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  1. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Huge congrats!! Where and what will you be studying if you don't mind sharing? If you can't defer your offer (which would surprise me tbh) your GIFs and memes will be more than welcome on here next cycle :)
  2. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    TCLA x Liam Porrit future collab? 👀
  3. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Moving from Scotland to London is very common and my supervisor on my vac scheme made that move (and I know he has a lot of friends from Scotland who did) a year or two into their qualification so it's definitely doable and is a lot more common than you think! :)
  4. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yeah I completely agree with both of you guys - would make so much more sense for both sides
  5. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Completely agree, I think it's the least you can do when the candidate has invested so much time and effort into submitting the application
  6. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yeah I did and they've already filled the position sadly :(
  7. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    How is it unethical? If they've found all the candidates they want and don't feel the need to read anymore surely that's their prerogative? I totally understand how frustrating it is from a candidate's perspective (the same thing happened to me a couple of years ago!) but I'm not sure it's unethical
  8. Daniel Boden

    On working in the US

    Yeah, to practice in New York you need a US LLM to be eligible to take the NY Bar or have a 3-year law degree. If you're a non-law student and do the GDL then you need to do a US LLM which obviously can be very expensive! Alternatively, once you've qualified as a solicitor in the UK you are...
  9. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Potentially, but in the Weil case it was mainly because I hadn't been asked that many technical questions during my AC to get onto the scheme whereas the other candidates had so they hadn't measured my understanding/assessed me on my understanding of PE which I think is why mine was a bit more...
  10. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yeah I think that's spot on tbh, the Weil one seemed much more formal as you say because I think it was designed that way whereas the Gibson Dunn one probably wasn't a formal assessment looking back but was still useful regardless
  11. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    So I've done two TC interviews at the end of vacation schemes and they were both very different from each other haha. My exit interview from my scheme at Weil was very technical and pretty intense as I was grilled on what I had done and asked some technical PE questions based on that and then...
  12. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    I think they do but hardly ever, if at all, recruit from that route. Everyone in my intake and the intake before was taken on from the VS so it's much better to apply through that route if you can I'd say
  13. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    OP hasn't got a TC with another firm though, just a VS and obviously there's no guarantee that they'll convert it (although I'm sure he/she will smash it) so I'm not sure that's the same thing tbh. If you've accepted a TC elsewhere (firm A) and signed the contract then you have to withdraw from...
  14. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Do Dechert offer other dates you would be able to do? Edit: if not and you can't do a direct TC then personally I wouldn't bother
  15. Daniel Boden

    Taking a year out: at a disadvantage?

    No not at all in my opinion. Obviously it depends how you use your time and how you frame it e.g. if you show it as personal development through travel/learning about new cultures etc. then I think it'd be a great thing to do before you start your career as you won't get the time again when you...
  16. Daniel Boden

    Law firms & Diversity

    Also, in light of this topic, have people read the government's report into race relations in the UK that was released yesterday? I'm admittedly only a bit of the way through it and haven't finished it yet but from what I've read and seen online, it seems like a massively missed opportunity
  17. Daniel Boden

    Law firms & Diversity

    I've heard similar stories of girls/young women with a strong 'essex' accent facing similar issues breaking into the corporate world so would also be curious to hear people's thoughts on this
  18. Daniel Boden

    Law firms & Diversity

    You're very welcome - it's a good read! :)
  19. Daniel Boden

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Huge congrats that's fantastic news! Be honest, how many times did you ask if this was an April Fools' joke? 😂 Which firm is it if you don't mind me asking?
  20. Daniel Boden

    Law firms & Diversity

    I totally agree with this and think that these subtle nuances can arguably be more important in some scenarios. It's all well and good if you have a diverse group on the outside (in terms of skin colour etc.) but if say all of your diverse candidates went to elite private schools and then elite...
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