A typical day consisted of working within your chosen department and helping colleagues with real client work which was incredibly fascinating It also involved various talks about RPC and topical legal issues to increase our knowledge and understanding
Over the two week scheme I was given a variety of tasks such as research tasks presentations and writing blog posts The research tasks were related to real work or commercial issues relevant to the teams I was sat in which was very rewarding There wa
Insight was fantastic RPC allowed access to a breadth and enormity of ongoing cases My input was valued and used by the teams I worked within Daytoday involved a variety of hands on work and vacation scheme specific tasks such as partner QampAs
I was involved in a wide variety of tasks I had to write a blog post on recent market developments on advertising review different contract clauses and participate in meetings with partners I had a chance to talk with many different people from the fir
I sat in two seats over two weeks There were several workshopstalkspanels organised for the summer scheme In the departments I did research tasks drafted wording for contracts and also helped with factchecking I also sat in on client calls as well
The scheme involved work experience in two different departments one for each of the two weeks Each task was really interesting and gave a clear idea of what its like to work as a commercial solicitor
I was involved in tasks such as carrying out legal research preparing research notes comparing versions of correspondence reviewing contracts and preparing a note on a talk I attended I also attended many talks such as a Crypto workshop partner panel
Drafting research tasks taking attendance notes all classic trainee tasks
Completing tasks typical of a trainee solicitor and attending meetings and talks to learn more about the firm
Involved tasks given from a supervisor of which we did 2 seats across the scheme
The vacation scheme involved a mixture of preset tasks and BD opportunities The tasks were all fictitious though some were based upon previous cases Examples of tasks include researching topics and writing research notes drafting letters and memos a
I was given a total of 5 tasks at the beginning of each week Some of the tasks came with soft deadlines during the week but generally I was expected to complete them at my own pace with feedback provided at the end of each week The tasks ranged from r
This was a really useful experience Each week I was given a set number of tasks I was responsible for managing my time and prioritising in order to complete all the tasks ahead of the deadline I also had the opportunity to get involved with real clien
Tasks reflecting a trainees daily activities subject specific workshops and training various social events virtual coffees and meetings with people at the firm from partners to trainees to support staff and a final interview
During the two weeks of the summer scheme I sat in two different seats One in one of the firms insurance practice and one in a commercial practice Each day was centred around a different task with feedback delivered at the end of the day I also met
I completed a series of hypothetical tasks This involved research tasks summarising case law and writing letters to clients and lawyers I met with my supervisor each day to catch up on my tasks and how my day had been I also had feedback calls with my
We were put in two seats departments and provided daily tasks reflective of real life work conducted in those departments
We arrived and were greeted before having a welcome presentation by one of the Partners Throughout the day we took part in interactive presentations and networking sessions with the current trainees and senior lawyers at the firm
Tasks were given at the start of the week for each seat We had an opportunity to complete these independently at our own pace as well as ask for feedback We were invited to meet other members of the team through virtual coffees or team meetings The c
One week in Property amp Casualty Insurance and one week in Media My role consisted of research tasks preparing presentations and research notes communicating with members of the team supervisor and trainee buddy primarily in order to complete this