Supervisor set tasks and daily lectures on different practice areas
The two week scheme gave students the opportunity to sit in 2 departments at the firm for which we gave a preference before we started The firm provided a welcome morning and gave us all the relevant information On a daytoday basis we attended pract
Attending workshops and delivering work for a supervisor in one of the corporate law departments
I completed legal research filled in board minutes conducted due diligence and sat in on calls with clients I also attended presentations about everything the firm has to offer and learned about what it is like to train with and work at HSF
Attended multiple seminars on different practice areas Sat with two different department supervisors Completed two different assessed pieces of work and various other pieces for members of the two departments
I would catch up with my supervisor every morning I was given tasks such as legal research writing memorandums going to court reading judgments and finding precedents I also attended a couple of team meetings
We had taken part in a mock ADR Negotiation exercise We had lectures by various partners who explained corporate case studies they themselves had been involved in Additionally we had two departmental careers fairs where we met with representatives from
There were a series of talks and workshops where we were able to hear from a range partners associates trainees and grad recruitment The sessions were hugely interactive and there were particularly opportunities for networking such as during the breakf
The workshop contained a combination of interactive sessions work insights trainee shadowing and an evening social event It was very informative enjoyable and taught me a great deal about life at Herbert Smith
One the first day of the programme we had a detailed corporate case study delivered by a partner as well as an introduction to the firm This was followed by a dispute resolution workshop and application advice On the second day we completed case studie
The two day insight consisted of presentations and interactive sessions It was valuable to gain an insight into the firm and learn about the culture there What stood out for me was the Alternative disputes resolution workshop and shadowing a trainee for
We attended talks and did a career fair regarding departments at the firm We then shadowed a trainee and learnt about cases the employees worked on
Talks workshops networking and trainee shadowing
Attended workshops and shadowed trainees Talked to many of the partners and associates too
Talks from recruitment partners Corporate case studies Career Fair ADR workshop Application and interview advice Probono overview
Talks from corporate disputes IP and competition ADR interactive workshop Application and interview advice providing insight into the application process ProBono overview with further departmental talks Work shadowing of a trainee
Partner talks Case studies Interview tips ADR workshops
During this placement I sat daytoday with a Trainee Lawyer junior supervisor and a Senior Associate senior supervisor My time was spent doing tasks for them eg legal research drafting Directors Certificates organising Conditions Precedent fo
Research tasks Sitting on calls with clients Talks with partners and others at the firm Department presentations Administrative tasks
2 week vacation scheme I spend each week in a different department undertaking real trainee tasks During the week I had presentations from each department
