Course curriculum

    1. What is commercial awareness?

    2. Why is commercial awareness important for lawyers and applicants?

    3. E-guide to commercial awareness

    1. How does commercial awareness come up in interviews, and how can you demonstrate it?

    2. What can case studies involve?

    3. How did commercial awareness come up in interviews for Harry Clark & Joe Mallet

    4. How did commercial awareness come up in interviews for Gordon Chung & Simran Mann

    1. How to approach building your commercial awareness

    2. News publications, websites and digests

    3. Business books

    4. Firm websites, articles and communication channels

    5. Courses, events, podcasts and other sources

    6. Recommended resources

    1. Introduction to case study frameworks

    2. Structuring answers to case study questions

    3. SWOT Analysis: reviewing a business' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

    4. PESTLE Analysis: assessing the impact of external factors

    5. Profitability Framework: understanding revenue, costs and profit

    6. Porter's Five Forces: analysing the competitive landscape

    7. Business Situation Framework: analysing businesses and their markets

    1. Key sources for building your commercial awareness

    2. How Harry Clark and Joe Mallet developed their commercial awareness

    3. How Sim Mann and Gordon Chung developed their commercial awareness

    4. Commercial awareness Q&A

    5. Commercial Law Handbook

    6. Training Contract Handbook

    7. Christopher Stoakes' books

    8. Consultancy Handbook

    9. Legal Practice Course Handbook

    10. LinkedIn networking group

Introduction to commercial awareness

  • 30 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Why is this the best introduction to commercial awareness?

In short, because our unparalleled experience progressing through commercial awareness-related interviews and successfully coaching thousands of aspiring lawyers has enabled us to develop unique teaching methods and frameworks that can make all the difference.

  • The most comprehensive online course specifically built to demystify commercial awareness for aspiring commercial lawyers.

  • Our proximity to the recruitment process means we truly understand how commercial awareness is assessed, and therefore what you need to know.

  • We highlight a broad range of real examples to bring commercial awareness and case study frameworks to life.

  • We've created animated videos to explain complex concepts more clearly and improve your learning experience.

  • We offer explanations of how to actually use a broad range of recommended commercial awareness resources.

  • We've included content from our best-selling Commercial Law Handbook.

Instructor

Commercial Law Academy Founder & Ex-Freshfields Lawyer Jake Schogger

Jake Schogger is a qualified lawyer, career coach, entrepreneur, author, copywriter and consultant. He is the founder and CEO of City Career Series, a publishing company that has sold ~50,000 handbooks designed to help students secure City careers, including the critically acclaimed Commercial Law Handbook and Training Contract Handbook. He also founded Commercial Law Academy. He trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and now acts as a legal adviser to start-ups and scale-ups, whilst also working as a career coach and delivering career-related presentations at universities across the UK. In addition, Jake works with tech start-ups and runs a variety of his own businesses. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

Course reviews

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5 star rating

No longer clueless as to what commercial awareness means

Hailey Ng

The thought of "commercial awareness" used to stress me out, especially since it's a skill that most firms emphasise on. I never quite knew how I could possi...

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The thought of "commercial awareness" used to stress me out, especially since it's a skill that most firms emphasise on. I never quite knew how I could possibly equip myself with such skill but this course has provided me with a clearer idea as to how I can be more commercially aware.

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5 star rating

Commercial awareness module

Chloe Taylor

I now know where I was going wrong! This module taught me I don't have to know everything in the news, and it's about finding your niche. Jake also shows yo...

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I now know where I was going wrong! This module taught me I don't have to know everything in the news, and it's about finding your niche. Jake also shows you how to display commercial awareness at interview and how best to approach commercial questions.

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Thank you!

Shahena Begum

The videos were really easy to understand and I learned so much. I will also be using these beneficial tips in future ACs.

The videos were really easy to understand and I learned so much. I will also be using these beneficial tips in future ACs.

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Good intro

Kendrick T

Good intro, especially as a companion to the legal tech and current affairs module

Good intro, especially as a companion to the legal tech and current affairs module

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