📢 LAW SOCIETY PRESENTS: COMMERCIAL AWARENESS WORKSHOP
Understanding the business behind the law

🔹 What is Commercial Awareness?
Commercial awareness is one of the most essential skills for aspiring lawyers. It reflects an understanding of how law operates within the wider business, economic, and social context.

This session will take an in-depth look at:

• What commercial awareness truly means

• Why it is highly valued by employers

• How you can effectively develop and demonstrate it throughout your applications and interviews

🔹 What You’ll Learn

💼 Explore the Concept
Understand how legal decisions affect businesses, clients, and markets, and how external factors, such as politics, technology, and global events, influence the legal industry.

🧠 Build & Showcase Awareness
Gain practical strategies for developing commercial awareness:

• Keeping up with current affairs

• Analysing deals, cases, and industry trends

• Linking legal developments to business impact.

💬 Excel in Recruitment
Learn how law firms assess this skill in interviews, assessment centres, and written exercises.
Get guidance on structuring your answers to show analytical thinking, awareness of client objectives, and a proactive business mindset.

🤝 Interactive Learning
Engage with real-world examples and discussions to identify commercial implications, improving your confidence and communication skills.

Prepare to stand out as a commercially minded, well-informed, and business-aware future lawyer.