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Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird




Application deadline for 2011
See our website for details

Starting salary
£37,000

No of Graduate positions
17

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

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 188 partners and over 1200 staff in 19 offices across Europe and Asia. 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, communications, electronics, energy and utilities, financial services, information technology, life sciences, media and sport.

From each of its offices, the firm provides a full range of legal services including; 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
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 will spend six months in three of our practice areas and will then have a choice of spending their last six months in the area in which they would like to qualify.

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 2009. 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 31st August 2009. Candidates will be informed of the outcome during September and October 2009.

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.

Work placements
Our firm offers 20 vacation scheme places each year, each for a three-week period. Remuneration is £275 per week and the closing date for the 2009 scheme is 31 January 2009.
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