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I’m a non law grad with a months worth of legal experience. I have a strong feeling of which practice areas I’d love to work in. Obviously it’s too early to tell what I would pick, however, and how well I would do of course! Nonetheless I wonder how much I should know about the practice areas I’m in invested in. Furthermore how many practice/sectors areas should I feel comfortable having a discussion about (when it comes to a commercial story question). I don’t want to do in depth research for too many.My main interests are Public Law, Immigration, Employment, and Risk advisory (Investigations and ethics work). I have enjoyed work in IP, Tax, and I have strong interest in Healthcare/Life sciences. I’ve only chosen firms which are strong in at least 3 of these areas. Just so I have diversity in firms chosen and the training if I get accepted.I’ve found that when researching firms, I focus heavily on their public law work, it’s the area I’m most interested in. I’ve realised it encompasses a lot practice areas in to one which I love. Furthermore, my legal experience has focused on this a lot and my academic work focused loosely on public law (areas like Imigration, Lifesciences, and Human Rights) Am I trenching my interests in an one area naively in prep for applications? Or can I carry on because of the practice area covers so many different sectors and practices, which means I can draw on a range of insights to demonstrate my interest in various commercial issues?
I’m a non law grad with a months worth of legal experience. I have a strong feeling of which practice areas I’d love to work in. Obviously it’s too early to tell what I would pick, however, and how well I would do of course! Nonetheless I wonder how much I should know about the practice areas I’m in invested in. Furthermore how many practice/sectors areas should I feel comfortable having a discussion about (when it comes to a commercial story question). I don’t want to do in depth research for too many.
My main interests are Public Law, Immigration, Employment, and Risk advisory (Investigations and ethics work). I have enjoyed work in IP, Tax, and I have strong interest in Healthcare/Life sciences. I’ve only chosen firms which are strong in at least 3 of these areas. Just so I have diversity in firms chosen and the training if I get accepted.
I’ve found that when researching firms, I focus heavily on their public law work, it’s the area I’m most interested in. I’ve realised it encompasses a lot practice areas in to one which I love. Furthermore, my legal experience has focused on this a lot and my academic work focused loosely on public law (areas like Imigration, Lifesciences, and Human Rights) Am I trenching my interests in an one area naively in prep for applications? Or can I carry on because of the practice area covers so many different sectors and practices, which means I can draw on a range of insights to demonstrate my interest in various commercial issues?
