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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

Your commercial news round-up

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

Clintons, French strikes, Huawei: your commercial news round-up

It’s a week until the general election and the party leaders are rallying their troops for the final battle. Could we see a new prime minister in Number 10 by the end of next week?

Uber, Peacocks, Netflix, Vue cinema: your commercial news round-up

As we get ready to head to Manchester for LawCareersNetLIVE on 29 November, we should remind you that a great way to top up your commercial awareness is to watch our panel of top law firm partners discuss the issues affecting the legal profession in 2020, including legaltech and Brexit.

General election, Jamie’s Italian, British tech startups: your commercial news round-up

It’s of the utmost important that aspiring lawyers avoid seeing the legal industry as an isolated bubble away from the business and political world.

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Key commercial awareness content

Take some time to cultivate this vital skill

As application season draws closer, the dreaded phrase ‘commercial awareness’ beings to haunt law students. In this post, I set out my top tips for breaking down your quest for awareness in order to make understanding commercial events a lot less daunting.

Commercial Questions

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

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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Demystifying commercial awareness for law students

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