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It’s never too early to start becoming a brilliant lawyer.
Our two-year training contract will let you discover yourself and hone your skills in a range of practice areas. With four, six-month seats to choose from, you can tailor your training contract to suit you from your very first seat. DIVERSE As well as ensuring we recruit from any background, we take a roughly equal split of law and non-law students. This diversity of experience and interests allow us to develop creative solutions to our clients’ problems. CHALLENGING During your training contract, you’ll undertake over 135 hours of structured learning and development, from interactive workshops to Professional Skills Course training. A partner will mentor you as you progress through your training contract, and in each seat you’ll share your office with either a senior associate or a partner. PROGRESSIVE If you’re keen to develop client relationship skills and business growth strategies, you can join our entrepreneurial Trainee Business Development Committee. You’ll get the opportunity to submit seat preferences before every rotation, including before your first seat, enabling you to truly tailor your training contract to your specific interests. You can also discuss your preferences with our dedicated trainee HR team. GLOBAL Over 90% of our trainees go on either a client or an international secondment. There are also opportunities to qualify into one of our international offices.
FIRST YEAR WORKSHOPS Every spring, we run two workshops at our London office, which take place over two days. During this time, you’ll develop key skills through interactive activities run by highly experienced lawyers, such as: • • Corporate negotiation workshop • • Alternative dispute resolution workshop • • An insight into our pro bono work • • Careers fairs (at which you’ll meet partners, associates and trainees from each of our practice areas) CAMPUS AMBASSADORS First year students can apply to become a Campus Ambassador during their second year of study. This invaluable experience gives further insight into the firm, preparing you for the vacation scheme application process, and involves: • • Planning activities and organising events • • Growing your professional and personal network • • Sharing information and amplifying our impact on your campus VACATION SCHEMES Our vacation schemes immerse you in our work, networks and the international world of law. Key features: • • You’ll sit with a partner or a senior associate, delivering real work for key clients. • • You’ll attend workshops and presentations covering all our practice areas. You’ll also spend some time working on a pro bono research project. • • We’ll give you the chance to apply to spend time in our network of international offices in addition to the London vacation scheme. This is a great opportunity to experience first-hand our truly global network. • • You’ll be invited to various networking events with partners, associates and trainees. • • We guarantee a training contract interview to all vacation scheme participants. This will take place at the end of your vacation scheme.
During my international vacation scheme in Sydney, I was able to sit with three different teams. I attended negotiations with a senior partner and I learnt a lot from seeing the tactics they used.
2 YEARS 4 SEATS
17 18 1 36 SECONDMENTS INTERNATIONAL CLIENT PRO BONO
SIAN GREENLEY, TRAINEE
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