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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 33895" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>It potentially sounds a little focused. Would you be doing more than 6 months in these areas as a trainee? If not, then it will be important to ensure it is balanced as there can be a question as to whether you will be interested in the majority of your training contract that would be outside of those areas.</p><p></p><p>Are there other things about the firm outside of practice area? Their approach to training/they way they allocate work/culture/environment/attitudes towards other matters (CSR/pro bono/charity)? It will be important to weave them in too, to bring in another dimension of why you will like the working environment, not just the job.</p><p></p><p>The advice above is spot on. You don’t have to cover everything mentioned (as something won’t be important to you) but it’s important to ensure you hint at why the firm is right for you on the basis of the day job, the longer term career, and why it culturally aligns to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 33895, member: 2672"] It potentially sounds a little focused. Would you be doing more than 6 months in these areas as a trainee? If not, then it will be important to ensure it is balanced as there can be a question as to whether you will be interested in the majority of your training contract that would be outside of those areas. Are there other things about the firm outside of practice area? Their approach to training/they way they allocate work/culture/environment/attitudes towards other matters (CSR/pro bono/charity)? It will be important to weave them in too, to bring in another dimension of why you will like the working environment, not just the job. The advice above is spot on. You don’t have to cover everything mentioned (as something won’t be important to you) but it’s important to ensure you hint at why the firm is right for you on the basis of the day job, the longer term career, and why it culturally aligns to you. [/QUOTE]
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