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Shearman & Sterling
Hi Nick, As a starting point you might want to ask yourself some of these questions: -How is Shearman and Sterling different to the magic circle (except Slaughters)? -How is Shearman and Sterling to the other international US firms? -What does Shearman and Sterling talk proudly about/tell its...- Nicole
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Anyone else drowning?
Ooh speaking of solicitors accounts, one of the guys in my class sent round an exam guide made by one of the LPC teachers. It's a big cheesy but there's some pretty good advice in there!- Nicole
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Anyone else drowning?
Hehe I hated that. One piece of advice, please don't do what I did and leave the FMT's next term to the last minute. I ended up having to do an all-nighter to finish it and was so stressed out!- Nicole
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Vacation Scheme Preparation
Good luck on your vac schemes this week guys!- Nicole
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic
Great we'll do this one next (after the guide to law firms and how they make money).- Nicole
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Anyone else drowning?
Are you doing the leverage ratio/return on capital employed stuff?- Nicole
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Anyone else drowning?
^ I was there too- mixed feelings! But the SQE is coming soon and it looks like that's going to change everything.- Nicole
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- Forum: General Discussion
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How to get work from lawyers
(Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) Should I knock on doors? Your supervisor/trainee buddy will generally give you work, so I wouldn't worry too much, unless (a) you've been told to, (b) you've run out of things to do, or (c) you're at Jones Day...- Nicole
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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How hard did you work during your vacation scheme? What hours did you do?
(Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) Pretty hard. There was one vacation scheme where a partner set me a huge task (at least I thought it was huge, but he didn’t seem to notice!), where I had to write a report about an ancient law for every country the...- Nicole
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The final interview
(Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) The final interview will have some overlap with the vacation scheme interview – they’ll be looking to see your motivation/experience/commercial awareness. But now that you’ve been there for two weeks, it tends to focus...- Nicole
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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You don't have to be perfect
(Reminder: These are posts I'm copying that Jaysen made in The Student Room) How to do well on the scheme? It’s going to be a little scary, but remember – the firm has decided that you’re a good candidate; that’s why you’re on the vacation scheme. Even then, you don’t have to get everything...- Nicole
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Vacation Scheme Preparation
How to prepare for the scheme? A couple of weeks before the scheme I’d research the firm (again) and go through the materials I used to prepare for interviews. I found the best resource to be The Lawyer for firm-specific research. It's a useful way to understand the firm, its competitors...- Nicole
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Post your suggestions here
Excellent article, thank you. It teases out the comparisons between the MC firms and US firms really well (and with nice figures!).- Nicole
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic
Hey :) We're taking in the next round fo suggestions for a commercial awareness topic. Please post in this thread and we will choose a topic tomorrow :)- Nicole
- Post #6
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Post your suggestions here
Hey GD, I love the suggestion, it's something I used to struggle with! I've spoke to @Jaysen and he said we can get the guide started this weekend and aim to get it out next week (depending on how deep we go). So just a tentative outline: How is a law firm structured? How does a law firm make...- Nicole
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- Forum: Site Announcements
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Vote for a weekly commercial awareness topic
Part 2 (the impact on law firms) is also up :)- Nicole
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- Forum: Applications Discussion