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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Congrats this is a good problem to have. If I were you I’d contact the two you want to decline and ask if you could get entry next year or if they could put you on a direct Tc application. A hard decision though. They are all such fantastic firms
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    If you do not include a grade on your app.. it won’t match with what you have on your transcript.
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Im now wondering if not including a career mgt module that’s on my transcript but shows grade unknown, N/A because I didn’t participate in it is necessary
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Wow :(
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Was this for a direct TC? I think they take a lot longer
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Thank you Jessica! Would you say when you say for a lot of firms this would include smaller city firms & National firms?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Thank you for your response. By low I mean overall low 2:1 but just half of degree grades are 2:2s and maybe 1 as a 3rd. Half are firsts and high 2:1s.
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Hello Jessica, I just wanted to ask if it was possible to strengthen an application that is weaker because of low grades. Provided the application has some form of commercial legal work experience. Eg paralegal. Is it possible to actually overcome the grades barrier issue to top law firms?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Just to supplement ”We do not recruit on a rolling basis – We will wait till the deadline, January 31st 2020, at which point we will review all applications. Successful candidates will be invited to attend our Assessment Centre, which takes place in April 2020. If you have not been contacted by...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Since when do Milbank do tests? As far as I know it's just a straight assessment center. So whoever told you that must mean somewhere else
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Was this for a vacation scheme?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    New thread. First post.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hahaha where is the next one
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    You can’t.. u can relate the story to the practice area though
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    When did you guys apply
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Odd that they haven’t replied ask them again.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Dechert have ghosted next then because everyone seems to have been replied to.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Ropes & Gray Application rejection!! Make that Simmons, Shearman, Sidley, Jones Day (post-Interview), Weil .. all rejections! My biggest barrier is the grades which were bad in 1st & 2nd year (mit circumstances).. Currently on the LLM so I’m on my last limb.. Sigh well I guess I’m going to...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Same haha and you’re already a future trainee! It’s funny how these rejections work.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Weil Application Rejection!

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