The document summarizes a training contract opportunity that allows candidates to spend the first year training in London and the second year in Hong Kong. It outlines the eligibility requirements, timeline, application process, and answers frequently asked questions. Successful candidates will be offered a place on the London-Asia vacation scheme in July and, subject to performance, a position on the London-Asia training contract by August 1st. The training contract involves rotating through different practice areas and seats over two years to gain experience before qualifying as a lawyer in both England and Wales.
The document summarizes a training contract opportunity that allows candidates to spend the first year training in London and the second year in Hong Kong. It outlines the eligibility requirements, timeline, application process, and answers frequently asked questions. Successful candidates will be offered a place on the London-Asia vacation scheme in July and, subject to performance, a position on the London-Asia training contract by August 1st. The training contract involves rotating through different practice areas and seats over two years to gain experience before qualifying as a lawyer in both England and Wales.
The document summarizes a training contract opportunity that allows candidates to spend the first year training in London and the second year in Hong Kong. It outlines the eligibility requirements, timeline, application process, and answers frequently asked questions. Successful candidates will be offered a place on the London-Asia vacation scheme in July and, subject to performance, a position on the London-Asia training contract by August 1st. The training contract involves rotating through different practice areas and seats over two years to gain experience before qualifying as a lawyer in both England and Wales.
The document summarizes a training contract opportunity that allows candidates to spend the first year training in London and the second year in Hong Kong. It outlines the eligibility requirements, timeline, application process, and answers frequently asked questions. Successful candidates will be offered a place on the London-Asia vacation scheme in July and, subject to performance, a position on the London-Asia training contract by August 1st. The training contract involves rotating through different practice areas and seats over two years to gain experience before qualifying as a lawyer in both England and Wales.
About the London-Asia training contract Timeline • The London-Asia training contract offers up to five • We accept applications from the beginning of October to the successful applicants the opportunity to spend the first year early January. The Watson Glaser is sent out to successful of their training contract in London and the second in our candidates between October and January; while the Hong Kong office. On completion of the eight-seat training language test and interviews usually take place in February. contract, you would be an England and Wales qualified • Offers for the London-Asia vacation scheme are normally lawyer and would be offered an Associate position in one of made by March. Offers for the London-Asia training our Asian offices, subject to your performance and our contract, post the successful completion of the vacation business need. We are looking for applicants who wish to scheme, are normally made on the 1st of August. train in London and Hong Kong, and start their legal careers in Asia. We will assist with any work visa applications, Frequently Asked Questions should they be required. 1) Can I apply for the London training contract and the Eligibility London-Asia training contract? • Applicants must have a degree in any discipline with proven • Candidates are only able to make one training contract strong academic performance. application per year. This means that you would need to choose which training contract best suits your abilities and • If you have a law degree from the UK, you would need to career aspirations. Your language skills and the location in complete the SQE. If you have a law degree from an overseas which you wish to work at the end of your training contract university or a non-law degree, you will need to complete the should both be considered when making this decision. PGDL as well as the SQE. We would offer help with enrolment in both. 2) Is it advisable for me to apply for the London Vacation Scheme or the Hong Kong internship programme if I • Language skills are highly regarded with our international want to apply for the London-Asia training contract? reach. In this region, besides fluency in English, we are particularly interested in students with strong proficiency in • The London-Asia training contract has a vacation scheme as Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian or other Asian part of its assessment process. Consequently, if you choose languages. to apply to, and are accepted on, the London Summer vacation scheme you will not be able to interview for the • We aim to recruit the best quality graduates available with London-Asia training contract at the end of the three weeks. strong academic qualifications. We’re also looking for people Similarly, the Hong Kong internship programme is not who have a broader range of skills, a good record of recommended, as you would merely repeat the programme achievement in other areas, common sense, and the ability during the application process for the London-Asia training to think creatively as well as the ability to work in teams. contract. Application Process 3) If I am on the London-Asia training contract does that • The recruitment process starts with an online application mean I cannot go on a secondment to a client? form consisting of a 850-word personal statement about you • During the two years of training, you will spend the first and why you have applied to us. year of your training in London and you will be seconded to • If your application is successful you will be sent an online Asia for the second year of your training contract. As psychometric test, the Watson Glaser, to complete. Your instructed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, during application and Watson Glaser score will be considered in your training contract your secondment cannot exceed 12 unison to decide whether you will be progressed to the next months, therefore we cannot send you for a client stage of the application process. secondment. Moreover, there is possibility for you to go on a client secondment after you have qualified. • If your application is progressed, you will be invited to participate in a language test. The language test will take 4) On the London-Asia training contract do I still sit in place over the phone with a member of Freshfields. eight seats?
• If your language skills are assessed as being of a high enough • Yes – during the two years of your training contract, you will level, you will be invited to interview in our London offices. move across different seats and practice groups every three You will have a general and an analytical interview, each months. You will need to spend time in each of our core with a Partner and an associate, along with a writing task in practice areas (ie corporate, real estate, finance and dispute English. resolution) at least once during your training contract to increase your breadth and depth of knowledge. • Successful candidates will be offered a place on our London- Asia vacation scheme, which will take place in July. There 5) What are your language requirements? will be various assessments during the internship – • We are looking for candidates who are fluent in English and including a research task, negotiation exercise, pitch exercise native/fluent in an Asian language such as Mandarin, and language assessment. There will also be a training Korean, Japanese, and Indonesian, or other Asian contract interview at the end of your vacation scheme. languages. We will be assessing your verbal, reading and • By the end of the internship, subject to your performance writing skills during your London-Asia vacation scheme. and our business need, you will be offered a position on our London-Asia training contract.
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