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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Ahh alright, thank you
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    With a cover letter that is part of an online application form, is it fine to leave out the normal things in a cover letter such as address who you're addressing it to and yours faithfully/sincerely at the bottom?
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Ahh okay, thank you very much
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Covington and Burling's cover letter ask that, 'you should also use the covering letter as an opportunity to include any additional information that you feel is relevant to your application but is not covered in the rest of the form.' The application form has quite a lot of questions and I feel...
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    Covington Application

    Ahh alright thank you, I'm within the word count with the full name anyway.
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    Covington Application

    Is it acceptable to refer to Covington & Burling as Covington after writing the full name once?
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    US firm training

    I plan to reference my experience in my zero-hour contract jobs in which on the job training was standard.
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    US firm training

    Thank you.
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    US firm training

    That's a good way to discuss it, thank you, I'll try look for the thread.
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    US firm training

    I've read that US firms often have less structured/ more on the job training, however would it be appropriate to describe the training programme like this when discussing motivations for the firm?
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    Sidley Austin vac interview

    Sounds like it will be tough, thank you very much.
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    Sidley Austin vac interview

    Ahh, nevertheless, thank you for the previous help
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    Sidley Austin vac interview

    Thank you very much, did you end up doing the summer scheme? If you did may I message you to ask about your experience?
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    Sidley Austin vac interview

    I have an interview with Sidley Austin in three new year. However, this will be the first firm I've interviewed with that I haven't previously visited or interacted with in some way. Usually I suppliment my reasons for applying with personal experiences and interactions from my visits. Any...
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    Law Fair/Legal Events

    I have an interview with a firm that is holding an event near my uni. I have only just seen the event notification on Facebook and registered via the link. With such an event do you think that having registered I will be able to attend or it's based off an invite? Also I have a suit, but only...
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    Researching law firms

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    Researching law firms

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    Researching law firms

    Following on from this would it be appropriate to base you answer of why the firm mainly on your experience with them, through open days, first year schemes, supported with things I have researched about the firm
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    Ashurst Application 2019

    Alright, its the latter, thank you
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    Ashurst Application 2019

    Is it necessary to include the firms address on the cover letter, and should I factor that into my word count?

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