DWF Assessment Day

[daisy]

Hi,

I am attending an assessment day at DWF a week today. I got told that it will involve lunch, group work, a presentation and fhl business games.

Can anyone shed some light on these activities? Also, I see from other threads that people are preparing presentations. Should I be doing this or have you been given a set question?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Daisy x

[jojolaw]

Hello Daisy

I am attending next week too. I have no idea what the presentation will entail, just it will be 3 questions, choose 1. The topics are not disclosed until the day. I suggest you just gen up on all things legal, political and economical - which obviously have some baring on the legal market.

Get the Times on Sunday and catch up on what's been happening in the business world, and read the lawyer.

I don't think they are expecting miracles, after all we only have 20 mins prep time. I am assuming they are looking for presentation skills, i.e. engaging the audience, timing, coherency and the ability to close the presentation well.

I am just going to try to enjoy the day as much as possible and get the most out of the experience.

Good Luck

Oh... Sumo, any ideas on what the questions may be on?? I am thinking Ossetia? or the credit crunch?? just guessing really.

Thanks

Jojo

[Belistner]

When I did this last year the questions were quite clever (I thought anyway).

One was on interest rates, and how a rise may lead to more work for a firm like DWF (testing your knowledge of how the economy works etc.)

Another was on a large company moving to the North, and what opportunities that presented for DWF (testing how well you know what work DWF does, where it is strongest and maybe even some local knowledge of the North)

The final one (the one I did) was on legal services reform and how tescos law would affect a firm like DWF. The answer being not a lot.

Hope that's of some help anyway!

[daisy]

Thats brilliant thank you... im not looking forward to presenting on any of them!

[jojolaw]

Hi

I've already had mine, and the topics mentioned have changed. You need to think about oil, social corporate responsibility and networking as a means to develop the legal business.

I chose oil.

good luck

[sumoking]

DWF is big on property so the credit crunch, the effect this has on businesses and developers may be an area that could come up.

I beleive that a number of planned office blocks have been pulled in manchester.

there is a business paper called Crains Business managment in manchester that may be worth a look. Tales of woe on the property front.

Todays MEN has an auction for a block of flats where the developer has gone bust in warrington, page 39, DWF office in warrington?

Opportunities in a slowing economy. DWF has just gone for a city expansion?

legal services act?

the forth comming dergulation of the indian legal and insurance market opening up nice new pastures?

Surely they will chuck in something about the olympics, maybe opportunities for 2012? things like IP protection are big on that.

Have a look round, read the business papers and broadsheets like you say.

knock out some stock presentations, Credit Crunch, Property Crash, Economy, Olympics.

Look at both sides, down side and opportunity.

go with your gut on these. Don't change your mind on somethig because of me. It has got you this far.

[sumoking]

so well out there

have a look at peak oil maybe?

[jojolaw]

I am just waiting on the call now...( fingers crossed) or the dreaded rejection...

The morning was hard, but enjoyable. They are looking for good academics, yes. But, they are looking at what else you can bring to the table, ie Commercial Awareness, a personality and extra curriculam stuff... Just be yourself and you will be fine.

[daisy]

Hope it went well jojolaw! Let me know how you get on.

Im reading a little bit more and then stopping as im getting in a tiz when really i just need to think on my feet!

[daisy]

did DWF say when they would be getting back to you?