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Message: <blockquote data-quote="George Maxwell" data-source="post: 117517" data-attributes="member: 17165">Hey [USER=23623]@PlimptonWeld[/USER],It's great to meet you! Welcome to the community. My advice would be the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you want to find out more about commercial law, [USER=5063]@Jacob Miller[/USER]'s <a href="https://linktr.ee/JacobMiller1" target="_blank">articles</a> are a fantastic start. His "Foundations of Commercial Law" <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/foundations-of-commercial-law-practice-areas-firm-groups-and-applications-monday-article-series.3163/" target="_blank">article</a> will be particularly relevant at your stage!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get in touch with your university law society. Message them on facebook/instagram or approach them at a university society fair. Ask when their next event is, how you can get involved (more generally too) and express an interest in commercial law. There are likely to be first year insights/talks given by firms to students at your university, through the law society (and potentially through other law-related societies too). Keep an eye out for these sorts of events and don't lose sight of attending/signing up when your university starts (as managing friends, work and other events is half the battle of university more generally). Don't be afraid of asking other students for help too - in my experience, people enjoy helping others learn about this sort of thing!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't lose focus of your grades(!). Getting started and meeting law firms (such as through your law society) is great, but if you don't manage to get a 2.1 in your first and second year (even if it/they 'doesn't/don't count') will likely reduce your chances of ultimately being successful in applications for 1st/2nd year insight days (and even applications later on too).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chambers Student</a> and <a href="https://www.lawcareers.net/" target="_blank">Lawcareers.net</a>. Consider subscribing to <a href="https://www.watsonsdaily.com/" target="_blank">Watson's Daily</a> for commercial awareness (also useful for IB/Consulting apps) and take a look at Jake Schogger's <a href="https://www.commerciallaw.academy/pages/handbooks" target="_blank">books</a> (particularly the Training Contract Handbook). </li> </ul>I am always on hand to answer any further questions you might have, but the above should be a good start! Contacting your university law society should be your first step I think!</blockquote>

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