On a daytoday basis I was tasked with various jobs from my Supervisor and trainee buddy ranging from managing client Dealrooms preparing indexes reviewing hard copy documents drafting emails analysing contractual clauses and research
Your firstweek focused on learning the business of law and this was followed by a twoweek internship in the CMS London office The 039Business of Law039 week was packed with a variety of different activities The first day involved an introductio
The 3 week programme started with the first week being a 039Business of Law week039 This involved various activities that were mainly around teamworking such as group presentations After the Business of Law week the England offices then went int
A mix of networking with other candidates lawyers and clients researching drafting and learning about the firm as a whole
As part of the business of Law week we learnt about the firm and had the opportunity to meet different people related to CMS both clients and fee earners This week also involved a range of assessments The internship part of the Academy included bein
As part of the internship I was doing the same work as the trainees doc review proofreading bibling company searches research and market analysis drafting notesmemos for clients liaising with clients partners and opposing and local counsel
Business of Law Week Sessions on getting to know the firm better Sessions on building client relationships in the digital world Managing Complex Shareholders simulation Client visits Innovation Den Socials Vacation Scheme Corporate Due
Reviewing and summarising documents helping out on case law analysis drafting an article and a contract researching clients
Essentially I got the experience of a trainee solicitor and the bread and butter of pensions law as I sat in the pensions seat
1 week business of law 2 weeks sat with litigation team doing research tasks
At the CMS Academy you get the chance to work sidebyside with industry leading lawyers You get a chance to delve deeply into an industry and work on a wide range of matters designed to acquaint you with CMSs sector focused approach Every day you g
During the placement we were able to assist trainees and our supervisors with work within their offices This could range from reviewing and editing contracts to even making PowerPoint presentations for the teams We would also have seminars with the t
Day to day varies from job shadowing to commercial awareness workshops This also included a presentations which was presented to a partner
Day 1 Morning Welcome introductions office tour and networking Afternoon shadowing a trainee Day 2 Travelled to London office Morning Commercial Awareness talk Afternoon How to Ace Presentation Skills Evening networking social at Puttshack
The insight involved a broad range of interactive group work and skills sessions as well as talking with various members of the CMS team Tasks were designed to build upon commercial awareness and team working skills
For the first week of the Academy Scheme this was the Business of Law week This included various different activities and sessions on a daily basis I collaborated a lot with different teams other interns on simulation tasks group presentations and e
The insight was varied and engaging There were different taskssessions each day including meeting different members of the team
There were various panel events talks and QandAs As with employees across the firm to provide an overview of the culture and life at CMS We carried out multiple group tasks including complexcity simulation client dialogue and innovation den task Th
We spent each day going through a different set of tasks that were consistent with a theme such as Relationship Led
I was able to participate in a variety of activities in the first week of the internship which was virtual This allowed me to meet other CMS Academy participants across the UK and participate in tasks to build teamwork problem solving and communication
