the myths and realities of the legal career

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The Myths and Realities of the Legal Career

March 18, 2015


• The structure of a law firm. The role of a young lawyer within a law

firm

• Work management in a law firm. The processes, interaction and

evaluation of results

• Corporative environment. The key differences of legal business and

main particularities of the legal profession

• Lawyer's salary. An estimation for a student beginning practice: what to

expect. Compensation package components in a law firm. Lawyer's

bonus.

• Legal internship as an important tool in legal career. The choice of the

right internship program.

Plan

The door is there

and the Key is

In YOUR hand….


When is the right time to start Your

career?


The principal difference of building a career

in consulting is that the specialist is possible

to position the head of the practice grow

to partner with business.

Consultants will provide more specialized

and in-depth experience.

The final point of a career in both cases,

the individual can become legal practice

or own consulting business.

Career is always about the choice:

Legal firm & Inhouse lawyer


What are the levels?


Partner

Head of practice

Senior Lawyer (grade)

Lawyer (grade)

Junior associate (grade)

Office assistant

Intern

6 W for successful internship


In order not to be behind the "board" of the labor market after graduation, is

already worth thinking about getting work experience.

For 1-2 years students the best opportunity to gain experience - is to work on

temporary projects (consulting or within the company), which may last from 1 to

3 months.

Project work as a paralegal will help:

to see the business processes and the role of the lawyer from the inside

include the theoretical knowledge into real business practice

will provide an opportunity to improve the language

6 W for successful internship.

When?


3-5 th year students may already qualify for a trainee position with a part-time

(typically 4 working hours per day).

The internship program will provide an opportunity:

to be engaged in initial training and coordination of documents

work with state authorities (for example, different courts

responsibility for the oversight and registration authorities, etc.).

try to work in various practices

work on real projects

learn legal business from inside

decide on the further professional career


When?


Priority over money should always be in the direction of future potential

Go to the job that will make you successful not today - tomorrow but the day

after


What? Why?


What firm is better to choose for

the right internship program?


And this is not the case when any experience is already best

experience

To start with Define WHAT YOU WANT


What?

What firm is better to choose for

the right internship program?


Ranking (Chambers Europe/ Global, The Legal 500, EMEA. IFLR, Best Lawyers1000,

Who is Who, Legal WTR 1000)

Site of the company

Number of practices

Number and expertise of Lawyers

Publications

Clear information about the Internship program

……and don’t forget to consult with the “whatever best expert” – MR.GOOGLE

Where to look for the right

internship program?


Site of the company

LinkedIn

Facebook

Publications

Friends

……and don’t forget to consult with the “whatever best recruitment expert” – MR.GOOGLE

Whom should I write to apply?


Check carefully if there is contact information on the announcement

Check company site for people responsible for recruitment

Write directly to the Lawyer

Write directly to the partner

Writing to the right person with right name is the key to YOUR success

If you are right with the firm to apply for the internship……..

Be ready for control

Time to show who you are



LinkedIn

• LinkedIn is now responsible

for 64% (!) of all visits from

social media channels to

corporate websites. There

are 3 million LinkedIn

Company Pages.

• There are 148 different

industries represented on

company pages.


Facebook

Facebook has an

elegant, easy way to

add your work

credentials. If you want

to make yourself

known to the 65% of

recruiters who troll for

job candidates on

Facebook, take a few

minutes to fill out this

information.


Critical things to be avoided in social network


Moots


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you are

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