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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trainingcontractapplicant" data-source="post: 215927" data-attributes="member: 41864">Hi [USER=40193]@CupOfTea17[/USER] I also started applying to vacation schemes in my last year of university as a non-law student and mostly had non-legal work experience! I personally believe that any experience, whether legal or non-legal, is really valuable as you can use it to demonstrate relevant transferable skills and/or your interest in commercial law. For example, I spoke about how my government internship allowed me to develop a deep understanding of the dynmic economic and political context in which businesses operate – that way, I showed my commercial awareness. Having spoken to grad rec from various City firms, they usually really like how a part-time job helps candidates develop important skills such as teamwork, organisation skills/time management and resilience (working under pressure). Volunteering also builds skills such as empathy and communication. Also, I have met many succesful candidates who applied with very few/no direct legal work experience.In the work experience section of your applications, I would recommend that you:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Be as specific as possible about your experiences: speak about concrete tasks that you completed and what your contribution/impact was, feel free to quantify wherever possible</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Link your experiences to relevant skills that law firms are looking for: by being very specific about your role as per the previous point, the transferable skills will often 'shine through', the link willl be natural and convincing - you might choose to mention the relevant skill only briefly. </li> </ul>I also used my previous non-legal experiences to express an interest in a core sector/practice area of the firms that I was applying to.I hope this helps, best of luck this cycle, you'll smash it!</blockquote>

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