TCLA Premium: Now half price (£30/month). Applications, interviews, commercial awareness + 700+ examples.
Join →

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZNadeem" data-source="post: 217564" data-attributes="member: 40237">Hi! I’d recommend keeping it really focused and structured since you’ve only got 250 words. The best way is to choose 2–3 personal qualities that you genuinely believe are key to being a successful lawyer (e.g. attention to detail, resilience, teamwork, commercial awareness). For each quality, you should do two things:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Explain why it matters in the context of law—e.g. why resilience is important when handling long matters, or why teamwork is crucial when working with different departments or international offices. This shows you understand what the profession demands.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Link it to your own experience using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). That could be from academic work, extracurriculars, employment, or pro bono. The key is to be specific: instead of saying “I am resilient,” give a short example where you proved it, and then tie it back to why that matters for lawyers.</li> </ol>This way, you’re not just describing qualities in the abstract, but actively demonstrating how you’ve already developed them and why they’ll make you effective at Sidley.</blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

Top Bottom