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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amma Usman" data-source="post: 182641" data-attributes="member: 36740"><p>Hey [USER=26694]@Soniastudent[/USER] , thanks for your question! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I remember having these same inquiries when I was drafting my cover letters. Here are a few tips based on your specific concerns:</p><p></p><h2>Recipient:</h2> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generally, this would be ‘Hiring Manager’ or ‘Graduate Recruitment Team’. You could include this at the start of your cover letter before the main body.</li> </ul><h2>General Advice (Cover Letters):</h2> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In a cover letter for a commercial law firm, it would be good to cover your motivations for a career in the profession. Why have you decided to go into law? Why is it ’commercial’ law you want to go into? What it is about a career in this specific profession you want, that other jobs in say marketing or investment banking may not offer you? Really dig deep into your passions, interests, and work experiences to answer this. This shows demonstrated interest. Another thing candidates often forget is that you don’t necessarily need legal work experience to show demonstrated interest. Leverage all your experiences.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another focal point is to address the reasons why a particular firm appeals to you. Avoid generic points like stimulating work or an international presence - a lot of law firms, and indeed professions outside law, offer this. Firms will have specialties across a broad range of practices but will generally specialize in some practices more than others. Thoroughly explore a firm‘s practice offerings.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Leverage any extracurriculars or achievements as this would suggest an ability to juggle multiple commitments - soft skills for lawyers. You would want to dig deep into your past involvements to answer this. Often times as candidates, we forget about how much we have done and how valuable these are to employers.</li> </ul><h2>Middle East Office:</h2> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In a law firm, you will often find that certain offices engage in certain types of work and deal with certain types of clients based on local expertise. In the Middle East region, you will mainly see that clients of law firms tend to be within the energy sector, for example. For your specific inquiry on Gibson Dunn, it would be worth researching on the types of clients/deals the firm works with in the Middle East. From this, explore why they appeal to you and the type of work you want to do later on.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gibson Dunn recently opened an office in Riyadh, so has a strong and growing presence in this region. If you are applying for a scheme in the Middle East, you would also want to research about recent and proposed future developments the firm is engaging in, as this will show good commercial awareness.</li> </ul><p>I hope this helps. Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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