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<blockquote data-quote="abbietc03" data-source="post: 215417" data-attributes="member: 26521"><p>Hey! Speaking from personal experience, I worked in my university's legal clinic during my final year, and I found it really useful for vac schemes!</p><p></p><p>For example, I was practising interview questions with my supervisor during one of my vac schemes, and I said that one of the reasons I was interested in law as I really enjoyed working with clients, and I remember he mentioned that I shouldn't say that if I had never actually experienced working with clients. When I explained my work in the clinic, he said that I should have mentioned it first and that it is a really good experience to highlight to back up my motivations.</p><p></p><p>Like you said, despite not being commercial law directly, the transferable skills are really valuable, especially in terms of interacting with/interviewing clients and writing attendance notes, etc. During one of my vac schemes, I felt a lot more confident and comfortable attending meetings with clients (even though these were individuals working at big companies, compared to the individual clinic clients), as I sort of knew what to expect. You can also highlight the research and teamwork skills that you gain from the experience as well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abbietc03, post: 215417, member: 26521"] Hey! Speaking from personal experience, I worked in my university's legal clinic during my final year, and I found it really useful for vac schemes! For example, I was practising interview questions with my supervisor during one of my vac schemes, and I said that one of the reasons I was interested in law as I really enjoyed working with clients, and I remember he mentioned that I shouldn't say that if I had never actually experienced working with clients. When I explained my work in the clinic, he said that I should have mentioned it first and that it is a really good experience to highlight to back up my motivations. Like you said, despite not being commercial law directly, the transferable skills are really valuable, especially in terms of interacting with/interviewing clients and writing attendance notes, etc. During one of my vac schemes, I felt a lot more confident and comfortable attending meetings with clients (even though these were individuals working at big companies, compared to the individual clinic clients), as I sort of knew what to expect. You can also highlight the research and teamwork skills that you gain from the experience as well :) [/QUOTE]
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