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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abbie Whitlock" data-source="post: 224768" data-attributes="member: 42112">Hi!You can actually take either route, but the strongest answers will usually sit at the intersection of the two.To ensure your answer is commercially focused, I would try to show that you understand how a wider market issue filters through to clients, and then ultimately shapes the work law firms do. So you don’t need to limit yourself to something that only affects law firms internally - in fact, a lot of the best topic start with clients first!A good way to think about it might be:1. Start with a commercial issue affecting clients (e.g. private credit expansion, AI regulation, restructuring trends, green financing, geopolitics, etc.)2. Explain why it grabbed your attention - this could be because of something you have studied, worked on, or just found interesting outside of work / academics.3. Then link it back to the impact on the legal sector - this is where you show commercial awareness and insight, particularly on how the issue: creates new types of transactions or disputes, increases demand in certain practice areas, changes risk profiles, requires new expertise from law firms, or shifts client expectations.This way, you cover both sides without being stuck in a narrow lane. Therefore, I would choose a commercial issue that affects clients, and explain how law firms can equip themselves to help clients navigate these issues (i.e. changes in the legal market) - that’s exactly the kind of reasoning they want to see <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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