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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Application deadline:
31 July 2012
Starting salary:
£39,000
No. of graduate positions:
100
No. of internship positions:
60 vacation placements
First year usually based location:
London
Head office location:
65 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1HS
Disciplines accepted:
Law and Non-Law
How to apply:
Online application form via website
(www.freshfields.com/uktrainees)
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Birmingham
Bristol
Cambridge
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City
Durham
Edinburgh
Essex
Exeter
Glasgow
KCL
Kent
Leeds
Liverpool
LSE
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Oxford
Queen Mary
Queens Belfast
Sheffield
SOAS
Southampton
St Andrews
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UCD
UCL
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York
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of a
handful of leading international law firms,
with offices across the world.
Our clients are mainly big commercial
businesses whose names are well-known.
The type of work we do divides into helping
clients achieve what they want through doing
deals, advising them on real and potential
problems, and helping them sort out their
disputes. Our practice is very diverse, and
constantly changing to meet our clients'
evolving needs.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for around 90 trainees to
start training with us in London in 2013,
split between two intakes in February and
August. Our training programme is vital to
us, because today's trainees are where most
of tomorrow's associates and partners will
come from.
The firm wants its trainees to come from
diverse backgrounds, and their choice of
university or degree is immaterial. Current
trainees studied at nearly 50 different
universities. Many did a law degree, but
others read subjects ranging from music to
biochemistry.
Whatever their background, trainees need
some non-negotiable qualities. They need to
be intellectually talented and have excellent
English skills. They need to enjoy working
on difficult problems, working alongside
others, and never doing less than the best
they can.
Training and development
Trainees who join our London training
programme can move departments every
three months, so they can see more of what's
on offer. Many other firms are not so flexible.
Organisationally, the firm's lawyers work in
one of eight departments: corporate; finance;
dispute resolution; real estate; intellectual
property/IT; tax; employment, pensions and
benefits; and antitrust, competition and trade.
All departments provide formal training. But
trainees learn most by working for clients
alongside the firm's more experienced
lawyers. They learn in London and in other
offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Some are
also seconded to clients.
Training contract applications
If you want to apply for a training contract
to begin in February or August 2013, you
will need to apply online between 1st
November 2010 and 31st July 2011. Go to
for details.
Work placements
We take students on our vacation schemes
who are in their penultimate year of an
undergraduate degree. Some students can
spend time abroad as part of their placement.
Again, you will need to submit an online
application. The application window for our
2012 schemes is from 1 October 2011 to 9
January 2012. Since we offer places as we go
along, the sooner you apply, the better.
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