Great opportunity to be involved in a range of legal tasks that represented a taste of what life as a trainee at a commercial law firm would be like
Regular sessions on practice overviews and the firm039s values Shadowed my principal and was set tasks by him
I was able to sit on one seat and experience actual work attend practice area socials and take part in socials
The scheme was split into four main components working in our practice groups attending daily talks on the firms practice areas pro bono and ESG initiatives completing assessed tasks and arranging coffee chats with people from across the firm Some of
It was good but not excellent the insight scheme was designed to give us additional information on how to break into the legal sector I enjoyed being advised on how to make my future applications stand out but I got the impression that other people on
Project work spanning over 3 weeks A client pitch spanning one day department work from our principals and Grad Rec talks about different aspects of the firm
I was given different tasks such as drafting important documents conducting legal research and taking minutes during client meetings
Regular development sessions practice overviews and socials Work from principals and weekly projects
I worked directly with an associate attended various department presentations and spoke with employees at all levels of the firm Everything was highly engaging and I found the scheme invaluable for my personal and professional development
Talks and workshops individual work projects meeting people for coffees to chat about the firm
tasks projects sessions socials
Preparing a first draft of the ancillary document conducting due diligence legal research presentations and networking
Excellent vacation scheme with diverse practice areas overviews and supportive associates
I sat in Energy and Infrastructure and Antitrust and Foreign Investment and shadowed an associate helping them with their work I also took part in a client pitch exercise and attended a variety of practice area talks
Daytoday I attended talks did vacation scheme tasks worked on tasks for my principal and attended socials and networking events
I sat across two seats attached to a trainee buddy and a principal in each I got the chance to work on real matters and complete real tasks and went for coffee chats with people in roles I am interested in We had lots of fun socials and really interest
Working across two practice groups gaining an insight into the daily work as a trainee in those departments Also experienced a variety of useful talks about various practice area talks as well as career development events
Shadowing trainees and associates talks on practice areas a client pitch exercise and a 4 year long project
I was able to get involved with sessions around practice groups manage project work and provide support to my Principal on matters they wanted to get me involved in
Two practice area rotations introduction to legal work training sessions assessed projects
