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Lewis Silkin Application

Josh Neerkin

New Member
M&A Bootcamp
  • Nov 20, 2019
    3
    1
    Hello all,

    I hope all us budding lawyers have had a wonderful Christmas, and perhaps a brief break from applications.

    I'm working on the Lewis Silkin application and was wondering if anyone had some advice for this question.

    Lewis Silkin prides itself on delivering legal advice in a commercial way. What do you think it means to deliver legal advice in a commercial way?

    Any ideas/ inspiration would be massively appreciated.
     

    Penelope

    Legendary Member
    M&A Bootcamp
    Junior Lawyer 2
  • Aug 14, 2019
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    302
    Hello all,

    I hope all us budding lawyers have had a wonderful Christmas, and perhaps a brief break from applications.

    I'm working on the Lewis Silkin application and was wondering if anyone had some advice for this question.

    Lewis Silkin prides itself on delivering legal advice in a commercial way. What do you think it means to deliver legal advice in a commercial way?

    Any ideas/ inspiration would be massively appreciated.

    Am also interested in advice for this question.

    How did you decide to answer it?
     

    Changes

    Legendary Member
    Jan 7, 2020
    146
    114
    Hi, I was wondering whether you had managed to find any information regarding Lewis Silkin's VI? Have mine coming up and can't seem to find anything online, Thanks!

    I did one for the spring workshop, all I'd say is that when they say you can't prepare, they mean it... The questions may have changed but they seemed more about assessing your personality/character than anything else. It was a while ago that I did them though.
     

    Liam Callaghan

    New Member
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    0
    I did one for the spring workshop, all I'd say is that when they say you can't prepare, they mean it... The questions may have changed but they seemed more about assessing your personality/character than anything else. It was a while ago that I did them though.
    I suspected the questions would be personality/motivations based so that's really helpful, thank you for that!
     

    Changes

    Legendary Member
    Jan 7, 2020
    146
    114
    Yes. When I sent my case study they replied saying thank you and that I would hear back by middle of September at the latest.

    EDIT: Sorry, I was mistaken. They said mid-September in the initial invite email with the details of the three assessments (VI, McQuaig and case study). Fourth para from the bottom of the email.
     

    KamTM

    Well-Known Member
    Junior Lawyer
    May 13, 2020
    20
    28
    Yes. When I sent my case study they replied saying thank you and that I would hear back by middle of September at the latest.

    EDIT: Sorry, I was mistaken. They said mid-September in the initial invite email with the details of the three assessments (VI, McQuaig and case study). Fourth para from the bottom of the email.

    Yes you are correct. It feels like it was a very long time ago now, however not long left till we hear back.
     
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