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@Jessica Booker - quick question about the Sidley application. They seem to only let you put 4 work experiences onto the form, so you have the choose your four most relevant placements/jobs. I have done this, but would like to allude to a 5th experience I have had in the 'why law' part of the application. I haven't included among my top 4 work experiences because it was very brief, but it was nonetheless pretty formative to my decision to pursue commercial law. But, if its not in the work experience section, should I leave it out?
 

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@Jessica Booker - quick question about the Sidley application. They seem to only let you put 4 work experiences onto the form, so you have the choose your four most relevant placements/jobs. I have done this, but would like to allude to a 5th experience I have had in the 'why law' part of the application. I haven't included among my top 4 work experiences because it was very brief, but it was nonetheless pretty formative to my decision to pursue commercial law. But, if its not in the work experience section, should I leave it out?
It is fine to include it.
 
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