Friday, 27 March 2015

What does 'commercial awareness' mean?

Firms want you to have it, clients require it and, to be frank, you should want to develop yours for both tactical and self-improvement reasons. But when it comes to commercial awareness, the good news is that little and often is the key: start to gather your knowledge with a small effort every day, and you will reap the rewards, impressing recruiters and lawyers, and helping pave the way to a legal career.


Watch LawCareers.Net’s senior editor, Isla Grant, describe how she puts together the commercial news round-up every week for LawCareers.net, and why the techniques that she has used to improve her knowledge can be just as useful in your quest for a training contract.