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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amma Usman" data-source="post: 192530" data-attributes="member: 36740">Hey there [USER=35388]@Eeeazyyy8[/USER] ,While I am not aware of the specifics of TW’s application process, I have provided below some general tips to help with written exercises.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It’s a thin line between brevity and providing sufficient information to satisfy the needs of each question posed. On one hand, there will be some aspects you will need to touch on heavily to ensure you answer the question adequately. On the other hand, you can ignore or breeze through less relevant information. To know what is relevant or not, you will need to carefully read through the information pack and correlate it to  the questions asked in the case study. To be honest, I actually spent more time reading the pack and breaking down the question, than I did answering the written task itself. This approach helped me because I knew where everything I needed was, and I wasn’t constantly overwhelmed switching through pages. I was then able to pour out all these relevant details quickly onto my exercise. Thus, my personal view is: slow assimilation = speedy execution. </li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You should be able to know whether to be more commercial, or legal in your exercise. This will become apparent when you see the question itself. For many cases though, law firms will understand that many will have non-legal backgrounds, so taking a heavy commercial-based approach is good. Again, this depends on the question itself and whether you think you can make a solid answer by incorporating legal discussions too. Of course if asked to discuss legal implications, ensure you cover this. It’s actually funny because I have received mixed feedback on this approach. Some firms wanted me to discuss more commercial aspects, whilst some other firms wanted me to touch on legal aspects more. Interestingly, the largely transactional firms wanted a more commercial-based approach. Looking back, I now understand the feedback because I didn’t read the question properly. As most of these written exercises were on corporate topics, certainly a more business-based discussion should be taken. Hence, this is why I am heavy on reading the question properly. From my experience, you will not get extra marks for going on talking about what you were not asked to. Law firms work on tight schedules and if you don’t listen to the instructions you are given, you spend time on non-value tasks. This is time that could’ve been spent contributing to wider departmental efforts.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lastly, ensure to structure it properly based on what you were asked. Memo? Email? Have you used the proper formalities? A nice array of paragraphs will also ensure it‘s easy for your reader to follow your work. If you can also address each question on a separate line, that contributes too structure too.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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