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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 183231" data-attributes="member: 36777">Unless the firm asks you to discuss 'why law' and 'why the firm' in the same question (eg 'Why do you want to begin a legal career at out firm?'), I don't think there will be any expectation for you to tailor it to the firm. Thus, I do not think it is necessary to find any direct links or connections between your 'why commercial law' reasons and your 'why the firm' motivations. I did not do it in the past application cycle and was still successful with applications to both top US and MC firms. I actually think it might be disadvantageous to attempt this, as it will take up significantly more of your time and will also lead you to try to shoehorn your 'why law' and 'why the firm' reasoning. As such, I think that once you manage to write a high-quality answer to why commercial law, you can generally reuse it in other applications. That said, there are exceptions to this rule. I think the following are situations where you should be willing to modify your model 'why commercial law' answer:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If your 'Why commercial law' answer would undermine your 'Why the firm' motivations. For instance, if you discuss your interest in highly-complex international litigation work as the origin for your interest in commercial law, this will not fit well when you are applying for a very transactional-focused firm. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the experiences you discuss as part of your 'why commercial law' answer would better fit your 'why the firm' answer. You want to avoid repetition in the application and in general it is more difficult to find experiences that have connections to the more particular features of a specific firm when compared to finding experiences with connections to the more general features of commercial law. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Differences in word count limits: For instance, if your model why commercial law answer is 250 words, but the word count limit in a new application is 500 words, I do not think you should reuse it. Recruiters might expect you to fully use the available space and you should therefore expand on your previous answer. </li> </ul></blockquote>

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