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A Seat in Dispute Resolution
Trainee Stories
04 August 2023The Dispute Resolution team are a tight-knit group based across the London and Cardiff offices. There’s usually only one or two Trainees, which means you can get involved with lots of cases on different subject matters with various different team members; they’ll often be in different courts across a wide variety of industries.
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Recording your Trainee diary
Trainee Stories
15 June 2023While day-to-day life as a Trainee mostly involves developing your legal skills and learning more about your department, it is underpinned by some very key admin tasks. Even though completing a training diary likely doesn’t feature in anyone’s rose-tinted daydreams of life as a Trainee Solicitor, keeping it up to date is vital to your qualification process.
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A Seat in Digital, Commerce & Creative (DCC)
Trainee Stories
26 May 2023The best part about the seat is you will be able to work on matters that you are personally passionate about – from music, fashion, sports and advertising and marketing. One of our Trainees was even able to attend the British Fashion Awards! There really is something for everyone in a seat in DCC.
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A Seat in IP Disputes
Trainee Stories
16 May 2023The Intellectual Property Disputes team is a great seat option for Trainees at Lewis Silkin. This LPG forms part of the larger Intellectual Property Legal Practice Group (LPG), which also includes the firm’s Trade Mark and Patent practices. I sat in the Intellectual Property (IP) LPG for six months during my third seat.
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Seat Rotations
Trainee Stories
16 May 2023You will likely hear a lot about “seats” when applying for training contracts. This just means the Legal Practice Group (LPG) you will be “sitting in” for a period of time.
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A Seat in Data, Privacy & Cyber
Trainee Stories
15 May 2023Data, Privacy & Cyber is an incredibly dynamic practice area, which is not only subject to constant topical change (for example Chat GPT and how data might be used in AI systems) but affects people and businesses in so many different ways.
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A Seat in Real Estate
Trainee Stories
03 May 2023Practising Commercial Real Estate is far from what you may have initially thought it to be!
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A Seat in Employment
Trainee Stories
03 May 2023Employment is Lewis Silkin’s largest practice area by headcount, with over 150 lawyers in the team across our seven offices. The team handles a wide variety of exciting and cutting-edge employment work, and there’s plenty to get involved with!
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A Seat in Corporate
Trainee Stories
03 May 2023The Corporate team is a really friendly group with teams based across the London, Cardiff and Belfast offices. As they tend to only have one or two Trainees, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a variety of deals and understand how (and why) businesses make key decisions, whether they’re just starting out or looking to grow.
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A guide to networking events
Trainee Stories
29 March 2023Networking is a great opportunity for you to gain an insight into a firm's culture, build connections and find out more about what it's like to work at a firm. Networking events may be held in-person or virtually and will be incredibly beneficial in helping you decide whether or not it’s the firm for you.
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Contributing to CSR as a Trainee
Trainee Stories
29 March 2023Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Lewis Silkin is all about the impact the firm has on the world around us. The approach to CSR at Lewis Silkin is one that truly reflects the firm’s values of bravery and kindness, and takes a variety of forms. As a trainee, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in from day one!
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An insight into in-house: all about client secondments
Trainee Stories
29 March 2023At Lewis Silkin, trainees are offered a range of client secondment opportunities. As we mostly work for creative businesses, there is often an opportunity to be seconded to businesses in industries like tech, film, media, and fashion.
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Skills to take you from a Paralegal to Trainee
Trainee Stories
15 December 2022Although experience of working as a Paralegal is not a requirement when applying for a training contract, it helped me to showcase the relevant skills I had developed and understand the wider context within which the Training Contract application form questions were asked.
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Top tips for applying for a training contract
Trainee Stories
15 December 2022Knowing where to start on your application can be the hardest part. You may be wondering how you’ll ever condense years’ of study, experience and research into a few text boxes.