I worked directly with an associate attended various department presentations and spoke with employees at all levels of the firm Everything was highly engaging and I found the scheme invaluable for my personal and professional development
Talks and workshops individual work projects meeting people for coffees to chat about the firm
tasks projects sessions socials
Preparing a first draft of the ancillary document conducting due diligence legal research presentations and networking
Excellent vacation scheme with diverse practice areas overviews and supportive associates
I sat in Energy and Infrastructure and Antitrust and Foreign Investment and shadowed an associate helping them with their work I also took part in a client pitch exercise and attended a variety of practice area talks
Daytoday I attended talks did vacation scheme tasks worked on tasks for my principal and attended socials and networking events
I sat across two seats attached to a trainee buddy and a principal in each I got the chance to work on real matters and complete real tasks and went for coffee chats with people in roles I am interested in We had lots of fun socials and really interest
Working across two practice groups gaining an insight into the daily work as a trainee in those departments Also experienced a variety of useful talks about various practice area talks as well as career development events
Shadowing trainees and associates talks on practice areas a client pitch exercise and a 4 year long project
I was able to get involved with sessions around practice groups manage project work and provide support to my Principal on matters they wanted to get me involved in
Two practice area rotations introduction to legal work training sessions assessed projects
I would shadow work completed by my supervisor complete tasks they set me and attend both talks and socials hosted by the firm
Attending meetings with my principal doing independent work both for a project and tasks assigned in my different seats going for coffee catchups with people from around the firm listening to the various sessions provided by Graduate Recruitment
The role involved attending practice area and general talks about the firm as well as working on broader and departmentspecific tasks We additionally had many opportunities to network with people at the Firm during both scheduled events and more infor
Completed weekly tasks set by graduate recruitment and was also involved in work within the practice areas I sat in Several sessions also took place giving an insight into the firm such as practice area talks
I was taking part in vacation scheme workshops working on projects and taking part in department activities
We had a number of presentations from different members of the firm and all employees at all levels where very open to meeting with vacation scheme participants Also got tasked on real client matters which provided a good insight into the day to day wor
We had workshops introducing us to different areas of law a few times per week and had 3 projects set over 3 weeks i was involved with looking at opportunity tracking for firms a lot of due diligence and recording minutes and partaking in client meetin
I was assigned to two seats in different practice areas across the four weeks where I sat with a principal an Associate in my first seat and a Managing Associate in the second week who assigned tasks which helped further my knowledge of the work done
