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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vera.mekhonoshina" data-source="post: 216620" data-attributes="member: 30780">Hi [USER=42066]@ew0513[/USER], It definitely sounds like you have a lot of interesting commercial experiences! They will have the potential to become a solid foundation for answering questions about your motivations for transitioning into commercial law, substantiating your interest in real estate as a practice area, and illuminating the skills and qualities you'll bring to the role.To answer your question, you will definitely have a shot at securing a training contract through the direct TC route, but you will need to be purposeful about crafting really strong responses to such questions as 'Why commercial law?'I also think that firms do expect a higher standard of understanding of the world of commercial law from direct TC applicants - this would include the type of work commercial lawyers in different practice areas do, the role of a trainee, and key differences of working for a commercial law firm as opposed to in-house, etc. Finally, the disadvantage of applying only to direct TCs is that your pool of firms will be smaller, and you will face competition from vacation scheme participants, to whom the firm might give preference. In short, it is definitely realistic to secure a TC this way. I wish you the best of luck in your applications!</blockquote>

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