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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Sorry to hear this :( Did the rejection come through just now?
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    Herbert Smith Freehills App

    For summer, I don't think many people have heard back to be honest...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Nice work! In my TC interview they grilled me on what other Firms I’d applied to so make sure that you can link the Firms you have interviews with - ie so it doesn’t look like a scattergun approach! Best of luck :)
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    They start interviewing for the TC in March so probably Feb
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    They do the interviews for the Vac Scheme first so don’t worry if you don’t hear anything for a bit
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Tell me about it!! I really want to email but think I should just sit tight! If anyone else hears back pls lmk!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Nope not a peep! Did the WG 12/12. Hbu?
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Somebody said NRF will be like April before we hear
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Not heard anything from S&C - aren't you taking the TC offer you recently got?!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Has anyone that did the Akin Gump WG in December heard back regarding interviews?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    For the Jones Day 100 word questions, did people bullet point/list their experiences?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Does anyone have the graduate recruitment email for Ashurt? Can't seem to find it online
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    They actually only gave me three days to complete it, but I was ill at the time and they gave me a week and a half extension :)
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    last year for the Vac scheme I got the WG 3 weeks before the deadline. If you read the website it says they don’t make final decisions until after the deadline ie don’t give out offers.
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hi - I just mentioned when I could and would want to start the SQE. They have a Spring and Autumn intake every year, so its just personal preference.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I can't answer your specific question but there is a thread on here, https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/ask-shearman-sterling-anything.1825/ , that Paul checks which you could pop the question in?
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    I am an Associate at a Global Law Firm. Ask me Anything!

    Thank you for this. To follow up, do you think working for a Firm's satellite office can actually be an advantage (as is hinted at above) as I always thought that being a satellite office led to less good work (essentially UK aspects of a US-based deal), working at the whim of a US office's...
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    I am an Associate at a Global Law Firm. Ask me Anything!

    In your experience, do US firms live up to the "aggressive", "cutthroat", "awful places to work" tags that are often attributed to them?

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