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<blockquote data-quote="D" data-source="post: 34182" data-attributes="member: 540"><p>Hey,</p><p></p><p>I would prepare answers to, at the very least, the following questions:</p><p></p><p>Why do I want to be a commercial lawyer? (Why law)</p><p></p><p>What skills do I have that are transferrable to the role of a trainee (Why me)</p><p></p><p>What is your greatest achievement? (Why me)</p><p></p><p>What extra-curricular activities do you engage in that will support your application? (Why me)</p><p></p><p>And of course - Why X Firm. Although, this is the one answer that must be tailored specifically to the application.</p><p></p><p>My strategy last year - Identify the firms I wanted to apply to, identify when their VS's were, and work on the assumption all of my applications are going to be successful. The last thing you want is making three successful applications to firms who have their VS on the exact same dates. Its a big waste, as not all firms will be flexible and allow you to change.</p><p></p><p>Then, I Identified who recruited on a rolling basis. I got these apps completed first. Check TCLA for the thread that lists them.</p><p></p><p>Next, I found out what firms had similar/identical questions. These were applications I could fire off quickly as I only needed to craft the "Why X Firm" question. This can be done in a day, easily, once you have the other questions nailed down.</p><p></p><p>One small nuance of my strategy was that the winter-scheme firm's I applied to were firms that were not high on my priority list. I feel this particular scheme is tougher to get on to. This is because the scheme is often shorter, has fewer spaces, and likely to attract potentially higher-level candidates (graduates, with experience) as it is only a week long. This would be easier for them to get time off work as opposed to 2-3 weeks in the Summer.</p><p></p><p>For my work experiences, I kept them to 4 and each experience to 150 words, this is because this was a limit I found on a few apps and I wanted to copy and paste efficiently. If you</p><p></p><p>One final tip - Many firms use apply4law. Therefore, you can prep all of your grades and stuff to be pasted in by using "My Locker", available at lawcareers.net - It's brilliant</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D, post: 34182, member: 540"] Hey, I would prepare answers to, at the very least, the following questions: Why do I want to be a commercial lawyer? (Why law) What skills do I have that are transferrable to the role of a trainee (Why me) What is your greatest achievement? (Why me) What extra-curricular activities do you engage in that will support your application? (Why me) And of course - Why X Firm. Although, this is the one answer that must be tailored specifically to the application. My strategy last year - Identify the firms I wanted to apply to, identify when their VS's were, and work on the assumption all of my applications are going to be successful. The last thing you want is making three successful applications to firms who have their VS on the exact same dates. Its a big waste, as not all firms will be flexible and allow you to change. Then, I Identified who recruited on a rolling basis. I got these apps completed first. Check TCLA for the thread that lists them. Next, I found out what firms had similar/identical questions. These were applications I could fire off quickly as I only needed to craft the "Why X Firm" question. This can be done in a day, easily, once you have the other questions nailed down. One small nuance of my strategy was that the winter-scheme firm's I applied to were firms that were not high on my priority list. I feel this particular scheme is tougher to get on to. This is because the scheme is often shorter, has fewer spaces, and likely to attract potentially higher-level candidates (graduates, with experience) as it is only a week long. This would be easier for them to get time off work as opposed to 2-3 weeks in the Summer. For my work experiences, I kept them to 4 and each experience to 150 words, this is because this was a limit I found on a few apps and I wanted to copy and paste efficiently. If you One final tip - Many firms use apply4law. Therefore, you can prep all of your grades and stuff to be pasted in by using "My Locker", available at lawcareers.net - It's brilliant [/QUOTE]
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