Deadline:
December 01, 2024
Program Starts: June 09, 2025
Program Ends: July 25, 2025
Location(s)
United Kingdom
London
Overview
Details
About Herbert Smith Freehills
At Herbert Smith Freehills, we align your growth and ambition with ours. We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambition. And you share responsibility for playing a part in delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too.
We’re a high-profile, respected and renowned leading international law firm. This means you’ll be working on important or leading matters and markets, with colleagues who are respected in their field. You'll have the opportunity to gain international exposure, by engaging in cross-border deals and transactions as well as by experiencing different cultures and offices through an international secondment on the London Trainee Associate Programme. Your diverse perspective will be welcomed, whatever your background and experience and whether your degree is in law or something different.
Despite our prominent position in the sector, we’ve never been complacent, we’re ambitious and focused on growth. From our sector specialisms, to our commitment to digital legal delivery, you’ll be part of a team that’s actively engaging with the future.
Your opportunity
Our vacation schemes are designed to give you a taste of what it's like to tackle exciting challenges and deliver high-profile work that matters to our clients.
Gaining experience on live deals and cases is crucial to your professional growth. Across the three-week scheme, you'll submit preferences on the two seats you sit in, allowing you to tailor your experience to your individual interests. You'll share an office with your supervisor - either a partner, of counsel, senior associate or associate, who you will work alongside to build a valuable skillset that you will continue to develop across your career. You'll be expected to complete tasks such as: conducting research, legal drafting, due diligence and preparing for client meetings. You will receive specific feedback in your first seat which you'll be able to carry through to your second, giving you the insight you need to develop and improve across the scheme. You'll also be invited to a variety of events and presentations that will introduce you to our practice areas and demonstrate what it takes to succeed as a commercial lawyer at HSF.
That's not all - our early careers recruitment team, lawyers, and partners want you to feel at home and part of the team, which is why we host social events where you can network with other students on the scheme, as well as our current trainees and partners.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
What we're looking for
Our summer vacation schemes are open to penultimate-year students, finalists and graduates.
We consider applicants from any degree discipline, with a keen interest in commercial law. We do look for consistent 2:1s throughout all your undergraduate modules. If you have mitigating circumstances that impacted your studies, we would urge you to mention these on your application form.
Dates
Deadline: December 01, 2024
Program starts:
June 09, 2025
Program ends:
July 25, 2025
Program Starts: June 09, 2025
Program Ends: July 25, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
What you'll get in return
We support and care for you to help you grow, with a complete package that includes:
- A trainee buddy who will be on hand to share invaluable advice and support you in each of the practice areas you sit in
- A salary of £500 per each week of the scheme.
During your time with us, you'll grow and help the firm to grow with you. It's a two-way deal. Work hard and perform well on your vacation scheme and you'll be rewarded with a place on our Trainee Associate Programme.
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