About Freshfieldsgraduates
Latest news and insights from the Trainee Recruitment team at Freshfields
Freshfieldsgraduates Description
As an international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advises some of the world’s most well known businesses. For graduates keen to pursue a career in commercial law, the firm offers challenging work that demands a strong intellect and a desire to help ambitious businesses achieve long-term success.
The firm provides clients with a global service from its network of offices across Europe, the Americas and Asia. It is essential that this service is consistent and of the highest quality.
Graduates who accept a training contract with the firm have the opportunity to experience up to eight areas of law – twice the number offered by most law firms. The training is largely provided from the firm’s London office but many trainees will also spend time on secondment to a client or to one of the firm’s US, European or Asian offices.
The lawyers work in teams, often of no more than three: a partner, an associate and a trainee. Whatever clients want to achieve, the team’s job is to work out how. Is it possible? What will be the most effective way of structuring the deal or tackling the problem? What are the risks? How should it be documented?
Background, university, and the degree studied are immaterial. But every successful candidate has three qualities that are non-negotiable: intellectual talent, excellent English (written and verbal), and a generous spirit. Before a training contract starts all graduates complete the Legal Practice Course; and non-law graduates also need to take the Graduate Diploma in Law before the LPC. The firm meets the cost and provides a maintenance grant for both.
The firm pursues premium, cross-border work that is nearly always complicated. This means that the learning curve is steep, so the graduates who do best are those who like to be challenged.
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It was great to speak to so many enthusiastic students at the BPP law fair in Manchester yesterday evening! @bpp_group #freshfieldsbruckhausderinger #BPP #law #lawfair @ BPP Manchester - St James's Building
Thanks to everyone who came to the STEM event with Rare yesterday afternoon! We hope you enjoyed the session @rare_recruitment
#graduate #graduaterecruitment #stem #freshfieldsbruckhausderinger
Thanks to all those who attended our information sessions in Sydney today and yesterday. We hope you found our sharing insightful. We look forward to meeting the Melbourne law students on Thursday and Friday!
Delighted to hear that Freshfields have been nominated for Most Admired Law Firm and Best Law Firm for Perks at the @legalcheek awards 2019 #freshfields #trainingcontract #lawcareer #LegalCheekAwards2019
Great night at The Crypt to celebrate our new cohort of trainees joining us 🎓🍾⛪️🎉 #freshfields #trainingcontract #lawcareer
We are delighted to let you know that the application process for our January 2020 Hong Kong internship programme is now open until the end of April 2019!
If you’re not sure whether to apply, perhaps learning about Lu Feng’s journey to becoming a Freshfields trainee will help.
Find out more about Lu’s journey by clicking on below:
... https://play.buto.tv/gZzs8
We look forward to receiving your application.
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The sun is setting on another busy day for the Graduate Recruitment team 🌇
The application deadline for 2019 Vacation Schemes and 2021 Training Contracts ends at midnight tomorrow night. Applications can be made directly through our website www.freshfields.com/ukgraduates
Merry Christmas from all at Freshfields! 🎄
1 in 3 of us either have or are close to someone with disability, that’s over 1 billion people globally. To mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities Freshfields are asking all our people to take steps to get involved and join the conversation.
We are all set for the Hong Kong law fair in Oxford today! Come and meet us 5pm at the Oxford town hall!
**EXCLUSIVE FRESHFIELDS OPPORTUNITY**
Freshfields will be hosting an event with University of Manchester on Friday 23rd November 1:30am – 5pm at Manchester Crystal maze experience and Wagamama’s Spinningfields. This is a great opportunity for University of Manchester students to find out more about Freshfields by getting direct application advice from Graduate Recruitment and to speak to trainees about what life is like at the firm. This is open to students at penultimate yea...r and final year of study and will include advise on applications for Training Contracts, Vacation Schemes, Workshops and Open Days.
To Apply: In 150 words please outline (i) why you want to attend (ii) what you aim to get out of the session, and email it to ukgraduates@freshfields.com with the subject as “Freshfields event – Manchester University”
Applications are open now and the deadline to apply is 12pm on Wednesday 21st November.
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As we do every year, Freshfields is supporting The Poppy Appeal by selling the ubiquitous red poppy and raising money for the Royal British Legion. This year is especially poignant as Sunday marks the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended fighting in World War I. • • #poppyappeal
**EXCLUSIVE FRESHFIELDS OPPORTUNITY**
Freshfields will be hosting an event with University of Birmingham on Tuesday 20th November 11am – 3pm at Birmingham Live Escape Rooms and Turtle Bay. This is a great opportunity for University of Birmingham students to find out more about Freshfields by getting direct application advice from Graduate Recruitment and to speak to trainees about what life is like at the firm. This is open to students at all levels of study and will include ...advise on applications for Training Contracts, Vacation Schemes, Workshops and Open Days.
To Apply: In 150 words please outline (i) why you want to attend (ii) what you aim to get out of the session, and email it to ukgraduates@freshfields.com with the subject as “Freshfields event – Birmingham University”
Applications are open now and the deadline to apply is 12pm on Friday 16th November.
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Calling all Dublin students... we are holding a Drinks Networking Event on 20th November for TCD & UCD students interested in a career in commercial law. Do register using the link in the event. We hope to see you there!
Freshfields are delighted to invite you to our Informal Drinks Networking event for both TCD and UCD students. Come and join our graduate recruitment team and current trainees (former students in Dublin) for some drinks and canapes at Drury Buildings in the city centre. We will be happy to answer any questions you have about the firm, the opportunities that are on offer, and advice on the application and interview process. We want to encourage all students who are considering a career in commercial law to attend, both law and non-law students. This is an informal opportunity for you to ask any questions you like and to find out what Freshfields is all about!
You will need to register for this event – please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freshfield s-informal-drinks-…
Are you a STEM student? If so, we are holding ‘STEM into Commercial Law’, a workshop designed to give Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths students an insight into a career in Commercial Law here at Freshfields. Please see below for details on how to apply.
Thanks to all the students and graduates who attended our application coffee morning today at our Manchester office. We hope you found the session insightful 📝☕️