Has scheduled sessions on the firm and different practice areas completed assessed tasks and work for my Principal and trainee buddy and met lots of people in the firm
I would spend some of the day attending the practice overview sessions and the rest of the day sitting in my practice group either doing tasks for my principle or as part of the scheme
Linklaters is a fun and vibrant place to work at The work is bespoke and extremely complex but enjoyable because you are working on global deals that impact everyday life On a daytoday basis we had workshops with Partners from Linklaters core practi
TLDR very insightful I was involved and had an overview into the different works streams my principle was working on I attended training sessions and gained an insight into all different departments of the firm
The insight was very helpful in understanding a law firm039s work in reality Through observing meetings and helping my principal with research tasks I was able to apply what I learnt in uni and understand how the work comes together
Timetabled workshops coffee chats doing work for principal in practice area seat
During these past two weeks we attended at least one talk or practice area session every day this gave us a deeper insight the breadth and depth of the work that Linklaters advises on We also experienced work in the groups we sat in this allowed us to
Attend presentations complete the vacation scheme projects complete tasks set by your principal Network with various employees attend socials
The Spring Vacation scheme consisted of several structured timetabled sessions including practice overview sessions networking sessions QampA sessions with current trainees and associates as well as scheme socials Alongside this we were given a
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