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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 220356" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=42729]@getitjules[/USER] while I do not have any direct experience with pre-university commercial law applications, I just thought I would share a few thoughts and bits of advice. Firstly, a key thing you should keep in mind and be proud of yourself for is the fact that you have begun exploring an interest in commercial law at such an early stage and are already working towards your career goals. While it may not seem like a huge achievement now, and while you while always find people who have started even earlier than you, you are in a significantly better position at this stage than the vast majority of people I know who have now secured a TC at a top firm. Most of my friends who were successful in getting a TC did not really know anything about commercial law and did not so anything to improve their chances to get a TC until university started; in fact, most of them only ever started investing serious time and effort into this pursuit in their penultimate year of their degree. As such, while you may not have been as successful as you wanted right now, you should know that you are already way ahead of the curve. Moreover, your efforts now will pay huge dividends later. Commercial awareness and application writing are not skills one can master overnight; they involve a steep learning curve, and are only honed by consistently investing your efforts in this pursuit over large spans of time - this is why the vast majority of people who are ultimately successful in securing a TC only do so in their second or third application cycle. No one comes into this knowing everything they need to to succeed. At first, they are rejected again, and again, and again; and through these experiences they learn. Thus, I urge you to not put too much pressure on yourself, and internalise the fact that rejection is an unavoidable part of the process. Even the most successful candidates (who end up receiving multiple training contract offers) are rejected more often than they are progressed.Finally, for some concrete advice for what you can do to improve your success chances:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For improving commercial awareness, I highly recommend listening to commercial awareness podcasts everyday. Some of my favourites include the FT News Briefing, BBC Business News, and Watson's Daily. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For improving application writing and firm research: a key part of your applications you want to get right is showing why you are motivated to apply to that particular firm (as opposed to one of its rivals); but to find out what makes a firm unique, in many cases the firm's website will not be enough. If you can get a TCLA Premium subscription, I think the best resource in the market for that are our <a href="https://classes.thecorporatelawacademy.com/p/law-firm-profiles" target="_blank">Law Firm Profiles</a>. If not, two great free resources I would recommend are Non Billable and the Chambers Student Guide. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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