Commercial awareness
international M&A, to the employment law implications of the gig economy. Reading them will help you to start thinking like a lawyer on a whole range of matters. And if you’re signed up to LawCareers.Net, you’ll automatically receive our monthly commercial awareness newsletter, Commercial Connect.
Ultimately, what matters is that you learn about and understand the environments in which you work. Even positions that appear low level can produce great commercial insight. It just depends how you look at it and how well you can explain your understanding to a potential recruiter. For more on developing commercial awareness, head to LawCareers.Net’s Commercial awareness hub. There you’ll find our weekly commercial news round-ups, in-depth features, commercial case-study videos and more advice on developing this crucial skill. In particular, take a look at the Commercial Questions, where each week lawyers from a different firm analyse a topical issue from a commercial-legal perspective. Commercial Questions examine everything from intellectual property to trends in
COMMERCIAL AWARENESS Develop your understanding of the business environment
32
THE LAWCAREERS.NET HANDBOOK
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online