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LuNo

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Hope so! I haven't heard from them yet so getting a little worried now!
Maybe they're going to email the people for the second day of AC afterwards? When they get confirmation of how many people are attending the first one? I have no idea, just speculating! But no news is good news :D
 

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Yeah, in terms of showing your commitment in how you approached it this time round :)
Tbh it was quite difficult since I didn't have much "real" legal experience. All I could do was go off my insight day but I really tried to make the most of this. For example I talked about the negotiation exercise that we did during the insight day, how this helped strengthen my interest in law, and how the skills I picked up during this would be useful when working in the firm's litigation department etc.

Besides that, I really capitalised on my transferable skills. I was lucky in that I had varied work experience/volunteering/extra curricular stuff under my belt. One thing I always did where possible was to try and link the "why me"/my transferable skills back to the firm that I was applying to. For example, I mentioned how I was passionate about diversity and inclusion - seen through the x work that I'd done, and so I was really interested in the firm's x D&I initiative. I think doing this helped to tick off the boxes recruiters were looking for :)
 
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Daniel Boden

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    Guys, I'm absolutely thrilled to share that this morning I got the call from Gibson Dunn offering me a training contract!

    As many of you know, I have been a member of TCLA for the last couple of years and can honestly say that this never would have been possible without all of the fantastic work @Jaysen and lately @Alice G have been doing.

    For all those still waiting/going through this process you will get there. It is a question of when not if :)
     

    Jaysen

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    Guys, I'm absolutely thrilled to share that this morning I got the call from Gibson Dunn offering me a training contract!

    As many of you know, I have been a member of TCLA for the last couple of years and can honestly say that this never would have been possible without all of the fantastic work @Jaysen and lately @Alice G have been doing.

    For all those still waiting/going through this process you will get there. It is a question of when not if :)

    So so happy for you!
     

    Zoo

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    Guys, I'm absolutely thrilled to share that this morning I got the call from Gibson Dunn offering me a training contract!

    As many of you know, I have been a member of TCLA for the last couple of years and can honestly say that this never would have been possible without all of the fantastic work @Jaysen and lately @Alice G have been doing.

    For all those still waiting/going through this process you will get there. It is a question of when not if :)

    Amazing, well done :)
     
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    Bugsy Malone

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    Guys, I'm absolutely thrilled to share that this morning I got the call from Gibson Dunn offering me a training contract!

    As many of you know, I have been a member of TCLA for the last couple of years and can honestly say that this never would have been possible without all of the fantastic work @Jaysen and lately @Alice G have been doing.

    For all those still waiting/going through this process you will get there. It is a question of when not if :)

    Amazing news Dan so happy for you!
     
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