Mills & Reeve Application Question

[CharlotteLegal]

Hi all!

So I've been spending a bit of time trying to wrap my head around the below question and even Trainee friends I have asked have said they are very confused by the structure of the question.

Name a company / firm you admire for its business strategy, tell us why and tell us what you consider will be important to the company / firm in terms of the legal services which it sources.
/350 words.

What confuses me more is the second half of the question. Does this mean what legal services will x company need and why or does it mean what might they look for in a law firm when seeking legal services?

One contact told me it might be worth going via the I respect x firm because x but they could improve their services by recruiting paralegals who x etc. But I am not sure if that is moving too far away from the business side of things?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thank you

 

[Jaysen]

Hi all!

So I've been spending a bit of time trying to wrap my head around the below question and even Trainee friends I have asked have said they are very confused by the structure of the question.

Name a company / firm you admire for its business strategy, tell us why and tell us what you consider will be important to the company / firm in terms of the legal services which it sources.
/350 words.

What confuses me more is the second half of the question. Does this mean what legal services will x company need and why or does it mean what might they look for in a law firm when seeking legal services?

One contact told me it might be worth going via the I respect x firm because x but they could improve their services by recruiting paralegals who x etc. But I am not sure if that is moving too far away from the business side of things?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thank you

I'm a little confused by your question here, so let me know if I haven't understood you properly.

With regards to the question, I don't think there's a need to identify the legal services the company will need (e.g. corporate work). I'd simply focus on what matters to the company with respect to its legal services. There's a wide scope for what you might say here e.g. expertise in US-UK acquisitions, affordable legal services, experience in the energy sector, responsiveness etc., depending on what you understand to be the needs of the company.

 

[Andrew M]

Hi all!

So I've been spending a bit of time trying to wrap my head around the below question and even Trainee friends I have asked have said they are very confused by the structure of the question.

Name a company / firm you admire for its business strategy, tell us why and tell us what you consider will be important to the company / firm in terms of the legal services which it sources.
/350 words.

What confuses me more is the second half of the question. Does this mean what legal services will x company need and why or does it mean what might they look for in a law firm when seeking legal services?

One contact told me it might be worth going via the I respect x firm because x but they could improve their services by recruiting paralegals who x etc. But I am not sure if that is moving too far away from the business side of things?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thank you

I much preferred their commercial awareness question last year (a business development which impacts us). This one feels like it's going to be tough to do well in 250 words...