The vacation scheme consisted of a combination of organised Firm talksworkshops and reallife work from your department We were also encouraged to reach out to people outside of our department at the Firm There were also two social events one virtual
Generally you spend most of the day working in your department Each day you may have 1 or 2 presentations about the firms sectorsspecific firm initiatives You are actively encouraged to arrange your own meetings with other solicitors to widen your u
There were one or two talks during the day When a talk wasnt taking place I was doing work for my trainee or associate advisors such as drafting supplementary mortgage contracts updating paperwork and researching projects I was also able to arrange i
I spent 2 weeks in the MampA and Corporate Finance department The tasks varied from daytoday There were insolvency checks attendance notes proofing documents Document Lists markup changes company research notes and drafting
I sat in the Real Estate Disputes team for my scheme and was given tasks and projects by the department to work on in the short and long term over 2 weeks Each morning of the scheme 12 talks were organised by Graduate Recruitment to give us an insight i
Every day I and the rest of the cohort participated in workshops and presentations organised by graduate recruitment team on the firms culture and values and on the practice areas Working within my team I checked and responded to emails drafted lette
In the morning I attended presentations on topics that varied from an overview of the Firms key departments to the Global Inclusion and Diversity group I had lunch with the other vacation schemers or my trainee buddy and grabbed coffee with associat
Each day was different There was a session or two every from various departments within the firm This includes Corporate amp Financial Transactions Litigation amp Investigations and Real Estate You are also placed within a team and given livereal
Involvement in real client work as a trainee might be involved in at the firm A series of talks to give insight to different parts of the firm such as departments IampD and innovation
A hybrid mix of partner and associateled workshops alongside live work with the opportunity to get involved and support everything from research case management through to client meetings and presentations
I was tasked with drafting letters and emails research notes and client notes on reallife matters
The scheme involved a combination of presentations group case studies and tasks for the team students were sat with For myself that involved conducting research reviewing documents drafting letters and other typical trainee tasks
I enjoyed the vacation scheme immensely as it was a great opportunity to learn a lot more about the firm and also to develop personally through the challenges faced at work I gained a better understanding of what the real estate department does in pract
I enjoyed the vacation scheme to a large extent Generally the people at the firm were very willing to get to know us delegate meaningful tasks provide guidance and feedback BCLPs practice areas and strength in real estate and asset finance were quit
I highly enjoyed my internship at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner The programme was well designed with numerous learning sessions and coffee chats virtual
Real work opportunities Trainees associates and even partners are very engaging and of course encouraging They invest time in training and nurturing talents Lots of interoffice webinars that keep colleagues updated of the recent legal development wh
The scheme was well put together and exposed me to BCLP at a level I didnt expect Although virtual I feel I didnt miss out on anything BCLP had to offer The friendly culture of the firm was as evident as the firms highquality training further inc
I really enjoyed the Virtual Vacation Scheme offered by the firm We were allocated a Trainee Buddy in our chosen seat and had virtual coffees with other members of the department The webinars were very interesting and it was clear that the sessions h
The virtual vacation scheme was brilliant and far exceeded my expectations I was concerned with it being a virtual scheme I might not get a feel for the firm However through the virtual sessions and number of representatives of the firm I got to speak
