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Resources to research firms' recent deals and clients
Hi Ansi :) I think it's definitely worth referencing specific deals and clients if they form part of your reason for wanting to work at that firm, and part of your answer to 'why this firm'. In terms of where to look, I would suggest: 1. The firm's website - the news section of the website...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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LPC Application strategy
I've also heard of ULaw offering to match any scholarship offered by BPP or vice versa. They are both for-profit universities, so I highly doubt they are picky over how you've ranked them in your preferences. If you meet their minimum requirements and are willing to pay their course fees, they...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial awareness and reading the news
You're welcome! It's always good to check that you are heading in the right direction. Thank you so much for your kind words on my TCLA day in the life video, I have to credit the TCLA team for the brilliant idea :)- shannontongg
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Wills & Administration of Estate(Ulaw)
There was no negative marking in any LPC exams I sat. This was something the tutors repeated often!- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Wills & Administration of Estate(Ulaw)
When I took this exam at ulaw, all the MCQs had equal weighting, regardless or whether calculations are involved. Do you have access to a specimen paper to check? It should state on the front whether the questions all carry equal weight. If they do, it shouldn’t make a difference whether each Q...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Commercial awareness and reading the news
One thing to note is that you are not expected to be aware of every daily news story, or to memorise the details of many stories. What is more important is developing an ability to think commercially, which is thinking about how the news is relevant to firms and clients as you have mentioned...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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I got a last minute interview with STB for and admin role but...
There’s no harm in trying to negotiate if you are offered the role, the worst thing that could happen is that they say they can’t offer you any higher, but they wouldn’t retract your offer. As you say, these types of roles are a great way to get your foot through the door, I started in an admin...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Why this firm for national firms (or non big ticket firms)?
The quality of work and reputation of the firm can be one reason to apply for a firm, but I would say there is a lot more involved in choosing a firm than just that. It may be worth researching the following:- Style of training: This is super important as a junior member of the team, since you...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Share your interview nightmares, sticky situations and stories!
My tips for building rapport would be: Be enthusiastic about law/the firm, and be passionate when talking about your past experiences. This will hopefully prompt your interviewer to engage with you more. This is what I failed to do in my interview because I was thrown by the initial convo...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Share your interview nightmares, sticky situations and stories!
Great thread idea! One of my worst interview experiences happened at my first legal assessment centre. I was feeling really intimidated already as it was my first one. The Partner interviewing me started the conversation by sighing and said 'let's try to get this over with quickly'. She had a...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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CMS 'Relationship Firm'
My interpretation of this is that they have left it quite broad, so I think new ways of working could include both remote working and the introduction of new technology. There is an overlap between the two since the pandemic has essentially accelerated changes that would have likely happened in...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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LPC ULaw How To Study
Hey! Hope you are enjoying the LPC so far. In my view, the most efficient way to approach the LPC is to do everything with the exam in mind. It is an open book exam at ULaw, so people often tab things so they can find topics quickly during the exam. For the core and elective modules, the parts...- shannontongg
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Applying skills to trainee role
If you wanted to write about your communication skills, you could give brief example of a time where you have successfully demonstrated such skills, and then link that to how you could use the same skill as a trainee. For instance, your ability to communicate well with team members would allow...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Accutrainee
I haven’t done an assessment centre with Accutrainee, but looking at the structure, I wouldn’t imagine it to be vastly diffferent to an AC at a traditional firm. The founder of Accutrainee recently did an Instagram live Q&A which you can rewatch on YouTube. They chat about what they look for...- shannontongg
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion