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Why do you want to become a commercial lawyer - As a non law student with no legal experience/ events/ opportunities
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<blockquote data-quote="Runner" data-source="post: 152167" data-attributes="member: 29513"><p>Hi Dervise2001,</p><p></p><p>I too struggled with this question when I was stating out my law application and before securing a TC with a US firm. I studied business management at university and had hardly any legal experience, except for an open day and a diversity scheme with a public legal body. What I was able to pull out was my volunteering work at my university's student conduct and appeals office where I undertook quite a bit of procedural type of justice work. That gave me transferable skills I thought were core to being a lawyer (e.g. document review, witness and evidence analysis, navigating complex procedural rules and regulations etc.). I was then able to leverage this with my interests in commercial law by comparing my past business related experiences (e.g. internships in consultancy). More specifically, I pointed to the fact that I had a lot of project management experience as a student consultant and running a couple student societies. Despite the similarities with consultancy/project management to commercial law in terms of overall business aims (e.g. in a M&A or deals timeline), I nuanced that my motivations and passions were more aligned to the stages where I was helping clients execute on their goals.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't think having lots of legal experience is the key to application success. Rather:</p><p>(1) a good understanding of what the target law firm do - what they are well-known for, their practice areas, their achievement publications etc.</p><p>(2) how they assist clients achieve goals as opposed to other high level service providers (like accountants, consultants, banks etc) - e.g. in a deal to buy something, what type of advisers does a client instruct and for what purpose? Remember, commercial lawyers are just one feature of that panel of advisers in enabling the success of a deal-making.</p><p></p><p>Then matching those nuances from your career research to your reasons/motivations for pursuing law. These motivations should always be backed-up with your decision-making process from experience and examples of skills.</p><p></p><p>If you need any specific advice, feel free to DM me.</p><p></p><p>I hope all the best with your applications!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Runner, post: 152167, member: 29513"] Hi Dervise2001, I too struggled with this question when I was stating out my law application and before securing a TC with a US firm. I studied business management at university and had hardly any legal experience, except for an open day and a diversity scheme with a public legal body. What I was able to pull out was my volunteering work at my university's student conduct and appeals office where I undertook quite a bit of procedural type of justice work. That gave me transferable skills I thought were core to being a lawyer (e.g. document review, witness and evidence analysis, navigating complex procedural rules and regulations etc.). I was then able to leverage this with my interests in commercial law by comparing my past business related experiences (e.g. internships in consultancy). More specifically, I pointed to the fact that I had a lot of project management experience as a student consultant and running a couple student societies. Despite the similarities with consultancy/project management to commercial law in terms of overall business aims (e.g. in a M&A or deals timeline), I nuanced that my motivations and passions were more aligned to the stages where I was helping clients execute on their goals. Personally, I don't think having lots of legal experience is the key to application success. Rather: (1) a good understanding of what the target law firm do - what they are well-known for, their practice areas, their achievement publications etc. (2) how they assist clients achieve goals as opposed to other high level service providers (like accountants, consultants, banks etc) - e.g. in a deal to buy something, what type of advisers does a client instruct and for what purpose? Remember, commercial lawyers are just one feature of that panel of advisers in enabling the success of a deal-making. Then matching those nuances from your career research to your reasons/motivations for pursuing law. These motivations should always be backed-up with your decision-making process from experience and examples of skills. If you need any specific advice, feel free to DM me. I hope all the best with your applications! [/QUOTE]
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