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<blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 78681" data-attributes="member: 1572"><p>Will chip in anyway since I’ve had to explain why I wanted to leave my home country in Asia permanently, qualify in a completely different jurisdiction, and of course build a life in London.</p><p></p><p>I pretty much agree with Jacob - honesty works best when answering questions like this. I think it’s a good idea to explain firstly why your professional ambitions line up with a career in London before also including one or two points on why your personal ambitions/goals also do so. I think that discussing your personal goals helps because it gives the firm all the more reason to believe you’re in it for the long run.</p><p></p><p>Obviously can’t be of much use on the personal ambitions front, but in terms of explaining my professional goals, I always brought up that London being the second biggest legal market in the world meant exposure to more interesting work. Other ways you can choose to approach this is maybe discussing particular practice areas that you’re interested (if it’s things like finance or corporate) and how London being a leading financial hub means that again you get better exposure to those areas.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dheepa, post: 78681, member: 1572"] Will chip in anyway since I’ve had to explain why I wanted to leave my home country in Asia permanently, qualify in a completely different jurisdiction, and of course build a life in London. I pretty much agree with Jacob - honesty works best when answering questions like this. I think it’s a good idea to explain firstly why your professional ambitions line up with a career in London before also including one or two points on why your personal ambitions/goals also do so. I think that discussing your personal goals helps because it gives the firm all the more reason to believe you’re in it for the long run. Obviously can’t be of much use on the personal ambitions front, but in terms of explaining my professional goals, I always brought up that London being the second biggest legal market in the world meant exposure to more interesting work. Other ways you can choose to approach this is maybe discussing particular practice areas that you’re interested (if it’s things like finance or corporate) and how London being a leading financial hub means that again you get better exposure to those areas. Hope that helps :) [/QUOTE]
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