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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abbie Whitlock" data-source="post: 217556" data-attributes="member: 42112">Hi [USER=35327]@a1024[/USER] !!From my understanding, Sidley Austin's question is about showing that you understanding what makes a successful lawyer, and demonstrating that you reflect those qualities in yourself. So, it is not purely theoretical - it's strongest when you link the qualities to your own experiences, even briefly.A structure I might use could be:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Introduction - identify a few key qualities that you think are essential for a trainee / lawyer. These could be commercial awareness, attention to detail, resilience, teamwork, proactivity etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Explain why they matter - it's important to show that you understand how and why these qualities are important for a lawyer. For example, resilience is essential for managing high-pressure deadlines, or attention to detail matters because small errors can have big consequences in legal documents. This shows that you understand the skills in context, not just in theory.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Brief personal example - illustrate how you have demonstrated one or two of these qualities in your own experience (e.g. through work experience or a university project). This does not need to be a long story, just a clear and concise example that makes it credible.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Closing sentence - wrap up by linking the qualities together and showing that these traits are what make a lawyer effective and successful in practice.</li> </ol>So yes, it's definitely a combination: explain the skills / qualities and why they matter, and connect them with your own experience.I hope that assists <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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