Some days included talks from the firm about its values and goals Daytoday was mostly about getting stuck into a department and helping with work mostly to get a flavour of what working there would be like I sat in the same department for the week an
Assisting a trainee solicitor and qualified solicitors with various cases whilst learning about the role of a trainee
I was working in the Residential Development Unit assisting the team with various tasks including drafting legal reports licences and research tasks We had many talks explaining the firm039s culture and values I also had the opportunity to work in t
Assisting my department team Complex and International Recovery Work in a variety of tasks from legalclaim research administrative tasks writing up a statutory demand and doing a high level review of documents
Conducted research tasks within my team creating advice documents for clients Attended a client call in which I drafted an advice note and used the information taken to populate a timetable of coming deadlines Drafted a preaction claim letter to go ou
Tasked on live work given real responsibilities Reviewing documents Drafting emails Amending documents Collating large documents of Kofax PDF files Attending meetingspresentations
The Vacation Scheme was one week long On the first couple of days of the placement I attended presentations which highlighted Gateley039s values and explained what each department does I worked in the Corporate department for the week where I was g
Over the course of my week at Gateley I was exposed to the life of a trainee and got the opportunity to hold the responsibilities and tasks that trainees are often given The week gave me a good insight into Gateley039s values the trainee programme at
I was placed in the commercial dispute resolution team During the vacation scheme we had talks from solicitors employed in a multitude of Gateley039s teams as well as talks from head partners This position involved drafting letters reviewing legal
Each day I was assigned to a department within the firm ranging from commercial dispute resolution construction employment law and propertyreal estate The trainee within that department would assign me a few tasks varying from legal research to assi
The first day involved introductory talks with stakeholders within Gateley In the afternoon you sat within your respective departments and were provided the opportunity to get involved in real work which I enjoyed From day 2 you had more virtual mee
completing assigned tasks for each department I was working in construction real estate private client commercial dispute resolution and employment attending a MS Teams session on diversity and inclusion and about the learning and development pro
The first few days involved a lot of online talks whether from current trainees different departments or from Learning and Development The rest of the time was spent in our chosen department where we were given a range of different tasks to complete
The work involved helping out the department with a wide variety of tasks It felt like a realistic work week in the firm There were also talks to give insight into the firm and an interview at the end of the week
I was part of the construction team and was regularly given tasks which were relevant to the team for example contract reviews The work was very rewarding and for someone with no real experience I felt like the level of work challenged and educated me
Insight into the life of a trainee at Gateley its departments heard from solicitors across all office Assigned a trainee buddy and undertook tasks working on live matters and a real opportunity to get involved Networking opportunities each day and
Each day with Gateley legal was very well structured Tasks were assigned at the start of the day and kept me busy for the entire working day Some examples of work completed are cross checking collateral warranties with base warranties drafting wills d
A wonderful busy week full of opportunities to talk virtually with lawyers in any area and get involved in the work of a department Everyone in the office is very friendly making me feel very welcome and the work gives you a real insight into what l
Worked as part of my department carrying out drafting and research tasks Attended webinars and presentations on life at the firm the work of each department and the firm039s commitments to diversity wellbeing and inclusion
I was based in the IPCT team at Gateley I worked on Commercial Intellectual Property and Data Protection law matters I drafted a Privacy Notice for a client as well as letters and attendance notes I conducted a research task for the purpose of crea
