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📩The application session you don't want to miss
Join us on Friday, May 1.
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On Friday, May 1st, we’ll host a session on application writing.
Drawing on her own journey as an international student from a non-traditional background, Shreeja Rao will go through how to turn your story into a strong application.
She will also cover:
how to turn perceived weaknesses into strengths,
how to present your experiences in a way that feels connected.
real examples of successful applications.
Applications
Research for your applications
Access over 20 law firm profiles, complete with breakdowns, seats, secondments, and other requirements.
A 9-step law firm research checklist that shows you what to look for, where to find it, and how to use it.
This breaks down recent transactions and explains how to move beyond simply mentioning a deal, towards demonstrating real commercial understanding and relevance.
How to structure your answers, apply the rule of three and build a compelling narrative for your applications.
15 real application answers samples from major firms along with an explanation of what worked and why
What to do if your efforts still aren’t converting, despite trying everything.
Application tracker, CV & Cover Letter Guidance
Track your applications, access CV and Cover Letter templates, and more.
Psychometric Tests
A clear breakdown of the key skills tested in critical thinking tests, along with where to practice, mistakes and red flags to watch out for.
Interviews
Commercial Awareness Starter Pack
Guidance on how to develop your commercial awareness and a worked example showing what a strong answers looks like.
Over 80+ interview questions asked by leading law firms.
Covering common formats, how firms assess answers, and how to communicate clearly and confidently on camera.
Work Experience
How to gain Legal Work Experience
This covers six avenues you could explore to gain relevant legal work experience.
Explore free virtual internships and DIY vacation schemes. Build real-world skills you can showcase on applications.
80+ opportunities across law firms, chambers, early-careers programmes and paralegal roles.
Studying
Includes proven tips for managing time, revision, and exams.
First Class Problem Question Model Answer
How to structure a problem question answer and showcase your legal reasoning.
Covers how to open with impact, write clearly and finish with a focused conclusion.
Oscola Referencing Cheat Sheet
A simplified guide to OSCOLA referencing, covering how to cite cases, legislation, books, journal articles, and more.
AI Usage Creates Legal Work
Clients are increasingly sending lawyers large volumes of AI-generated letters, emails, questions, etc. The big jump in material lawyers are receiving means they are stuck spending more time reviewing and responding to this content, driving up legal bills.
A partner at a US litigation firm notes that they have received so much AI material that they could only respond to the client at appropriate intervals. And both Addleshaw Goddard and Mishcon de Reya have highlighted this issue at their respective firms, noting the influx in AI-generated correspondence across all practice areas.
The Implications
Rather than reducing workload, AI in this context is unexpectedly creating a larger amount of work for lawyers. Since lawyers are required to meticulously validate and respond to output that is now likely more verbose and inaccurate, AI is acting as a friction point in the lawyer-client relationship.
Whilst AI is a great consumer-side tool, enabling clients to generate complex output more efficiently, this ease does not translate as well to lawyers who have to bear the cognitive load of identifying subtle errors or hallucinations that are still highly probable with current AI models.
What does this mean for the legal sector?
Law firms operating on fixed fee models (charging one amount for a deal no matter how long it takes) will see profits eroded as lawyers are unnecessarily engaged for longer hours.
Firms alternatively billing hourly (with the final bill depending on hours spent) are better insulated against this development but might face client pushback if the final bill is too high.
The trend will likely accelerate AI adoption at law firms, as developing in-house AI models would efficiently deal with AI material sent over by clients.
How to Use This In Applications
12 April 1927 — The British Cabinet came out in favour of voting rights for women.
13 April 1829 — The Catholic Emancipation Act is passed, lifting restrictions imposed on Catholics at the time of Henry VIII.
14 April 1983 — The first cordless telephone, capable of operating up to 600 feet from base, was introduced. It was made by Fidelity and British Telecom and sold for £170.
15 April 1755 — Dr Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of The English Language’ is first published.
16 April 1705 — Queen Anne of England knighted the scientist Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge.
17 April 1969 — Voting age in Britain was lowered from 21 to 18.
18 April 1949 — The Republic of Ireland Act came into force as Southern Ireland became a Republic and left the Commonwealth.
19 April 1775 — The start of the American War of Independence against Britain when fighting began at Lexington and Concord.
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It covers applications, interviews, assessment centres, and more. You’ll also get a certificate you can add to your CV and LinkedIn.
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