The ACCESS scheme involved a number of different insights and experiences based around learning more about commercial law and developing career skills This included a Development week a work experience week with SMBP and a Business Challenge day
There were separate events around 3 or 4 per year for 2 years These involved both inperson and virtual opportunities There were regular opportunities to network with lawyers at the firm and hear about their work There were distinct weeks such as th
I was working with the Private Equity BD team on a series of ad hoc tasks to support the team039s role in client pitches and developing relationships with the firm039s strategic clients
Great experience providing significant insight into the firm039s FI practice and key clients
Collating information from internet and intraweb searches creating CV packs for fee earners working on pitches and emailing various fee earners and business professionals to coordinate CMD activities
I worked as a LIFT intern in the Energy and Infrastructure department The client market development team that I worked with kindly gave me a wide variety of tasks including working on a range of different client pitches research work for partners and h
The day involved sessions that provided insights into the practice areas at Clifford Chance the application process for SPARK and training contract alumna session and a session about trailblazing women There were opportunities to ask questions compl
Included diverse activities such as interactive case studies tackled in small teams relaying key discoveries back to the group and informative presentations into the workings of the firm key practice areas in addition to building broader skills such as
Completing tasks with support of solicitor and resources
As an intern Clifford chance have given me the opportunity to network with solicitorspartners and listen to speeches about different aspects of law and insights into the firm Recently I listened to an MampA talk which explained how deals are orchestr
The scheme spanned five days each day presenting a unique and enriching experience Our daily activities included networking sessions shadowing and presentations on various topics including the GFM team the corporate team networking skills commerci
The first day was solely classroom based with various talks and activities based around getting to know who Clifford Chance are their values what the different teams do and the general work that Clifford Chance undertakes The other 4 days were for wor
There was a lot of classroom based learning about the firms practice area particularly to do with corporate and global financial markets There was also networking events and presentations made about diversitypro bono Majority of times I spent shadowi
We were involved with case studies and provided our own insight into potential problems that were evident in contracts Also we were involved in networking lunches and had an opportunity to ask questions and build connections with Clifford Chance039s
The virtual internship was very good on a daytoday basis with a vast range of opportunities and insightful talks including networking sessions
The week involved a combination of presentationstyle sessions and shadowing Presentations were on topics such as the firms departments ESG the firms affinity network and pro bono These helped me learn about the culture at the firm and the actual wo
Had some mandatory tasks to complete Also given work by trainee buddy and supervisor All tasks were related to commercial lawspecific to the seat we sat in eg in the antitrust team
Work shadowing talks networking trainee and supervisor lunches
A 4 day virtual programme that included talks on topics like global transactions and asset financing meeting legal professionals including partners and paralegals and taking part in more interactive sessions It also included sessions on things like Cl
We received insightful sessions on corporate law commercial awareness university preparation transferable skills and legalcommercial case studies
