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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 189368" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=35829]@_shims_[/USER] I would not be too worried about that. When the firm selected this question, it was exactly because they wanted to see what other careers you would be motivated to pursue. I believe this is for three reasons (i) they want to see if there is any overlap between your fundamental motivations for choosing a career in the legal field and your motivations for pursuing an alternative career path; (ii) they want candidates that have seriously considered other careers as well before deciding to commit to law; and (iii) they are interested in recruiting well-rounded individuals with interests and passions outside of law. The only potential issue of concern regarding tensions with your decision to pursue becoming a commercial solicitor comes at point (i). To address that, I think you want to have as much commonality between the reasons for your interest in the alternative career path and plausible reasons for interest in the work of commercial lawyers. I have recently written a post discussing this, I have quoted it bellow. Besides this, I have also thought it may be useful to quote a great post and discussion with [USER=36738]@Ram Sabaratnam[/USER] about this question, which provides you with slightly different perspective:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 189368, member: 36777"] Hi [USER=35829]@_shims_[/USER] I would not be too worried about that. When the firm selected this question, it was exactly because they wanted to see what other careers you would be motivated to pursue. I believe this is for three reasons (i) they want to see if there is any overlap between your fundamental motivations for choosing a career in the legal field and your motivations for pursuing an alternative career path; (ii) they want candidates that have seriously considered other careers as well before deciding to commit to law; and (iii) they are interested in recruiting well-rounded individuals with interests and passions outside of law. The only potential issue of concern regarding tensions with your decision to pursue becoming a commercial solicitor comes at point (i). To address that, I think you want to have as much commonality between the reasons for your interest in the alternative career path and plausible reasons for interest in the work of commercial lawyers. I have recently written a post discussing this, I have quoted it bellow. Besides this, I have also thought it may be useful to quote a great post and discussion with [USER=36738]@Ram Sabaratnam[/USER] about this question, which provides you with slightly different perspective: [/QUOTE]

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