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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.

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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