds “Learning”. I think it’s an interesting addition.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Your interests in no way have to be connected to law. In fact, there’s probably a lot more demand for them to be completely unconnected

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I’d personally avoid using STAR/CAR/CARL I’m this type of question - you won’t have the word count for it. If you are going to add in your e commerce business to this section, it can literally be as short as: For the last 2 years, I have run an e-commerce business selling fashion goods. The business turns over £1,000 profit per annum.

 

[thecorporatelawyer]

In that case, I would mention one of those challenges you overcame and talk about that in the question using the STAR/CAR method

Great thanks! Do you think it would hinder my application not having any huge academic achievements or academic prizes?

 

[Daniel Boden]

Great thanks! Do you think it would hinder my application not having any huge academic achievements or academic prizes?

No because they are only included in the question as suggestions or potential options that you could choose

 

[Daniel Boden]

Hi guys,

I hope everyone is safe and well and coping okay with the circumstances of COVID-19! Fingers crossed we're not too far away from restrictions being lifted a little more!

Apologies for my inactivity over the last few months - I was just finishing my dissertation and sending in my last ever university essays (still a very weird sentence for me to type) the last of which I submitted on Friday so I am officially all done!

Obviously now I have a lot of free time on my hands before I start my vacation scheme with Gibson Dunn and so the main reason for this post is to felt that I'd offer to help anyone with any burning questions or issues they may have, be it about applications or commercial awareness or a combination of the two!

I've got a few ideas of how I'm going to be preparing for my upcoming scheme and would be happy to share any tips based on my experience at Weil last summer and my successes this cycle (particularly with US firms) if that'd be of interest to people? Let me know

Thanks guys and all the best with your applications and any university/law school exams you may have left!

Dan

EDIT: I am delighted to announce that I have taken on a more formal role with TCLA but now ask that if you have a question to please post it somewhere in the forum and then I will answer so everyone can benefit in case they have the same questions

 

[S87]

Hi guys,

I hope everyone is safe and well and coping okay with the circumstances of COVID-19! Fingers crossed we're not too far away from restrictions being lifted a little more!

Apologies for my inactivity over the last few months - I was just finishing my dissertation and sending in my last ever university essays (still a very weird sentence for me to type) the last of which I submitted on Friday so I am officially all done!

Obviously now I have a lot of free time on my hands before I start my vacation scheme with Gibson Dunn and so the main reason for this post is to felt that I'd offer to help anyone with any burning questions or issues they may have, be it about applications or commercial awareness or a combination of the two!

I've got a few ideas of how I'm going to be preparing for my upcoming scheme and would be happy to share any tips based on my experience at Weil last summer and my successes this cycle (particularly with US firms) if that'd be of interest to people? Let me know

If anyone wishes to drop me a message privately then please feel free and I'll do my best to respond as soon as I can.

Thanks guys and all the best with your applications and any university/law school exams you may have left!

Dan

This is so nice. I am going to annoy you later for an advice.
By the way, I am really enjoying the PE course on Coursera.

 

[MarathonNotaSprint]

Shoosmiths are sending out 'next stage' emails today. Best of luck to everyone that applied.

 

[S87]

I just received an email from pinsent and they said that will send a response shortly. Best of the best of luck to everyone who has applied

 

[SLKEJRWOI97]

Hi guys,

I hope everyone is safe and well and coping okay with the circumstances of COVID-19! Fingers crossed we're not too far away from restrictions being lifted a little more!

Apologies for my inactivity over the last few months - I was just finishing my dissertation and sending in my last ever university essays (still a very weird sentence for me to type) the last of which I submitted on Friday so I am officially all done!

Obviously now I have a lot of free time on my hands before I start my vacation scheme with Gibson Dunn and so the main reason for this post is to felt that I'd offer to help anyone with any burning questions or issues they may have, be it about applications or commercial awareness or a combination of the two!

I've got a few ideas of how I'm going to be preparing for my upcoming scheme and would be happy to share any tips based on my experience at Weil last summer and my successes this cycle (particularly with US firms) if that'd be of interest to people? Let me know

Thanks guys and all the best with your applications and any university/law school exams you may have left!

Dan

EDIT: I am delighted to announce that I have taken on a more formal role with TCLA but now ask that if you have a question to please post it somewhere in the forum and then I will answer so everyone can benefit in case they have the same questions

Thanks for such a kind post Daniel - would you be able to shed some light on your commercial awareness strategy please? I'm staying on top of the news and have a good grasp of commercial news but still find the case study still challenging :/

Thanks!

 

[Daniel Boden]

Thanks for such a kind post Daniel - would you be able to shed some light on your commercial awareness strategy please? I'm staying on top of the news and have a good grasp of commercial news but still find the case study still challenging :/

Thanks!

Of course! I'll post about that today in the new thread that myself and Alice have created

Which sort of case study do you mean if you don't mind me asking?