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<blockquote data-quote="Alice G" data-source="post: 37644" data-attributes="member: 1160">Another broad point to raise- try to avoid description. I’ve seen an application recently which was very strong indeed except for one aspect. The candidate did a brilliant job of really explaining to the reader why they want to be a commercial lawyer but, when evidencing an element of this response, they described to me what a lawyer had done whilst they were on work experience without explaining why that was significant or how this linked back to them and their interests. It’s good to show you understand the work and you’ve undertaken positions in law firms but remember, this is all about you. Don’t just describe the work and call it ‘interesting’ say why that work interests you and do a bit of a self analysis by asking ‘so what?’ constantly when you write your motivations and reasoning. To test if something is merely descriptive, read the passage of your work and think ‘is this giving the reader an insight into me and my motivations?’ ‘Is this comment really adding value and substance to what I want to convey?’ When you look at your work with these questions these descriptive passages will become clearer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alice G, post: 37644, member: 1160"] Another broad point to raise- try to avoid description. I’ve seen an application recently which was very strong indeed except for one aspect. The candidate did a brilliant job of really explaining to the reader why they want to be a commercial lawyer but, when evidencing an element of this response, they described to me what a lawyer had done whilst they were on work experience without explaining why that was significant or how this linked back to them and their interests. It’s good to show you understand the work and you’ve undertaken positions in law firms but remember, this is all about you. Don’t just describe the work and call it ‘interesting’ say why that work interests you and do a bit of a self analysis by asking ‘so what?’ constantly when you write your motivations and reasoning. To test if something is merely descriptive, read the passage of your work and think ‘is this giving the reader an insight into me and my motivations?’ ‘Is this comment really adding value and substance to what I want to convey?’ When you look at your work with these questions these descriptive passages will become clearer. [/QUOTE]

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