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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 186480" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=36535]@Ria Nar[/USER], I hope this response does not come to late and is still helpful with your open day application! I think there is no one ideal structure, but what worked well for me in the past was: <ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Explain which aspect of the firm that attracts me from the perspective of a potential trainee I want to learn more about; </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Explain the substantive reason why the aforementioned aspect of the firm attracts me</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Link this with an experience which illustrates the substantive reason: For instance, if I said I am interested to learn more about a firm's corporate practice because I am interested in M&amp;A deals, I could then link this with an M&amp;A Forage Virtual Work Experience. </li>
</ol>As for content, this will be highly depended on the firm and on your personal motivations. However, I think you are essentially looking for two things:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The firm's unique selling points (USPs): these will be important features of a firm that differentiate it from rival firms. USPs can include: practice area and sector strengths, to international expansion strategy, seat rotations, training style, legal technology, secondments, client base and past deals and cases. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your motivations: you should explain not only how a USP differentiates a firm from its competitors, but also why you particularly care about the USP - how will it affect your life and work as a potential future trainee?</li>
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[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 186480, member: 36777"] Hi [USER=36535]@Ria Nar[/USER], I hope this response does not come to late and is still helpful with your open day application! I think there is no one ideal structure, but what worked well for me in the past was: [LIST=1] [*]Explain which aspect of the firm that attracts me from the perspective of a potential trainee I want to learn more about; [*]Explain the substantive reason why the aforementioned aspect of the firm attracts me [*]Link this with an experience which illustrates the substantive reason: For instance, if I said I am interested to learn more about a firm's corporate practice because I am interested in M&A deals, I could then link this with an M&A Forage Virtual Work Experience. [/LIST] As for content, this will be highly depended on the firm and on your personal motivations. However, I think you are essentially looking for two things: [LIST] [*]The firm's unique selling points (USPs): these will be important features of a firm that differentiate it from rival firms. USPs can include: practice area and sector strengths, to international expansion strategy, seat rotations, training style, legal technology, secondments, client base and past deals and cases. [*]Your motivations: you should explain not only how a USP differentiates a firm from its competitors, but also why you particularly care about the USP - how will it affect your life and work as a potential future trainee? [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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