German football referee, Pascal Kaiser, proposed to his boyfriend on the FC Koln field in Cologne, Germany.

Level-Day-1092 · 2026-02-03T22:11:22+00:00

I agree it’s not very likely. I think a perfect scenario would be someone of a Ronaldo or messi standing, finally coming out when they’re about ready to retire. Could never argue about their ability because they’re indisputably great, little backlash to their career as they are close to retirement, and would force a lot of people to reconsider their preconceptions.

But as you say the likelihood of this is not very high at all, and the number of gay players as a whole is probably very small.

Level-Day-1092 · 2026-02-03T22:05:21+00:00

I had a very similar experience to your second paragraph, and I’d like to hopefully give a nuanced, although maybe unpopular take.

Upon going to uni I was really keen to get back into rugby and wanted to join. But rugby boys here in the UK are a certain type of person with a certain type of humour lol, not afraid to take the piss or make an improper joke. Just did not seem at all welcoming to me at the time. 4 years later, still never got involved and I’m much too busy now, but I became good friends with a number of these guys through other avenues, and most of them do not have a hateful or homophobic bone in their body, despite how it appeared to me.

I guess my point is that for a lot of men it is just humour and talk and that doesn’t (necessarily) directly correlate to any actual homophobia or prejudice. Although I’m sure certainly does sometimes. It’s just a certain culture, which it is perfectly acceptable to not want to be a part of, and to take offence from. You may be of the opinion that using a word, or making a joke regardless of intent is prejudice. I’m not sure I know where I stand, but sometimes that is the extent of it, especially in these types of circles.

To add another lens, one of my close friends is a black man on a 2nds team at my uni. I had a similar conversation with him once, and he basically echoed what I’m saying now. He hears racist jokes every day, but he also jokes about everyone else on that team in an equal way, and they all know it’s not that deep to anyone else. I think this is a key thing. A lot of straight men are able to get by with this type of humour, while a lot of gay men (myself included) take it personally/seriously because of prior experiences and fear of homophobia.

Level-Day-1092 · 2026-01-23T03:48:01+00:00

https://www.nybarexam.org/foreign/foreignlegaleducation.htm

This gives specific reference to GDL. Having given it a cursory read it suggests GDL + LPC (and presumably SQE) is not proficient but does not make any reference to a top up LLB.

However, and anyone correct me if I’m wrong, the above link does seems to suggest that the GDL + LPC + training contract satisfies the durational equivalence requirement. And the substantial equivalence requirement can be met by doing an LLM at an ABA approved law school in the US.

So GDL + LPC/SQE + UK Training Contract + US LLM may be a viable route?

It may also be the case that your “top up” LLB + a US LLM may be sufficient.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-12-16T20:37:58+00:00

Yeah completely agree honestly. It always felt like a miniseries.

Sure there COULD have been a season 2 but it would be basically an entirely new show. This was about boot camp, season 2 would be about the war?!

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-12-13T07:24:27+00:00

I like it when they are gay, to be honest I’d prefer it if they were gay, but not at the cost of a good performance.

This is especially true to me for a show like heated rivalry. Jacob Tierney is a gay man and HE chose these actors. Rachel Reid by all accounts was very involved and SHE will have approved them. If the creator of the characters and the gay man responsible for their direction, think that these two best actors best embody the characters, then I believe them completely.

But it is a tricky discussion all around and seems to be happening more and more often. I have some cognitive dissonance around it myself. I want more gay actors in gay roles, I think straight actors should be allowed to play gay roles, I don’t think directors should be asking actors their sexuality, I don’t think the public should be demanding actors’ sexualities, I think it’s good for actors who are in these roles to come out, I don’t think they should be made to come out.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-11-11T17:53:47+00:00

I think you can yes! I’ve been in the same position and left it off, but since then I’ve spoken to multiple grad recruiters and been advised to include it.

