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    Commercial Awareness - May 2018

    Thank youu. I was missing your posts for a while haha!
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    Useful resources

    This is super helpful :)
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    Commercial Awareness - April 2018

    It must be frustrating when the press gets wind of it, makes the merger talks all the more official!
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    Commercial Awareness - April 2018

    I've been following your posts for a while, I just want to say thank you so much. I don't know how long these topic but they're going to be so so useful when it comes to training contract interviews.
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    Bird & Bird

    Some of the points about trainees were really interesting: that trainees could get better quality work as tech handles the commoditisation stuff. But that over time there may be less trainees. The other points about the traits that students need were great too. One of them said the biggest...
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    Introduction to LawTech

    Oh sorry I just saw @Sandrou posted this already. Ignore me!
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    Introduction to LawTech

    Hey guys this video is very good too: https://l2b.thelawyer.com/webcast-the-future-of-law/ especially starting from 9 minutes 30 seconds onwards. I found it helpful for those questions that ask about the future of the legal profession i.e. the future of the partnership model, technology etc.
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    Introduction to LawTech

    Hey Jonty, thanks so much for writing this up. I especially like the Legal Geek website, I'd love to go to their conference next time. What do you think would be a good place to start out of these resources? Also do you have any experience in coding yourself? PS: let us know about your podcast :)
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    Ask me anything: Latham & Watkins trainee

    Hi Nicole. It's so good to have a Latham & Watkins trainee here, I went to your open day last year and loved it :). I have a few friends at US firms and they said the learning is quite tough but really good for your growth. Was there a point as a trainee when things just clicked and it became...
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    Ask me anything: Trainee at Morrison & Foerster

    Hey this is a bit irrelevant, but I just wanted to say you write really well :)
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    Welcome! Introduce yourself here :)

    Great site! I'm Sofia - currently working at a marketing agency. I studied history at Oxford and my interesting fact is that I like to lift weights :)
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    My successful training contract application to Allen & Overy

    This is so kind, thank you! I wish I had this when I was applying to Allen & Overy for my vacation scheme!
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    Upcoming A&O open day

    Hey Nick :). I applied for a TC with A&O too and got rejected. When did you get the open day invite? I would probably go for the commercial awareness session but what do you think you're weaker on?
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    How do you 'network'?

    Yes he is!
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    How do you 'network'?

    What I learned from many of my boyfriend's networking events: Follow-up with people so they remember you (and in the email mention what you discussed), keep the follow up short To leave a group excuse yourself for food/drink/the loo Make a point to remember their name as they introduce...
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    Daily/Weekly Commercial Awareness Updates

    Yes! Commercial awareness updates are a great idea :)

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