Hi everyone! I’m currently working on my application for White & Case (Hong Kong), and I’d love to hear your thoughts on one of the trickier questions:
I’m considering talking about my academic interest in psychology. Do you think that’s a good angle? Or would firms prefer something more...
Introduction
This post is meant to serve you as a definitive guide to crafting your optimal application strategy. As it is quite lengthy, I have divided it into five subsections for you to navigate according to your interests:
Why do you need an application strategy?
How many law firms should...
The question was: What are your reasons for applying to the RPC Virtual Bristol Insight?
I aimed to hit all the major points:
why law?
how law would build on my previous experiences
how I'd fit into the firm
what areas I'm interested in, why
why the firm specifically
what I'd gain from the...
Why have you chosen law over another career or what has attracted you to commercial law are all iterations of the same question and you're likely to be asked it in your next application. However, what is the question broadly asking you and how can you go about answering it are considerations you...
I’ve written a bit on this topic before but I think it’s one of the hardest, yet most important, questions to get right (although, if you’re brilliant at writing commercial stories but can’t articulate why you’re interested in a specific law firm, then there’s no point). It's difficult because...
I'm currently writing an application with 4 questions where none of them have word counts. This is for Morrison & Foerster and includes questions like why us, why law (these two are bundled together), a commercial news story that impacts us, personal achievements etc.
I'm tempted to not limit...
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