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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 70539" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>I agree - I'd avoid repetition. The cover letter could be used to explain things like "why this location" if the firm has offices in different locations, or you could use it to talk more about the "commercial" aspects of your motivation if the competency question had just focused on why you wanted to be a solicitor more generally. The cover letter could also be used to cover anything that needs explaining that you haven't been able to cover in other sections, or might explain the things that are not obvious from your CV or answers to the question. For instance, I'd probably explain I worked the equivalent of full time during my A-levels which is why my grades aren't great if I hadn't had the opportunity to explain that elsewhere. You could also talk more about the cutlural motivations for the firm if your "why us" answer had focused more on the work you do.</p><p></p><p>But I'd probably suggest keeping it brief and to the point. None of the above is necessary, just optional. Remember they will be reading proably 2000-3000 words about you already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 70539, member: 2672"] I agree - I'd avoid repetition. The cover letter could be used to explain things like "why this location" if the firm has offices in different locations, or you could use it to talk more about the "commercial" aspects of your motivation if the competency question had just focused on why you wanted to be a solicitor more generally. The cover letter could also be used to cover anything that needs explaining that you haven't been able to cover in other sections, or might explain the things that are not obvious from your CV or answers to the question. For instance, I'd probably explain I worked the equivalent of full time during my A-levels which is why my grades aren't great if I hadn't had the opportunity to explain that elsewhere. You could also talk more about the cutlural motivations for the firm if your "why us" answer had focused more on the work you do. But I'd probably suggest keeping it brief and to the point. None of the above is necessary, just optional. Remember they will be reading proably 2000-3000 words about you already. [/QUOTE]
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