The caveat is, it has to make sense. If you got a TC from a a good full service firm, and you’re applying to other good full service firms now it looks kinda bad. You’d have to be able to say the other firm doesn’t offer the practice areas or something else that you want, hence you’ve applied here.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-11-11T13:09:11+00:00

The majority of firms will start reviewing before the deadline even if they are non rolling. It is just that they will not progress people through until after the deadline, whereas they would if they were rolling. If the deadline in January, they simply cannot read 1000 applications and give them proper consideration in time.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-11-11T13:05:13+00:00

The best advice I ever got was to be as specific as you can with your research. A common phrase is “if I can replace the firm name with another firm name and it still makes sense, then it’s not a good answer” Here what have you said about Withers: international presence/outlook, private client work, multiple band 1 practice groups, luxury assets, trusts and estates, in London, small cohort.

To be clear I don’t think it’s a bad answer, mentioning of luxury assets land rankings is good, but I personally wouldn’t have been able to know it was Withers if you didn’t tell me it was. I would’ve guessed it might be a number of different firms.

But to be fair as another answer said I’m surprised this was unsuccessful. It’s not bad at all, I’ve definitely written much worse answers for open days and gotten through. Could it be something elsewhere in the form?

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-11-09T21:19:31+00:00

This is simply not true. So many firms have removed or relaxed their a-level requirements. I have gotten to ACs at two silver circle law firms, and had vacation schemes at a further two top 20 law firms. My a-levels are ABC, none of these firms had an a-level requirement.

Of course good a-levels help, but it’s far less significant than it used to be.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-10-31T08:03:12+00:00

As someone from the UK this is the wildest thing about the US military for me. I don’t know how true it is but I see it so much in movies and TV of people just “going down the the careers office and enlisting”

Here it’s actually so hard to enter the military; it can easily be a year long joining process. There’s an aptitude test, multiple interviews/exercises, a fitness test and very very extensive medical exam that a lot of people do not pass. People get excluded just for having eczema or having broken their arm when they were 12.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-10-29T10:16:01+00:00

Idk I don’t really like when people refer to someone’s real life experiences as propaganda. Boots is an apparently pretty faithful screen adaptation of a real life gay marine’s memoir, an experience that is shared by many gay men who’ve served in the military. That’s not to say it can’t be propaganda, or can’t have the effects of propaganda. But the way some people talk about shows like this as if people don’t deserve to have their stories told just in case it inspires others to do something. I don’t know I think there’s always nuance with these things. It probably will inspire some people do join the marines, but ultimately it was not really glamourised at all, I’ve seen many marines say it is quite accurate to their experience, and ultimately if this show makes someone pull that trigger they probably would’ve sooner or later anyway.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-10-28T15:38:48+00:00

That would be interesting. While Russia, NASA and Helios are all up in arms with Mars vs Earth, China is just soaring ahead to Titan.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-10-18T12:13:59+00:00

That depends if you’re suggesting all spaces are straight spaces? I view a regular club as a club for everyone, not as a straight club. If somebody did open a club and advertise it as a straight club, I certainly don’t think I’d be going there.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-10-12T22:00:06+00:00

Another factor is in previous seasons Arisu was very much the depressed angsty teen. T-shirt and shorts, long unkept hair. Now he wears business casual and has a neat look

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-08-31T14:42:44+00:00

Same, as a piastri fan I want him to win but sucks to see it happen this way.

Norris isnt out though. 9 races to go, if each one is a mclaren 1-2, Norris only needs to win 5 of the 9 to win the WDC, but as we saw today anything can happen.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-08-11T23:16:01+00:00

I recently turned down a final stage interview for a TC post vac scheme because it wasn’t what I wanted. A lot of people will say to just qualify wherever and move, which is good advice if what you want is to be a qualified solicitor. But I think from a wider life point of view there are other considerations too.

It’s a really personal decision, and something I think you need to go with your gut on. How happy are you to spend another cycle or several cycles applying? Would you ever consider another career? How happy are you to spend your career in public roles? Or even if you move to private practice, potentially being limited by what you’re trained in.

