Practice sessions live tasks social events talks
Day to day I would attend graduate recruitment sessions and socials In between the time I would do tasks for my principal and arrange coffee chats In terms of trainee tasks I did small amendments to documents and research tasks I was also asked to do a
We were set a range of assessed task which included submitting written work one task per week Additionally we participated in various preplanned sessions particularly including practice area introductions When I had free time I also completed rea
There were two main parts to the vacation scheme Firstly the scheduled sessions events socials and assessed tasks Secondly the opportunity to sit in a practice area with a dedicated principal and trainee buddy who provided exposure to the daytoday
Each assigned to a principal in a seat They gave us work tasks to complete and explained how the seats work We had the chance to meet different people at the firm and network There were scheduled trainee development sessions everyday We had a proj
In the vacation scheme there were a lot of talks that involved lawyers and solicitors from various departments There were introductions to many practice areas and the solicitors shared insights into the day to day work that they complete and some of the
We would typically have two overview sessions a day These would be about different groupspractice areas Alongside this we worked with a Principal in a seat and completed any tasks they wanted us to do To be eligible for the TC offer we completed t
I sat in the Tax department for 2 weeks so I got to work with this group on their matters I also got to talk to numerous people at the firm and understand the work of teh different departments
Lots of presentations on practice areas of the firm Presentations about the firm039s strategy DEI and the management team Could get involved with work from your trainee buddy or principal but very dependent on your seat and their level of work as w
It was a vacation scheme shadowing a principle mainly sessions from trainee recruitment etc
Mixture of 1 timetabled talkspresentations from lawyers at the firm 2 group client pitch exercise 3 working withwork shadowing an associate and 4 informal socials with other vac scheme students trainees and partners
Assisting with seat work and conducting project Coffee chats with people across the firm
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
