Category: Legal education
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Current Affairs wrap up
Hello! Welcome the April edition of the current affairs round up! . April has been a busy month! A lot of changes have happened over the last month so this current affairs wrap up features quite a lot of update. Do be warned, it is not all good news! Especially as we are getting ever…
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Current Affairs Wrap Up
Hello! This is the current affairs wrap up from the months of March! . A lot has happened over the last month so this current affairs wrap up features a lot of information (as well as an updated layout for better readability!) . What I hear a lot from my fellow students is that they…
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Current Affairs wraps ups
Hello! Sorry I have been away for a few months. University has been very hectic but for this first post back I would like to present the current affairs wrap ups from the first few months of the year. These have been a great way to increase commercial awareness and highlight potential sectors that of…
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GROW SUMMIT
What’s the Grow Summit? The GROW Summit was an event hosted by the GROW mentoring team at the Clifford Chance office in Canary Wharf. What did I do? The talks Once I arrived at the office, I was able to check in my bag and coat and received a complimentary breakfast. During this time, I…
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This week in legal education
29th November – 3rd December 29th Current Affairs wrap up This session provided me with an overview of the most important legal news over the month of November. The news stories were presented by category. We started with macroeconomic news, then moved onto the aviation then automotive industries. We then moved onto news about consumer…
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This week in legal education
22rd-26th November 2021 23rd Linklaters Career Story: Shilpa Bhandarkar In this event, we heard the career story of Shilpa Bhandarkar. She spoke about her journey to the firm, why she decided to leave the firm, and why she ultimately decided to return, albeit in a different capacity. After completing a law degree in India, she…
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This week in legal education
In case you were wondering why there was no ‘this week in legal education’ for last week, I had enhancement week. This meant I had the week off to relax and, apart from the bootcamp on Saturday, I did not engage in any sessions. 15th – 19th November 16th How to ace assessment centres In…
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Commercial awareness bootcamp
What we covered Over the course of 3 and a half hours we covered: What commercial awareness is The various ways it can come up in interviews How to research into and confidently speak about current affairs We went on to speak in detail about: The various reasons one business may acquire another Possible issues…
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This week in legal education
1st – 5th November 2nd What Trainees Do – Reed Smith In this session, a member of the graduate recruitment team spoke to us about the application process; the different stages and how to excel in each of them, how and where to stand out, and gave us a detailed breakdown of the continual process…
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This week in legal education
25th – 29th October 25th BUICAC Round 1 BUICAC is an inter-university commercial awareness competition specifically for non-Russell Group university students. Round 1 had us answer 30 MCQ’s in 14 minutes. While I did not progress to the second round, I found this round helped me understand what areas I need to improve my understanding…
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