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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 719" data-attributes="member: 1"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><u>Question 2: I'm having trouble giving a good answer to the question "why do you want to be a commercial lawyer". I know that should be a given and I do have ideas but I just struggle to put it into words. Do you have any advice?</u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong></strong></p><p>I don't think you're alone in this. It's reasonably easy to give an answer to the question, just not easy to give a good one.</p><p></p><p>The best answers I read come across as genuine answers. They go beyond the typical "I am interested in law and business" by explaining why it interests them. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes it takes a bit of digging to get to that answer. If I'm speaking with someone on Skype or in person, I might ask them a series of questions to try to get to the bottom of it. In each case, I'd tell them to speak as honestly as possible (and then we can work on the appropriate phrasing later).</p><p></p><p>These questions might include:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why did you want to study law (if you did a law degree)? Or, why did you want to study your degree subject?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why commercial law instead of say, criminal law?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why be a lawyer instead of an investment banker?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What type of work do you find interesting?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What do you find motivates you?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What matters to you in a career?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do you have any legal work experience? If so, what did you like? What did you dislike?</li> </ul><p>It's worth trying to answer these questions honestly rather than trying to deliver it as an interview answer. Even if money or prestige might factor into it. You then have some very raw answers, which you can link up together. It's also personal, so others won't an answer quite like yours. That's refreshing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 719, member: 1"] [CENTER][B][U]Question 2: I'm having trouble giving a good answer to the question "why do you want to be a commercial lawyer". I know that should be a given and I do have ideas but I just struggle to put it into words. Do you have any advice?[/U] [/B][/CENTER] I don't think you're alone in this. It's reasonably easy to give an answer to the question, just not easy to give a good one. The best answers I read come across as genuine answers. They go beyond the typical "I am interested in law and business" by explaining why it interests them. Sometimes it takes a bit of digging to get to that answer. If I'm speaking with someone on Skype or in person, I might ask them a series of questions to try to get to the bottom of it. In each case, I'd tell them to speak as honestly as possible (and then we can work on the appropriate phrasing later). These questions might include: [LIST] [*]Why did you want to study law (if you did a law degree)? Or, why did you want to study your degree subject? [*]Why commercial law instead of say, criminal law? [*]Why be a lawyer instead of an investment banker? [*]What type of work do you find interesting? [*]What do you find motivates you? [*]What matters to you in a career? [*]Do you have any legal work experience? If so, what did you like? What did you dislike? [/LIST] It's worth trying to answer these questions honestly rather than trying to deliver it as an interview answer. Even if money or prestige might factor into it. You then have some very raw answers, which you can link up together. It's also personal, so others won't an answer quite like yours. That's refreshing. [/QUOTE]
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