Ropes & Gray: What do Private Equity Lawyers Actually Do? — Wed 14 Jan 2026, 5–6pm (UK), Zoom
Register →
TCLA Premium: Now half price (£30/month). Applications, interviews, commercial awareness + 700+ examples.
Join →

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 219185" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=35883]@User2640[/USER] for the first question, I do not think you need to tailor each work experience to the specific firm. If the firm wanted a "why the firm" answer, they would have asked that in the application form. The fact that this question was not included at this stage reflects the firm's conscious decision to assess you on different criteria. As such, I would just focus on having well-written descriptions of your work, and only draw links to the specific law firm if there is a clear and very direct point of connection - i.e. say if you have completed some corporate M&A related work experience and are applying to Skadden, it could make sense to have a short concluding remark that the experience confirmed your interest in this practice area and thus motivated your application to the firm (which is know as a global market leader in the field). As for general tips for writing the work experience section, for dealing with different word count limit, and what to include beyond skills, I would say the following:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you have a very restrictive word count limit, focus on what were exactly your tasks and how you went about completing them. Importantly, the focus should be on what you did as an individual, rather than on what the team you were part of did. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you have more space, describe your work experience using a full STAR structure, providing more context as to how you ended up in the respective role in the first place, background to your tasks and how they fitted in with the team's broader work, and details of any concrete results and feedback you received. Nonetheless, you should still ensure you write in a very concise, structured, and to-the-point manner, as recruiters will still assess your writing skills and penalise you if they find it verbose. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond skills, you can draw links to practicer area/sector interests and also to any connections to a broader interest in commercial law. That said, such links should be drawn sparingly (to avoid seeming like you are answering a different question than the one you were in fact asked) and only when the connection is clear and direct. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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

Top Bottom

Search

Search

Reply to thread