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Another FT article: https://www.ft.com/content/2faa2420-581d-11e8-b8b2-d6ceb45fa9d0- Nicole
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Commercial Awareness - May 2018
Thanks Coralin, I will add this to the list!- Nicole
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Mental health for lawyers: the impact of long working hours
Haha yeah...that's going to be a big adjustment!- Nicole
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Competency Interview Questions Plan
You're welcome!- Nicole
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Mental health for lawyers: the impact of long working hours
Hey guys, It's mental health awareness week and I came across this interesting article from Legal Week: http://www.legalweek.com/sites/legalweek/2018/05/16/burnt-out-new-research-highlights-impact-of-long-working-hours-on-lawyers-mental-health/, but it's under a paywall! So I wanted to...- Nicole
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Competency Interview Questions Plan
Hey guys :) I used to find it helpful to write down all my extracurriculars/answers to competency questions, which I could then review before telephone, video and face to face interviews. If you want to do the same, we created a ready-made PDF for you to use. You can access it here...- Nicole
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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How do I make my training contract applications stand out?
One thing that's often missed - try to use the active voice in your application. It's a tiny change but it makes a big difference to a lot of applications (it makes it easier to read, more personal and more direct). e.g. "The Commercial Law Society was set up by me" ---> "I set up the...- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Hi guys :) I hope you're having a good week! Just to let you know, we've made the commercial awareness newsletters for March and April available in the Our Guides section: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/our-guides/. Nicole- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! The interview guide is now live. You can access it here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/175-training-contract-interview-questions/. We'll be sending round an email soon with another commercial awareness update (thanks to @Coralin96...- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
It has been sent round :)- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Okay great! It's quite early to hear back anyway, I'm sure you'll do well :)- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Hehe that's the plan! Do you have some coming up?- Nicole
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
At the moment, we are compiling lots and lots of possible interview questions together for our next guide. It should be ready in the next couple of days!- Nicole
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This is a summary of the first two articles I had from The Lawyer. I have bolded the bits that I think are most interesting/helpful :). 1. Law firms after the financial crisis and the future of law firms After cutbacks during the financial crisis (2009/10), law firms started expanding in 2011...- Nicole
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- Forum: Watson Glaser and Case Study Resources
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Useful resources
Here are some of the helpful links that have been posted on here so far. Law firm articles https://www.ft.com/content/b9c96d04-376c-11e8-8eee-e06bde01c544. The compensation system at UK v US law firms and analysis of a few US law firms...- Nicole
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Commercial Awareness - April 2018
Thanks for sharing, can't say I'm surprised! Interesting that law firms are increasingly allowing people to work from home. Maybe not so much trainees but definitely mid to senior associates/partners.- Nicole
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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The what-we're-doing-right-now page
Hey guys, we are currently working on the second (much longer) case study and hope to get it out to you later today :)- Nicole
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Commercial Awareness Briefing
We're really happy to hear that - that's exactly what we were hoping, so thank you! We're aiming to send out part 2 over the weekend.- Nicole
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