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The general rule of thumb is that it should be one side of A4 unless stated otherwise.
Thank you - that is what I thought as well but I wanted to confirm it here.
I went to their open day and GR said you should also include why you’re interested with their training programme aswell, just a heads up the structure they like to see is why law, why white and case, why the training programme at white & case, why you (essentially what skills you can bring) and conclude.
I hope that helps.
I have just been offered a place on W&C's winter vac scheme and my cover letter was around a page and a half and I know others who went over the page limit who got to the interview stage. I definitely think it's a thin line because the 'one-page' suggestion is there so your writing style is concise and informative, however because of the points I was making I was confident I was still being succinct. I've read other people's cover letters under a page which still waffle on certain points, so I think it's just important that when they read it it's very concise, not wordy and every sentence matters.
Hi thank you very much for your advice. For what concerns the 2020 strategy..I found it super fascinating but I was wondering how and where did you find the info about the firm already surpassing its goals? In terms of competing against MC would you mention that The Lawyer, in September, has named the firm among the ten fastest growing firms in London, predicting also that will overtake some of the Magic Circle law firms with which is already on a par; this goes hand in hand with the thirty-six percent increase in profits registered at the end of December 2017?
Thank you very much and much appreciate your advice.
Apologies that this is years late! I'm currently on the vac scheme and it's all been quite hectic.
I used the phrase 'surpassing its goals' in my application in the context of things mentioned in this article: https://www.whitecase.com/publications/article/firm-strategy-charts-route-growth
e.g. seeing 20% growth in its four industry sectors and opening 2 offices in the US this year - but I guess it might be more accurate to say on track to meet them, but I think I meant surpass in terms of they didn't expect this much growth this far into the strategy if that makes sense.
Yeah, your last point is strong it's definitely worth mentioning - it might also be good to link your point about working at one of the fastest growing law firms to you and how this will benefit you perhaps short term and long term and in general linking this unique environment to what you want in a firm.
I used the phrase 'surpassing its goals' in my application in the context of things mentioned in this article: https://www.whitecase.com/publications/article/firm-strategy-charts-route-growth
e.g. seeing 20% growth in its four industry sectors and opening 2 offices in the US this year - but I guess it might be more accurate to say on track to meet them, but I think I meant surpass in terms of they didn't expect this much growth this far into the strategy if that makes sense.
Yeah, your last point is strong it's definitely worth mentioning - it might also be good to link your point about working at one of the fastest growing law firms to you and how this will benefit you perhaps short term and long term and in general linking this unique environment to what you want in a firm.
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