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Bird & Bird
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Application deadline for 2010
31st July 2008.
Starting salary
£31,000.
No of Graduate positions
18
No of internship positions
20
First year usually based location
London
Head office location
London
Disciplines accepted
2;1
How to apply
on-line application form via our website
University events list
Nottingham Law Fair; 25th October 2007
Oxford; 10th November 2007
Bristol; 15th November 2007
Warwick; 20th November 2007
Cambridge; 29th November 2007
Kings; 15th January 2008
Durham; 27th November 2007
Sponsorship details
GDL/LPC fees and maintenance grant of
£5,500 for each study year.
When to apply
Non-law students should apply in their
final year
Law students should apply in their
penultimate year
Graduates can apply at any time
We interview candidates according to the
Law Society's code of practice.
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Firm Description
Bird & Bird is a sector focused, full service
international law firm. The firm has 148
partners and over 900 staff across offices in
Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, The
Hague, Hong Kong, London, Lyon, Madrid,
Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome and Stockholm.
The firm is proud of its friendly, stimulating
environment where individuals are able to
develop first class legal business and
interpersonal skills. The firm's international
reach and focus on sectors will enable
you to work across borders and for a
variety of companies, many of which operate
at the cutting edge of the industries in which
they operate.
The firm has a leading reputation for many of
the sectors on which it focuses: aviation &
aerospace, banking & financial services,
communications, electronics, information
technology, life sciences, media and sport.
From each of its offices, the firm provides a
full range of legal services; commercial,
corporate, corporate restructuring and
insolvency, dispute resolution, employment,
EU & competition law, finance, intellectual
property, outsourcing, public procurement
real estate, regulatory and administrative, tax.
Our Training Contract
Following an induction course, you will
undertake four six-month seats. Some seats
may be spent in our international offices.
Our trainees take on responsibility from day
one and enjoy varied and challenging work
for industry-shaping clients. If you become a
trainee with us, you will be given the chance
to excel.
We run a business skills development
programme to provide you with the basic
building blocks for your future development
within the business of law. The firm is still
personal enough for our trainees to make
their mark in our friendly stimulating work
place. Trainees are encouraged to join the
number of sports teams at the firm and to
attend various social events.
Who we recruit
We recruit strong graduates capable of
developing expert legal skills and
commercial acumen. A certain level of
intelligence and common sense is a
prerequisite (we look for excellent A levels
and a strong 2:1), but more importantly we
look for well-rounded individuals who will
fit in well.
Applications
Applications will be reviewed from May
onwards and successful applicants will be
invited prior to the deadline to attend one of
our Insight and Selection days.
Insight and Selection days will be held for
both law and non-law students in August
2008. The days will be organised as follows;
- “exercises to assess candidates' abilities in
key areas”
- a presentation about Bird & Bird given by
one of our partners
Successful candidates from the Insight and
Selection days will be invited to attend a
panel interview during the week commencing
1st September 2008. Candidates will be
informed of the outcome during September
and October 2008.
It is important to note that the Insight and
Selection day is part of the selection process.
If you are unable to attend one of the Insight
and Selection days, unfortunately you will
not be considered for interview in September.
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