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Classification of firms
CV
Cover letter (vacation scheme)
Cover letter (paralegal)
Work experience section
Extra-curricular activities, and any prizes, scholarships, positions of responsibility, or noteworthy achievements
Tell us about you
What skills, qualities and attributes would you bring to the role?
Please outline your most significant achievement to date and how this was achieved
Tell us about a challenge you have overcome that showcases your ambition and drive
Give an example of a situation where you have worked as part of a team to achieve a specific objective
Tell us about a time you failed
Why commercial law?
What does a commercial lawyer do?
Which personal qualities make a successful lawyer?
Why do you want to train at this firm?
What do you think attracts clients to the firm?
Why are you applying for a paralegal role?
Introduce us to a topic you know about and explain why it interests you
Describe a current commercial issue that has interested you and explain why it interested you
Discuss the impact of key global events on a specific sector
What do you feel will be the biggest challenges for the legal sector over the next 12 months?
Discuss a current legal case that recently caught your attention. Why does this interest you and what are the implications?
If you could bring into force any law, what would that law be and why?
Introduction
Cover letters and personal statements (36 examples)
Why law? (45+ examples)
Why the firm / firm research (60+ examples)
Why you? (42 examples)
Interests, activities, positions of responsibility (48 examples)
Prizes, awards, scholarships, any other information (25 examples)
Discuss a news story or commercial topic (40 examples)
Discuss a legal case or development (8 examples)
Questions about clients and law firm management (13 examples)
What lawyers and practice areas do (6 examples)
Use of technology and AI (4 examples)
Mistakes, failures, feedback, weaknesses and resilience (6 examples)
Biggest challenges (13 examples)
Achievements and goals (19 examples)
Teamwork, collaboration and conflict (11 examples)
Problem-solving, initiative, innovative thinking, entrepreneurial spirit (6 examples)
Situational questions (8 examples)
Delivered high quality work / client services (9 examples)
Organisation and balancing responsibilities (1 example)
What motivates you / what are your goals? (6 examples)
Oddball questions (8 examples)
Values, diversity and inclusion (4 examples)
A&O Shearman (x4)
Clifford Chance (x8)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (x7)
Linklaters (x3)
Slaughter and May (x7)
Ashurst (x10)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) (x7)
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (x9)
Hogan Lovells (x11)
Macfarlanes (x5)
Norton Rose Fulbright (x5)
Simmons & Simmons (x5)
Travers Smith (x6)
Akin Gump (x6)
Baker McKenzie (x8)
Brown Rudnick
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (x5)
Cooley (x4)
Covington & Burling (x4)
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Davis Polk (x4)
Debevoise & Plimpton (x3)
Dechert (x5)
Dorsey & Whitney (Canadian firm) (x2)
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (x5)
Goodwin (x4)
Greenberg Traurig (x2)
Jones Day (x12)
K&L Gates (x2)
King & Spalding (x2)
Kirkland & Ellis (x6)
Latham & Watkins (x7)
Mayer Brown (x4)
McDermott Will & Emery (x2)
Milbank (x3)
Morgan Lewis (x3)
Morrison Foerster (x2)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Weiss (x2)
Proskauer Rose
Sidley Austin (x7)
Skadden (x4)
Squire Patton Boggs (x6)
Vinson & Elkins (x5)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (x5)
White & Case (x6)
Willkie, Farr and Gallagher (x7)
Addleshaw Goddard (x10)
Bates Wells (x2)
Bevan Brittan
Bird & Bird (x8)
Brabners
Bristows (x5)
Broadfield
Browne Jacobson (x2)
Burges Salmon (x7)
Capsticks
Charles Russell Speechlys (x5)
Clyde & Co (x3)
CMS (x7)
Cripps
DAC Beachcroft (x2)
Dentons (x6)
Devonshires (x2)
Dickson Minto
DLA Piper (x12)
DWF (x5)
Eversheds Sutherland (x7)
Farrer & Co (x5)
Fieldfisher (x4)
Fladgate (x2)
Forsters (x5)
Foot Anstey (x2)
Fox Williams
Freeths
Gateley (x4)
Gowling WLG
Harbottle & Lewis (x2)
Hill Dickinson (x3)
HFW (Holman Fenwick Willan) (x4)
Irwin Mitchell (x3)
Kennedys (x3)
Kingsley Napley
Lawrence Stephens
Lewis Silkin (x2)
Marriott Harrison (x2)
Memery Crystal
Michelmores (x3)
Mills & Reeve (x2)
Mishcon de Reya (x4)
Osborne Clarke (x8)
Pinsent Masons (x5)
Penningtons Manches Cooper (x4)
Reed Smith (x7)
RPC (x4)
Shakespeare Martineau
Sharpe Pritchard
Shoosmiths (x8)
Squire Patton Boggs (x3)
Stephenson Harwood (x10)
Taylor Vinters
Taylor Wessing (x5)
TLT (x5)
Trowers & Hamlins (x5)
VWV
Walker Morris (x3)
Watson Farley & Williams (x6)
Wedlake Bell (x3)
Weightmans
Winston & Strawn (x2)
Withers Worldwide (x7)
Womble Bond Dickinson (x6)
Aberdein Considine
Anderson Strathern
Blackadders
BTO Solicitors
Burness Paull (x2)
Gillespie Macandrew
MFMac (Morton Fraser MacRoberts)
Shepherd and Wedderburn (x4)
Accutrainee
American Express
BBC (x2)
Deloitte
Diageo
EDF
EY Legal
Goldman Sachs
Government Legal Department (x2)
Immunocore
National Highways
NBC Universal (x2)
NVIDIA
PwC Legal
Seimens
In short, because we've invested hundreds (if not thousands) of hours in creating them.
Our database includes CVs, cover letters, work experience sections, career and firm motivation answers, competency and scenario-based examples, and discussions of current affairs and commercial challenges.
Access written feedback from Jake Schogger and other qualified lawyers on hundreds of different application questions, covering why each is strong and what could still be improved.
Each insight is meticulously and consistently formatted, to ensure a consistent structure and approach.
Each contributor is required to objectively verify that their application was successful.
We highlight which recruitment cycle each application is from, and the designated word limit for each question.
Where possible, we also include information about online tests that form part of the initial assessment.
We are constantly adding new firms to the database, as well as more recent applications for existing firms, all of which will be available to subscribers.
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I appreciate how precise and specific the feedback is. With a lot of generalised advice over how to write applications and cover letters, I found this partic...
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