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My role is office based, I help out my team by doing, printing, scanning, post, compares, filling deeds, and any other task i can do to help with.

Training under seniors to learn about the "seat / area" that I am currently in, progressing towards qualifying as a solicitor. Helping them with projects and having a go at first draft attempts.

Client Services Team Leader – Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a client floor, which includes 44 meeting rooms and 3 event spaces. Manage and lead a team comprising 7 receptionists, 2 facilities assistants, and 2 event administrators. Ke...

My role involves supporting qualified solicitors and fee earners with a range of legal tasks while also studying towards my qualification. On a day-to-day basis, I assist with legal research, drafting documents such as contracts or letters, preparing bund...

I mostly work doing trainee solicitor-level tasks. I am currently sitting in Corporate Transactions which involves supporting senior colleagues on all elements of the M&A process such as conducting due diligence and liaising with other teams to get their...

I really enjoy the range of work I complete. For example, I have shifted from complex advisory work to past-faced transactional work in my new team. I am also offered opportunities for expand my role in my team and wider firm.

Providing assistance to senior fee earners and completing a variety of tasks within my team. These task including reviewing documents, drafting, matter administration such as billing etc.

I am a solicitor apprentice and each day is different. I help the solicitors with day-to-day running of matters, this can be legal research, drafting documents, attending client calls, helping with organising events, billing, attending court, drafting cou...

As a solicitor apprentice, we rotate seats every year for the first four years (while we do our LLB), and then every six months in Years 5 and 6 (when we do our SQE and are considered "trainees"). Tasks will vary between seats, but in transactional seats,...

I conduct legal research, draft contracts and legal documents, and assist with client meetings by taking notes and providing updates. I manage case files, prepare court bundles, and handle correspondence. I also prepare court documents and shadow senior s...

As a solicitor apprentice, you get placed in a different department each year for the first 4 years, then every 6 months for the last 2 years (so in total 8 seats). The department changes your daily tasks, but overall you help associates draft documents,...

I carry out trainee tasks, including proof reading, singings, document checks, some drafting, correspondence with clients and research tasks.

As a Solicitor Apprentice, I work with my team to fill out court documents, contact clients and experts with regards to conference dates, take attendance notes, instruct experts and Counsel, and draft a large variety of emails and letters from instruction...

on a day to day basis i collect and send post, scan and print documents, schedule deeds and carry our land registry searches.

The role of a solicitor apprentice is similar to that of a trainee in the team. Day to day tasks include legal research, commercial research, drafting, writing articles on new case law/government policies, bundling, taking notes at meetings and general ad...

The first week consited of useful workshops and lessons which helped develop skills, essential to working at a law firm. During the second week we were able to shadow departments at CMS. This allowed us to gain first hand experience of what it was like...

Insight into a leading international law firm. This included one week of professional development and exposure to the firm. In the second week, you sit in a market-leading team learning from your designated trainee, associates and partners.

First week - skills sessions with a focus on commercial awareness. Presentations from current employees. Networking with your peers and students from the Sheffield office. Social engagement day where CMS showcased how important it is to them to give back...

Each day was very different! For the first week we participated in a range of workshops, where we were taught lots of skills related to the legal industry. We also had CMS specific workshops where we learned about the firm. For the second week we sha...