🚀 Internship

2023 - 1st Year Programme

Pinsent Masons

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2mo ago

🚀 Placement Program

Birmingham

Apply by Mar 19

Description

Pinsent Masons is a purpose-led professional service business with law at the core. Pinsent Masons has a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice. Our core values are Approachable, Bold and Connected and as a firm we hold these in high regard. Personally and collectively, we live them every day and our firm is a better place for it.

Pinsent Masons has over 3,400 employees operating out of 27 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish.

Pinsent Masons is recognised among the most innovative law firms in Europe by the Financial Times and also won Law Firm of the Year at the 2021 Legal Business Awards. Pinsent Masons was also ranked No 4 on the UK Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2020 and named as one of Stonewall’s Top Global Employers 2020. We ranked in the Top 75 of the Social Mobility Employer Index 2021.

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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Area of Responsibilities

Legal

Responsibilities

  • Working with a supervisor who will help you discover the skills you’ll need to be a successful lawyer
  • Learning directly from Solicitors and Trainee Solicitors
  • Contributing to group exercises
  • Participating in group discussions
  • Completing legal tasks
  • Attending interactive presentations
  • Going over CV, Application & Interview tips and discussing your career plans with your supervisor


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Requirements

In order to be eligible for this programme you should:

  • Be currently completing 1st Year Law in University

If you are successful in securing a place, you will join us on a 5-day In house work placement

During your placement you’ll get a full overview of what it’s like to work in a leading commercial law firm. You’ll get valuable experience and discover for yourself what law in practice is really like. What’s more, the experience will give your CV a real boost.

The 1st Year experience programme is a great way to get an insight into the commercial world and develop your skill-set.

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Education requirements

First Year