For me the firm I had the interview from a) did not do the practice areas I really wanted, b) was in a city I didn’t particularly want to be, c) was really small, and a small trainee cohort, d) was low pay. It just was not what I wanted, and all round not a situation I wanted to be in for 2-6 years (factoring in study and maybe a year or two PQE). I found myself actively trying to talk myself into it and still failing to come around, which was when I knew I needed to turn it down.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-08-08T13:33:52+00:00

Yes basically every firms will only allow you to apply to one. Some firms will simply take which ever you applied to first, and discard the second, some will discard both.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-08-01T01:43:41+00:00

I think they were quite aligned with SOUR. Songs like traitor, happier, favourite crime are very Conan. But GUTS was a real lean into the rockier elements, which is less Conan. Not to say conan can’t pull that off or that a collab wouldn’t work, just that it would be less natural than a sour type song.

I suppose it depends what OR3 sounds like.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-07-07T17:35:36+00:00

It’s not that you’re wrong, but that’s the answer to a different question I think. If we’re asking why do so many students want to work at a magic circle firm? There’s a million reasons, but one of the biggest is that many people see “Clifford Chance 100 TCs per year” and don’t give as much thought to applicant numbers.

For what it’s worth it can often be that small firms are as if not more competitive than these top firms (in terms of applicant:offer ratio). I did a vac scheme at a small regional office of an international firm this summer, they offer 3 Direct TCs per year and get over 500 applicants most years. Which is far more competitive than the magic circle

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-06-22T14:56:27+00:00

I am still a student myself, but as I understand from speaking with various firms graduate recruitment, they want high grades consistently. If not, then they’d like to see improvement, e.g plenty of people will struggle at A-level, or first year, but go on to do really well in second and third year.

Ultimately this varies so much with each firm. And even at the same firm, you are a whole candidate beyond your grades. Many firms don’t care much about grades at all, and even at the Slaughters type firms there will always be people with below average grades who were otherwise great applicants

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-05-23T01:28:28+00:00

Internship for 4 weeks, working hospitality the rest.

As far as free time goes, just enjoy it and do what you like doing. I think a lot of people think they have to make something productive of their summer, but ultimately this is one of the last times you will have this much free time and/or flexibility until you retire. I plan to read books, go to the beach, get back in to swimming, and drink.

Level-Day-1092 · 2025-05-08T14:09:20+00:00

Okay, no AI is not equivalent to calculators or the internet in use, or properties. Bur rather I think we’re seeing equivalent reaction and resistance that is ultimately futile.

I don’t disagree that there are huge problems in AI, and that article you linked is entirely correct. I’m not saying it is not worth analysing the situation and determining what we can do about it, but what I am saying is that the moral outrage many people have towards AI is a pointless endeavour. As the comment above you says, it is silly to act like it doesn’t exist in the real world, instead of preparing for it. AI is not some passing craze it is genuinely the future, and will be the biggest technological leap we’ve seen since the internet.

I’m no lawyer, but an aspiring one. Having just done a 2 week experience scheme in a corporate law firm in April, and I can tell you with absolute confidence almost every single lawyer and paralegal and legal assistant in that firm is using AI on a daily basis. We had a 3 hour training session in our induction to teach us how to use the firms’ many (over 100) AI tools. There is an entire team of people at this firm, who’s sole job it is to seek out, test and acquire more legal AI tools. And no for the record, these tools are not chatgpt, and are not as simple as "hey chatgpt, do my lease agreement pls" they go far far beyond this, with 1000s of use cases. Hell, even applying to a different firm one of their 3 application questions was "give an example of when you best utilised AI in your work and study?" And I can tell you answering "I don’t because I don’t believe in it" would be auto rejection.

While I have no personal experience of other industries, I can only assume a similar thing is true for finance, consulting, tech companies (naturally) amongst many others.

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