Hey Jaysen, Il be joining LSE first time in this coming September for my Masters.
Any advice on how should one sell his Masters in the interview because I believe you also undertook your Masters in Corporate Law (which I also intend to)
If I can ask, how exactly did you sell your experience of post-grad?
P.S - Any tips that you wish somebody had given you before you started your Masters?
My master's place was only confirmed a day before the exit interview of my final vacation scheme, so I didn't have many opportunities to sell it. That was generally a good thing, to be honest, because in my experience, most law firms questioned my reasons for wanting to do a master's.
You should be prepared to justify why you chose to do a master's degree at this stage, instead of applying directly to law firms after university. It's difficult for me to give generic advice on what to say here because a good answer to this question is one that is personal. They don't have to be too sophisticated though; my starting point was simply that I enjoyed my law degree, and I wanted an opportunity to study particular aspects of my degree further.
If it would help, feel free to share your reasons, and I can offer some feedback.
I wish someone told me how hard it was going to be to select the four modules that made up my degree. In the end, I think I'm still happy with the modules I chose, although it would have helped if I had more time to research what was on offer. I also wish I had more information about the quality of teaching, difficulty, and class sizes for each module. That would have helped me to choose and prepare for each module -- so perhaps, see if you can find anyone who has done the master's at LSE.
One thing I'd note: I had the luxury of having my training contract secured before I began my master's, which meant my year was relatively relaxed. Not everyone did, however, and I know some of them struggled trying to balance the two. With that in mind, I would suggest trying to get as much work/revision done outside of the busy application months.
