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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    looks like drawing conclusion is the area that trip applicants. it's also my weakest performance (30-40 percentile). Heads up to anyone practising for WG, you may want to focus particularly on this segment of the test!
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    make sure to also check your spam inbox. Both mine and my friend's Shearman's responses went to spam
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    if they didn't specify you might have passed the WG test but get rejected based on your application. The same happened to me, I got rejected the day after I completed the test and they didn't mention my WG outcome in the email. When I requested to see my WG result, they confirmed that I actually...
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    News story that interest me Dilemma?

    I use trade war and the belt and road initiative for any firm that has strong presence or does a lot of work in China. Otherwise I tend to talk about high street closures and the impacts of e-commerce
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    Free TCLA memberships

    thank you @yanerlim ! did not see it coming at all appreciate it!
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    We are looking for two commercial writers!

    oh no haha don't say that, believe in yourself!
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    We are looking for two commercial writers!

    omg you sound like those law firms' rejection emails haha
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    Six things I learnt by applying for training contracts for six years

    This is truly inspiring! It really gives me the strength to persevere and not giving up despite rejections after rejections! you'll make an awesome lawyer, all the best of luck :)
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    Which Law firms do not recruit heavily from Vac Schemes?

    I'm sure DLA does have straight TC application route. I checked their website, deadline to apply straight for TC is 11 Nov and is on rolling basis
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    they don't categorise these topics by law firms unfortunately. As @Hazal pointed out it is dependent on what topics they decided to cover and which firm participated in the interview. But the articles generally help me to understand law firms better, esp. with regards to how they're preparing...
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    massively motivating, thank you!
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    Commercial awareness resources: collated list of pros and cons

    just came across these magazines! they provide excellent insights to law firm's strategies, why they do what they do, how they run as a business, and they're free! do really check these out https://www.briefing.co.uk/magazines/
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    Herbert Smith Freehills Online Assessment?

    there's no diagram. if i remember correctly there's 12 situational judgment questions, 12 verbal reasoning and a series of personality questionnaires. the test is not time limitted but is time recorded --> take as long as you need but I think they factor the time taken in the final result. Hope...
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    BCLP - listing your achievements, positions of responsibilities etc;

    I added results to @yanerlim structure
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    Question on your greatest achievements

    Thanks so much for sharing!
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    Question on your greatest achievements

    Hi guys, This I think is the type of application question I struggle the most with! I'm not sure what the firms are trying to get out of me from this kind of question, is it a competency-based or motivation-based? Are they trying to find out what values I deem to be important? Do I need to...
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    Norton Rose Fulbright - Other Information

    In the past, I used this section to tell the recruiters more about my extracurricular activities that I did not get to include in the work experiences section, such as experience managing a student society, or small achievements in my academic study that I did not already get a chance to...
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    Weekly Commercial Awareness Thread

    haha I was wondering why financial stocks would benefit from high interest rate, realised the answer is rather simple: they gain more from lending. Still trying to wrap my head around the connectivity of all these events, and financial jargons could be a pain sometimes
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    Jones Day

    Jaysen shared his successful Jones Day cover letter on an earlier thread which I found very helpful to use as guidance on what to include and how to balance the content winning cover letter example -...
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    Strange application questions...

    question 3 is really interesting but I'm sure I would freeze then give a terrible answer. Would love to hear sharings of answers from you guys

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