A job of choice after law school

There are many obstacles to procuring a job of choice. The fundamental reason is inequality of bargaining power.

Firms make bad choices, and graduates exercise poor judgement when firms exercise too much actual or ostensible control. Our solution is simple – to arm you with the skills, insights and techniques to equalise your negotiating power with law firms. That’s what you’ll learn.

What does innovation mean to you?

In this video, two senior lawyers discuss the answer to this question. This is followed by a short presentation from a law student answering this question during an interview.

What’s it about?

The objective of the work is to maximize your chance of securing a job of choice. It does this by arming you with the skills, insights and techniques to equalise your negotiating power with law firms.

Chapter 1

This short chapter discusses the influence you can bring to bear on recruiters.

Chapter 2

This chapter talks about reducing the number/types of target firms by narrowing the scope of your objective. For those who have trouble identifying their scope, the chapter has a suggestion. For everyone, the chapter has a short due-diligence to prosecute your choices.

Chapter 3

This chapter introduces you to Type 1 and 2 unique selling propositions (USP’s). It explains why a defined USP is important in the selection process.

Chapter 4

This chapter explores what law firms look for in candidates. It is divided into eight mandatory qualities that all firms want and eight modifiers that only some firms want, and even then, in differing quantities.

Chapter 5

This long chapter is all about written applications. Broadly, the chapter explains why your application should state why a target firm should want you, why you want the firm, how to include a USP, how to make note of your personal qualities, how to deal with written questions and how to do a CV.

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 is about what not to do and say. Most candidates exhibit some unfortunate habits which are generally uncontrolled and unintentional. This chapter illustrates many of them and suggests techniques to overcome them.

Chapter 7

This chapter deals with some complexities of answering questions during an interview. It introduces the reader to the practical implications of multiple recruiters, being ’up’ for an interview, assessing the room, answering questions in sentences, and the psychology behind 4 different types of questions. The chapter concludes with a practical method of dealing with a competitive function, such as a firm cocktail party.

Chapter 8

This chapter gives examples of 40 interview questions and suggests ways of handling them. Interviews are an arm wrestle, and the chapter explains what the recruiter is really getting at and how to answer it.

Important Information: This e-book expresses the personal opinions of the author/s. Except where expressly stated, this e-book does not convey objective facts. Readers should use their judgement about its suitability or accuracy for any purpose. In particular, this e-book may not be accurate for readers outside the territory. The territory is shown on the front cover of the e-book.

With a long and distinguished career in law. Who is the author Nigel Preston?

With a long and distinguished career in law. Who is the author Nigel Preston?

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Pricing

The price of this e-book depends upon the edition that you choose (i.e. Australian, UK or USA). They are all a little different. The same methodology is used for all editions (i.e. the price for text is US$1.00 per page and examples are US$0.50 per page). If you cannot afford this, please contact the writer at afterlawschools@gmail.com

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