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No worries, my post was rather sharp and I probably got a bit carried away. Week 4 sucks and everyone's tempers run a bit high--mine included. Hope the work goes ok and you hear good news from Berkeley. (And, if you can find it in your heart, wish me luck with inchoate offences--the bane of my bloody existence.)

Okay Thanks for the good feeling (although I fear it can only be bad news or wait listing from Berkeley, as acceptances have already gone out...). And good luck with your inchoate offences, whatever they may be

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Okay Thanks for the good feeling (although I fear it can only be bad news or wait listing from Berkeley, as acceptances have already gone out...). And good luck with your inchoate offences, whatever they may be

It's better not to ask...



This is about hearsay, but I'm sure you'll appreciate it nonetheless:

Apology seconded to you also - I should know by now not to take the internet personally I don't think you did make any judgements about me. I'm just a drama queen

Well, I guess we can all add this to our list of things never to do in an interview (or at least, things never to talk about having done in an interview)

Yeah, I sat and watched most of them one afternoon after I found a link on RollOnFriday. "**** You" is my favourite by far, followed (probably) by "**** In My Pants".

Also, to clarify, I'm not recommending Padfield as a whole - just for the table. Everyone has their preferred texts, but I thought that page might be worth dipping into.

Thanks! As Tortious said, best not to ask. Fingers crossed for waitlist, anyway...



Awesome. I am a big fun of GWU Law Revue. I also know the neighbourhood this video is in well--I recognise some of the buildings you can see from the windows (the IMF, for one). There's a great bar near there.

I've been using Smith and Hogan but I think I'm going to try Simester and Sullivan on this, or possibly Padfield.

Well, I don't know - the next time I get asked something like "when did you not express yourself clearly enough?" then I'd be tempted.

Sorry, had to remove the video! Thanks for the crossed fingers



Evidence of being able to use anything to answer a competency question

It's for the week after you guys. I think for you guys it's just me and our captain so far...

This is about hearsay, but I'm sure you'll appreciate it nonetheless:

"It's hearsay within hearsay within hearsay"

"3 levels? Is that even possible?"

Ha ha, I'm totally citing this video in the CPE exam if it's all going wrong. Or the next supo if we get another awkward silence such as the one following "Has anyone heard of Ford? It was in the lectures."

(Also, I'm enough of a geek that I instantly thought, ah, S.121, multiple hearsay, more stringent than S.114(1)(d))

On the subject of job applications: Someone I know has to sit a numerical reasoning test. Not only has she been working for the company for more than twenty years but she's already been interviewed. London has said that a numerical reasoning test shall be sat, and so it shall be.

It might just be to calibrate it for potential future employees. One of the companies I applied to gave me my percentile for the overall population and then for the company as well.