Michelmores LLP brochure 2017/18

SUMMER VACATION SCHEME

Our Vacation Scheme is a great way for you to find out what it is like to work at Michelmores.

our different teams, sectors and quality of work. You will also have the chance to get to know us informally through lunches and drinks with Trainees, Solicitors and Partners, which will give you the opportunity to gain a valuable understanding of what life at Michelmores is really like. As well as giving you lots of opportunities to get to know us, we want to really get to know you – both through our formal selection exercises and informally over lunch and social events. Although we can’t guarantee you a training contract at the end of it, we can guarantee that you will gain invaluable experience.

We run two one-week vacation placement schemes at our Exeter office each July. The scheme is as much about you getting to know Michelmores as a place to work, as it is about us getting to know you. You will have the opportunity to spend time in one department for the week, to gain real hands-on experience in one area of law. You will also get an insight into life as a Trainee by attending client meetings and doing ‘real work’.

You will attend workshops run by Solicitors from across the business to learn more about

Apply online before 31 January 2018 for our 2018 Summer Vacation Scheme

ASSESSMENT DAYS

If you choose to apply directly for a training contract, you will undergo an assessment day with us. We run assessment days at our Exeter and Bristol offices in the late summer. As well as allowing us to assess your suitability for a training contract at Michelmores, our assessment days are packed full of opportunities for you to discover whether we are the right law firm for you. You will meet a number of Partners, Solicitors and Trainees throughout the day, in both formal and informal sessions, and will have the opportunity to ask plenty of questions, to find out what it is really like to train with us.

Apply before 30 June 2018 for our 2020 training contracts

Assessments you will complete during the Vacation Scheme and assessment days:

• Written exercise • Verbal reasoning test • Group exercise • Legal Article Discussion • Formal interview with a Partner and a member of HR

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