Commercial Awareness
Commercial awareness is about:
- Understanding law firms as businesses
- Understanding clients鈥� issues or industries
- Connecting current affairs to legal impact
The best way to build it is:
- Follow the news daily
- Follow legal blogs in your chosen practice areas
- Reflect on鈥�why this matters to a lawyer鈥�
Use tabs 1-4 for guidance on how to develop your commercial awareness from beginner to advanced. Tab 5 lists more resources that will be useful for any area of law.
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Expectation |
What |
Why |
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Understand how businesses, industries, and markets operate and interact with one another |
Connectlegal studies with real-world business trends, reading business news, and considering how legal issues intersect with commercial realities |
Determining a potential career path requires seeing how your strengths map onto sectors |
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Where and When (tested) |
How |
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Motivation behind pursuing a career as a solicitor is questioned at every stage. |
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