[stefwad75]

Quick question, as a non-law undergraduate and aspiring lawyer with little knowledge of the business world, would 'All you need to know about Commercial Awareness' be the best first read for me or 'All you need to know about the City'?

[Rosey2]

(Original post by stefwad75)
Quick question, as a non-law undergraduate and aspiring lawyer with little knowledge of the business world, would 'All you need to know about Commercial Awareness' be the best first read for me or 'All you need to know about the City'?

"the City" book definitely

[prettyprettygood]

Yeah, the City one is infinitely more useful.

[robinm]

as ongoing reading, Alphaville http://ftalphaville.ft.com/ and Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ are funny, accessible and in-depth. following alphaville's livechat each morning will get you very clued in very quickly

Planet Money http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ (blog and podcast) veers between really insightful and a bit basic

[Guvnor]

(Original post by robinm)
as ongoing reading, Alphaville http://ftalphaville.ft.com/ and Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ are funny, accessible and in-depth. following alphaville's livechat each morning will get you very clued in very quickly

Planet Money http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ (blog and podcast) veers between really insightful and a bit basic

Thanks for sharing will check out

[Guvnor]

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[Guvnor]

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[a.lawyer.one.day]

Hello,

I'm a bit of a newbie to this forum, but I foudn this breakdown on commercial awareness very very helpful.
Would anyone be able to tell me if there is anything similar to this, but more recent?

Thanks guys!

[Ilovelaw2]

Hi,

I am currently working in-house as a Commercial Manager for a CMC and on a very high salary but I just started very recently.I draft legal contracts and deal with all the compliance issues. This gives me quite a good understanding of commercial awareness.

Would this lead me to a training contract or would look attractive on my C.V. I have about over 2 years Paralegal experience in the city. I heard working for a CMC is career suicide!!!

All your comments are welcomed as well as constructive advice.

Thanks!

[suffocation1992]

Bumped. Use this thread for discussion of commercial news and how it affects the legal market.