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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 47194" data-attributes="member: 5063">This is a great question. I was never personally asked this, but, as someone who has launched 2 businesses since starting Uni, I have been asked why I didn't want to become a career entrepreneur. The comparisons are somewhat different (law v entrepreneurialism and law v consulting) but I personally approached this similarly to my "why law" answer. The only real addition necessary to the framework I had for the "why law as opposed to X" was that, as well as highlighting the benefits and drivers for a career in law, I was also explicitly highlighting why this was specific to law and couldn't be found elsewhere.I also don't actually agree with the point about wanting to analyse points of law; personally- and, hey, it may transpire that I'm an exception here- I find analysing law, constructing legal arguments, putting together a strong set of points of law etc fascinating and one of the biggest drivers for me to want to come into this career path. I also think that's a very valid reason for wanting to go into commercial law: the balance between legal issues and commercial issues in your thoughts and work- especially when these considerations in their purest respective forms would, often, be at odds with one another. While I can't speak for the particular ins and outs of a career in consultancy, it never appeared, to me at least, to carry the same attraction of such a broad spectrum of considerations. Finally- and I don't remotely mean this to sound condescending- if you're really struggling for reasons to go into CL as opposed to MC, it's maybe an indicator that you would be better going down the latter route. At the end of the day, in commercial law, especially in the City, you're going to be working long hours on often arduous tasks like proof reading etc. If that's not something you're willing to do, or that would make you miserable, you probably need to think really hard about taking this career path. At the end of the day, if you don't show enough conviction in your responses to why you want to go into law, that will come across in applications and in interviews.</blockquote>

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