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Commercial Law Applications Masterclass & Live Application Reviews

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Time

05:00 PM Europe/London

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Agenda

In-depth masterclass on how to approach commercial law application questions, filled with highly practical advice, personal examples and insightful anecdotes, followed by a workshop during which Jake Schogger will go through volunteers' applications live on air and answer questions from attendees. 

In this masterclass, we’ll provide comprehensive guidance on how to:

  • Write a clear, concise and impactful CV.
  • Structure a cover letter.
  • Draw competencies and capabilities from a wide range of previous experiences.
  • Structure answers to competency questions and "Tell me about a time..." questions.
  • Articulate your career motivation in a way that comes across as personal and credible.
  • Identify key law firm differentiators and – crucially – link these back to yourself.
  • Structure your answers to motivation questions.

Jake Schogger will then give live feedback on a range of applications, cover letters and CVs (subject to attendees volunteering to have their applications reviewed live on air).

We'll also be offering attendees a full, free month's access to www.commerciallaw.academy during the event (new customers only, terms apply)!

*** Any attendee can submit their application for review, with Jake choosing 4 or 5. Simply drop Jake an email via hello@commerciallaw.academy with a Word version of a CV, cover letter, or single application answer AFTER midnight on 14th July 2025 (please not earlier, as this creates a lot of additional admin) ***

Commercial Law Academy

Commercial Law Academy is a comprehensive e-learning platform for aspiring commercial lawyers, offering 25 on demand expert-led courses designed to help young professionals ace law applications, interviews and internships; learn about law firms and the role of lawyers; build and apply commercial awareness; and successfully navigate professional environments.

Membership unlocks instant access to...
• Hundreds of animated videos, delivered by industry experts, leading City trainers and City lawyers.
• 100+ consistently-structured firm profiles for Magic Circle, Silver Circle, US and regional firms.
• 200+ comprehensive assessment centre insights for City firms, with insights into interview questions, case studies and written exercises.
• 250+ recent (verified) successful applications and cover letters, plus Jake Schogger's application feedback.
• 14 commercial and legal interview case studies, based on real City law firm interviews, plus courses covering M&A, private equity, legal tech, the business of law firms, current affairs, and more.
• Monthly subscriber-only webinars, during which Jake reviews applications live.

www.commerciallaw.academy

Jake Schogger

Jake Schogger is a qualified lawyer, best-selling author, career coach, entrepreneur, copywriter and consultant. He is the founder and CEO of City Career Series, a publishing company that has sold ~50,000 handbooks designed to help students secure City careers, including the best-selling Training Contract Handbook and critically acclaimed Commercial Law Handbook.

He also founded the Commercial Law Academy, a comprehensive e-learning platform for aspiring commercial lawyers, complete with hundreds of videos, articles, interactive quizzes, flow charts and downloadable e-guides.

He trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and now acts as a legal adviser to start-ups and scale-ups, whilst also working as a career coach and delivering career-related presentations at universities across the UK. He also works with technology start-ups and runs a variety of his own businesses, including a creative/commercial consultancy.

For more information, visit www.commerciallaw.academy, join Jake’s commercial law applicants LinkedIn group (www.linkedin.com/groups/8944518) and connect with Jake on www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger/in/jakeschogger.