TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

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Rob93

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I still have nightmares about being stuck in the background check cycle from my last internship 😂 I had to send evidence of all my addresses and they asked for the tenancy agreements and I had a gap of two days between them and nearly failed for that reason, I had to find the hotel receipts for two nights from 4 years ago
Jesus, I thought dealing with the home office for my spousal visa was bad! Don't think I even have records for half the places I've lived in the past few years
 
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Asil Ahmad

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    I was wondering is it weird that the US firms that are life sciences expertise that their technology practise is a market leader. I mean every law firm that is a life sciences strength are also a technology strength. I mean is there a reason for that or is there not a particular reason for that for example Cooley and Covington.
     

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    I was wondering is it weird that the US firms that are life sciences expertise that their technology practise is a market leader. I mean every law firm that is a life sciences strength are also a technology strength. I mean is there a reason for that or is there not a particular reason for that for example Cooley and Covington.
    Lots of overlap between lifesci and general tech, particularly having good patent lawyers + capacity in VC which is big for those kinds of businesses. A lot of geographical positioning will also overlap, especially having offices in proximity to good research universities which tend to lead to STEM-field startups.
     

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    Lots of overlap between lifesci and general tech, particularly having good patent lawyers + capacity in VC which is big for those kinds of businesses. A lot of geographical positioning will also overlap, especially having offices in proximity to good research universities which tend to lead to STEM-field startups.
    Yes thank you for this and I see now why like I thought there was an overlap between the two but was not sure. Do you think a law firm can be expertise in 1 area for example life sciences but not be an expert in technology.
     

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    I was wondering is it weird that the US firms that are life sciences expertise that their technology practise is a market leader. I mean every law firm that is a life sciences strength are also a technology strength. I mean is there a reason for that or is there not a particular reason for that for example Cooley and Covington.

    Lots of overlap between lifesci and general tech, particularly having good patent lawyers + capacity in VC which is big for those kinds of businesses. A lot of geographical positioning will also overlap, especially having offices in proximity to good research universities which tend to lead to STEM-field startups.
    Said exactly what I was trying to say only better! There is a huge amount of overlap, most life sciences developments could be considered tech developments. I wrote my medical law thesis on AI use in healthcare for example. That said being a life sciences expert doesn't necessarily make you a tech expert if the focus is on say pharma developments.
     

    Asil Ahmad

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    Said exactly what I was trying to say only better! There is a huge amount of overlap, most life sciences developments could be considered tech developments. I wrote my medical law thesis on AI use in healthcare for example. That said being a life sciences expert doesn't necessarily make you a tech expert if the focus is on say pharma developments.
    Thank you for this and that is really interesting.
     

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    Yes thank you for this and I see now why like I thought there was an overlap between the two but was not sure. Do you think a law firm can be expertise in 1 area for example life sciences but not be an expert in technology.
    It's certainly possible but I'd expect to see that more in relatively boutique firms that have high sector specificity. For a BigLaw firm with international reach it simply makes sense to leverage capability across markets so most will have done so.

    But some firms will obviously lean a certain way - when I think of Ropes, for example, their lifesci/biopharma profile jumps out at me more than general tech, at least in the UK.
     
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