For anyone joining the business world
Commercial Awareness
Think like the client, not just the lawyer. Read the news properly and understand what actually drives Moroccan business.
Proposed first-cohort Starter Pack only: MAD 4,000 for students and MAD 5,000 for young legal professionals, VAT included, covering all three courses. First-cohort price only; later cohorts cost more. First cohort dates are to be announced; no payment is requested for registering interest.
All students and young professionals can write to enrol@mblp.pro. First cohort dates are to be announced and applications are not yet open. This does not reserve a place; no payment is requested.
If the cohort goes ahead and you accept a personal offer, you may pay in full or in three instalments. See the provisional payment schedule.
View the cohort calendarHow enrolment worksWhat this course is about
Commercial awareness is what turns a good junior into a lawyer people want on their team. This course shows you how businesses make money, what keeps clients up at night, and how to read the news like a lawyer looking for opportunities and risks. We ground it firmly in the Moroccan market — the sectors that matter, the deals that shape them, and the way our economy plugs into the region.
What we cover
- 1How businesses actually make money
- 2Reading a balance sheet without the fear
- 3Reading the news the way a lawyer should
- 4Sectors that matter in Morocco right now
- 5Thinking from the client's side of the table
- 6Talking about business at interview and beyond
What you'll walk away with
Edward Noakes
Founder & Instructor, MBLP
Edward founded the Moroccan Business Law Port (MBLP) to share the practical know-how that too often gets picked up by chance in a first job. He is not a veteran lawyer with decades on the clock, but he has been in and around law firms long enough to guide a good number of interns and law students — and to notice the same gaps between university and the workplace, again and again. MBLP is his way of helping the next intake arrive a little sharper, a little more confident, and ready to take on real work from day one.
Read the full profileSmall on purpose
Every MBLP cohort is capped at 20 places. Enough for a proper group, small enough that your instructor knows your work.
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