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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 47198" data-attributes="member: 5063"><p>Hi Lauren, </p><p></p><p>When I was asked this, I personally identified common themes between groups of firms I'd applied to and then worked back to why each of these appealed to me in some manner. </p><p></p><p>For example, I applied to both Travers Smith and Slaughter and May, both similar in business model (single office, best-friend/ alliance firm international approach). This is personally a model I am a fan of as I feel that firms with multiple worldwide offices often put a lot of pressure on candidates to take an international secondment as part of their TC which, for various reasons, wouldn't at all suit me. </p><p></p><p>Similarly, if you're interested in PE/ Banking/ Disputes/ Tax work then you might identify X, Y and Z firms which you have applied to that also share strong practice areas in that specialism. </p><p></p><p>In terms of mentioning pro bono, it's fine to touch on but I generally recommend against spending a huge amount of time on this. At the end of the day, law firms are businesses and it's imperative to show that you understand this. As much as pro bono is great, and increasingly very important, it could come over as having your interests in the wrong place if you were to base an answer on pro bono rather than fee-earning work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Miller, post: 47198, member: 5063"] Hi Lauren, When I was asked this, I personally identified common themes between groups of firms I'd applied to and then worked back to why each of these appealed to me in some manner. For example, I applied to both Travers Smith and Slaughter and May, both similar in business model (single office, best-friend/ alliance firm international approach). This is personally a model I am a fan of as I feel that firms with multiple worldwide offices often put a lot of pressure on candidates to take an international secondment as part of their TC which, for various reasons, wouldn't at all suit me. Similarly, if you're interested in PE/ Banking/ Disputes/ Tax work then you might identify X, Y and Z firms which you have applied to that also share strong practice areas in that specialism. In terms of mentioning pro bono, it's fine to touch on but I generally recommend against spending a huge amount of time on this. At the end of the day, law firms are businesses and it's imperative to show that you understand this. As much as pro bono is great, and increasingly very important, it could come over as having your interests in the wrong place if you were to base an answer on pro bono rather than fee-earning work. [/QUOTE]
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