We invest a great deal in training because we want to create outstanding lawyers with exceptional technical and commercial skills. The training contract runs for two years and includes a combination of six or three month seats. All t rainees sit in at least two of our banking, corporate and international capital markets departments . T he y then choose from other areas such as property, competition, litigation, corporate tax, employment pensions and incentives and private client. Trainees also have the opportunity to spend six months in one of our offices outside the UK and can currently choose from Bangkok, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, Singapore, Tokyo, Turin and Warsaw.
Trainees enjoy considerable choice and flexibility during their training contract.
The first is to enable you to gain experience in areas of practice specified by The Law Society. The second is to give you the opportunity to learn the practical skills and professional conduct required of a solicitor, including drafting, negotiation, transaction management, communication with clients and others, research and legal and office routines and procedures. The third will be to turn you from an academic into a practising lawyer. In addition to the Professional Skills Course, all trainees are able to attend our own comprehensive in-house programme of seminars and lectures. A. Halfway through each seat your progress is reviewed and you are informally assessed.