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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lawyersum" data-source="post: 215441" data-attributes="member: 35580">I would say that the aspects of your application that you cannot drastically change, i.e., grades and work experiences, should not be focused on too much, apart from briefly considering whether you can articulate your work experience entries better. What you should instead focus on is really smashing the application questions. Granted, you may have applied to certain firms before, and those firms may not change their application questions from cycle to cycle. But for firms which you've never applied to before, push the boat out with research and specificity, and mention little nuggets of information that don't necessarily fit into a 'section' of the application form, such as an interesting course you took, a webinar you attended, an article you read, or something about your background such as languages, ethnicity, any countries you grew up in. For the firms which you applied to before and want to try again, I would say to really critically look at your initial application and improve it as much as possible. Think, is each line adding value either about the firm or about me as an applicant? Also, really sell your experiences and align what you have achieved with how the firm operates and its values. I have received a lot of advice over the years from grad rec, this forum, lawyers, students, and the above always seems to be my main takeaway. Plus, you're already in a massively advantageous position as you have a VS on your CV, which kind of shows firms you have the 99% potential to be a lawyer, you just need a firm which will see your remaining 1%.</blockquote>

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