The first week was the Business of Law week This was virtual and consisted of development sessions networking tasks and presenting
A range of virtual challenges working with other peers This was coupled with a range of networking and presentation sessions
The first week was an introduction to the business of law while the rest of the placement takes place in person as part of a team at CMS completing tasks like other trainees
The week was varied but generally we would listen to speakers who were presenting on certain topics We were kept engaged with breakout discussions and we were encouraged to ask plenty of questions We had groups tasks to complete that ensured we worked
The business in law week involved a welcome from the managing partner and meeting office partners on day one before undertaking a group business simulation on day two Day three involved presentation workshops and individually presenting a preprepared r
The Business of Law week included a number of different activities and tasks Daytoday we were expected to work with a team to complete activities such as a simulation or a client meeting Other activities included networking partner Q and As present
Business of law week involved a series of presentations a simulated group assessment innovation task etc
The online week featured networking sessions simulation challenges and talks from partners and trainees at the firm We also had a chance to have a meeting with one of the firms clients and present our ideas on firm partnerships and innovation based on
Listening to a variety of guest speakers and CMS internal speakers variety of group projects and group discussions
Individual and group tasks Client meetings Wellbeing sessions Meet the partner sessions Innovation den challenge Decision making simulation sessions
This fantastic and insightful Business of Law week offered me considerable insight to the macroenvironmental landscape that CMS operates in I had the lovely opportunity to interview a key client work with my team to deliver our innovative sustainabilit
The first week was the business of law week which involved learning more about the business of law firm The following two weeks were in the office getting involved in real legal work
A variety of presentations and interactive sessions focused on improving your commercial awareness both generally and specific to CMS The week included partner dialogue client dialogue and the chance to work in teams with participants and network with
Interactive sessions presentations and team collaboration Networking with partners and clients
Comprehensive insight regarding the daytoday life of working as a Solicitor in an International Commercial Law firm How our firms puts their clients world first how we remain innovative and most importantly how we get the best out of one another whi
We were involved in a lot of networking with each other and employees of the firm We also had talks from external and internal people The days were also split up with group tasks reflection and presenting ideas
Virtual learning the business of law meeting with the firms clients and working individually and in teams on various projects including a sustainability focused initiative Lots of exposure to the firm including ESG team and DampI
On the Business of Law week we worked from home and listened to a range of talks on the business of being a lawyer and the strategy at CMS This also included teamwork challenges such as a business simulation challenge and a group presentation task
Virtual Business of Law Week Dayday tasks involved simulation challenges speaking with clients group presentations and learning more about the firm itself
During the Business of Law week we had a variety of sessions which were great We heard from the Managing Partner and Senior Managing Partners and were given the opportunity to ask questions We took part in a full day stimulation task which was really f
