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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amma Usman" data-source="post: 197127" data-attributes="member: 36740">Hi [USER=32382]@AlegalA[/USER] ,This is a very valid question. Largely because there is so much information out there… current affairs are always changing, new stuff are always being introduced within multiple industries, there are so many possible connections to draw to showcase your understanding in interviews, and so on. There is no denying this, and virtually everyone who has an offer now will tell you that there is no point trying to digest every possible thing out there, or reading all the buzzing news articles. First of all, it’s impossible. Secondly, it’s not an efficient way to work. I certainly tried to do the opposite at first, and saw sooner than later that it was highly impractical. In fact, it was more of a disservice than a service to my journey. I found that by trying to do all that, I lost building on that key foundational knowledge. Early on, I saw that I was reading so many articles, but not really understanding what was going on and not grasping so many key terms. Commercial awareness encompasses so many things, such as even understanding those key terms. You can link so many things to a single news headline and that ability to draw those connections to businesses and law firms as businesses, is what will help you demonstrate that commercial awareness - not the volume of articles you consume. It’s the connection to the financial world that distinguishes candidates that merely understand commercial awareness, with those that can actually apply it in practice. As you can imagine, the latter is more beneficial to law firms. This is because new developments and changes will happen and someone will need to be able to apply it to businesses in the context of commercial law firm’s clients. That ‘someone’, is what law firms want to see in you in applications and interviews.I have quoted a few posts I have made on this in the past to help. Best of luck - you’ll be fine. You already have so much commercial awareness within you, and the posts I have quoted below will help you see that.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/the-weekly-brief-commercial-awareness-updates.9144/[/URL][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-recommended-reading-start-here.697/[/URL]</blockquote>

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