Course curriculum

    1. Introduction to our assessment centre insights

    2. Classification of firms

    1. A&O Shearman (x3)

    2. Clifford Chance (x5)

    3. Freshfields (x3)

    4. Linklaters (x4)

    5. Slaughter and May (x4)

    1. Ashurst (x5)

    2. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) (x4)

    3. Herbert Smith Freehills (x6)

    4. Hogan Lovells (x2)

    5. Macfarlanes (x6)

    6. Norton Rose Fulbright (x3)

    7. Simmons & Simmons (x2)

    8. Travers Smith (x4)

    1. Akin Gump (x4)

    2. Baker McKenzie (x5)

    3. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (x2)

    4. Cooley

    5. Covington & Burling (x3)

    6. Davis Polk (x3)

    7. Debevoise & Plimpton (x2)

    8. Dechert (x2)

    9. Faegre Drinker

    10. Gibson Dunn

    11. Goodwin

    12. Greenberg Traurig

    13. Jones Day (x4)

    14. K&L Gates

    15. King & Spalding (x2)

    16. Kirkland & Ellis (x2)

    17. Latham & Watkins (x4)

    18. Mayer Brown (x5)

    19. McDermott Will & Emery (x2)

    20. Milbank

    21. Morgan Lewis

    22. Morrison Foerster

    23. Orrick

    24. Paul Weiss

    25. Shearman & Sterling

    26. Sidley Austin (x4)

    27. Skadden (x3)

    28. Squire Patton Boggs (x2)

    29. Vinson & Elkins (x3)

    30. Weil, Gotshal & Manges (x4)

    31. White & Case (x4)

    32. Willkie Farr & Gallagher (x7)

    1. Addleshaw Goddard (x3)

    2. Bevan Brittan (x2)

    3. Bird & Bird (x2)

    4. Bristows

    5. Browne Jacobson (x2)

    6. Burges Salmon (x4)

    7. Charles Russel Speechlys (x3)

    8. Clyde & Co (x2)

    9. CMS (x4)

    10. Dentons (x3)

    11. ​Devonshires

    12. DLA Piper (x4)

    13. DWF (x2)

    14. Eversheds Sutherland (x5)

    15. Farrer & Co (x3)

    16. Fieldfisher (x3)

    17. Fladgate

    18. Forsters (x3)

    19. Gateley (x3)

    20. Gowling WLG

    21. Harbottle & Lewis

    22. Hill Dickinson

    23. HFW (Holman Fenwick Willan)

    24. Irwin Mitchell (x2)

    25. Lewis Silkin

    26. Marriott Harrison

    27. Mills & Reeve (x2)

    28. Mishcon de Reya (x3)

    29. Osborne Clark (x3)

    30. Penningtons Manches Cooper (x3)

    31. Pinsent Masons (x2)

    32. Reed Smith (x3)

    33. RPC (x2)

    34. Shoosmiths (x3)

    35. Stephenson Harwood (x4)

    36. Squire Patton Boggs (x3)

    37. Taylor Wessing (x4)

    38. TLT

    39. Trowers & Hamlins (x3)

    40. Vinson & Elkins

    41. Walker Morris (x2)

    42. Watson Farley & Williams (x2)

    43. Withers

    44. Womble Bond Dickinson

    1. Aberdein Considine

    2. Anderson Strathern

    3. Burness Paull (x2)

    4. Gillespie Macandrew

    5. Shepherd and Wedderburn (x2)

    6. TLT

    1. Accutrainee

    2. American Express

    3. BBC

    4. Broadwick Live

    5. EDF

    6. EY Legal

    7. Goldman Sachs

    8. Government Legal Department

    9. National Highways

    10. NBC Universal (x2)

    11. Nvidia

    12. PwC Legal (x2)

Assessment centre insights

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Why are our assessment centre insights the best available?

In short, because we've invested hundreds (if not thousands) of hours in creating them.

  • Each insight is meticulously written by Jake Schogger - based on first-hand insights from candidates - to ensure total clarity and a consistent structure and tone of voice.

  • We often ask an extensive set of follow up questions to contributors to draw out a uniquely comprehensive level of detail.

  • Candidates also offer specific advice - based on their personal experiences - on how to prepare for each firm's process.

  • We include detailed descriptions of background materials provided for case studies, presentations and group exercises.

  • We cover details that other sources often don't, from the job title of interviewers and the software used for virtual interviews, to the time taken to hear about the outcome.

  • Each contributor is required to objectively verify that they were invited to the relevant interviews.

  • We are constantly adding new firms to the database, as well as more recent insights for existing firms, all of which will be available to subscribers.

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