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What is commercial awareness and how to demonstrate it

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A guide to commercial awareness

What is commercial awareness?

Commercial awareness is one of the key skills that law firms look for in future trainees

How to increase your commercial awareness

Aside from reading the news, there are more interactive ways to build your commercial awareness

How to show firms you 'think business'

Here's how to demonstrate commercial awareness to law firm recruiters

"They're made out of meat?"

Can lab-grown meat justifiably be given the same legal status as conventional meat and what regulatory implications would this have?

Divorce proceedings: is the ‘blame game’ coming to an end?

What is the future of divorce proceedings in the United Kingdom?

Buy now, pay later services: the regulation debate

Should more be done to regulate buy now, pay later services?

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Your commercial news round-up

Be sure to check the News every Thursday for this weekly commercial news round-up

Aviation, FTSE 100, covid-19 vaccine, Deliveroo, Tokyo 2020: your commercial news round-up

During this unprecedented time, it is important to consider how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the business and legal world – so, use this week’s commercial news round-up as a tool to top up your commercial awareness.

2020 Olympics, new police powers, Cera Care, benefit claims, Burger King, Sports Direct, WhatsApp: your commercial news round-up

Another week and another commercial round-up summarising the latest coronavirus developments.

Government-backed loans, British pound, Laura Ashley, Apple, e-scooter legalisation: your commercial news round-up

As we near the end of another week, the global coronavirus pandemic is still dominating the front pages, twitter feeds and even our own LCN news stories.

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Coronavirus information for students

What we know so far about how COVID19 is affecting legal education and recruitment

Five easy and practical ways to boost your commercial awareness

A list of small and easy ways to understand the business world and how law firms and their clients operate within it

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Commercial Questions

The Commercial Question is a weekly article written by a leading firm designed to get you thinking about commercial issues.

Banksy: when does graffiti become criminal damage?

Any law student can tell you that graffiti is an offence of criminal damage. But what if that graffiti is a mural by street artist Banksy? And what are your rights if that mural is then damaged or destroyed by a third party?

Josh Richman - Commercial awareness: how to show firms you ‘think business’

Commercial awareness is understanding that being a lawyer involves much more than just knowing the law – you have to know your clients’ businesses and the sectors they operate in to be able to help them achieve their commercial aims.

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Flexibility within the legal market

The legal market as a whole is becoming increasingly more flexible and in this post, I will examine three of the main drivers of this development

Baby steps towards commercial awareness

Tips for breaking down your quest for awareness in order to make understanding commercial events a lot less daunting

Four websites to help boost your commercial awareness

Here are four sites that can help you with this in an easier way than endlessly scrolling through the Financial Times’ website the night before your assessment centre.

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Replacing LIBOR

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Can an AI be an inventor?

What is AI’s role in the future of inventions?

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