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    We Are Four Trainees at Shearman & Sterling LLP. Ask Us Anything!

    Hi, In terms of the current challenges faced by law firms, these could be identified by developing your commercial awareness on topics such as the energy crisis, rising costs of living, technological changes in the legal space, the long-term effects of Covid-19 and Brexit, to name a few. When...
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    We Are Four Trainees at Shearman & Sterling LLP. Ask Us Anything!

    Hi, Strong commercial awareness should go a long way in helping you answer questions in the case study exercise and should also help in referencing real-world examples that relate to the facts of the case study. In terms of how I developed my commercial awareness, I read the Christopher...
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    We Are Four Trainees at Shearman & Sterling LLP. Ask Us Anything!

    Hi, I hope you are well. Congrats on securing a place on the vacation scheme! In terms of preparation for the written exercise, while you cannot prepare for what exactly the written task will be on, I would advise you to think about the different forms you could be asked to write in and...

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