LEGAL PLACEMENT - UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER London
Job description
BELFAST
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Legal Placement Student will work as part of our legal team, working closely with highly experienced senior lawyers on the delivery of client work within the Alternative Legal Services practice group of Herbert Smith Freehills.
The 11 month paid placement will provide you with experience across our Disputes and Transactions teams. Although based in our Belfast office, you will be working as part of a global Alternative Legal Services (ALT) team.
During your placement, you will encouraged to participate in our network of Committees in Belfast which includes Social, Charity, Arts and Business, Diversity (including IRIS), Women in Business and Sports.
Key Responsibilities:
Conducting work in accordance with the practice area. During your Disputes seat this will be under the supervision of senior Disputes lawyers and during your Transaction seat this will be under the supervision of senior lawyers from Corporate / Funds or Real Estate, on large-scale matters. This may include but is not limited to: document review, working as part of a team (there will be target average daily chargeable hours).
Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of relevant areas of law to the Alternative Legal Services Disputes practice.
Ensuring compliance with financial disciplines on matters (e.g. daily time-recording).
The responsibilities outlined above cannot totally encompass or define all tasks that may be required of the post-holder. The outline of responsibilities given above may, therefore, vary from time to time without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility or grade.
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Current full-time year 2 law undergraduate from Ulster University, with a minimum of 3 A levels (ideally B grades and above), demonstrating strong academic performance in Year 1.
- Ability to review, analyse and organise documentary and factual evidence.
- Excellent attention to detail; aims to get it right first time.
- Aptitude for learning (and becoming proficient in) the use of software and IT applications, and using search terms intelligently to navigate large databases/document management systems.
Desirable
- Fluency in a second language with an ability to translate legal documents into English. Western European languages are an advantage, but other languages (e.g. Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Japanese, Korean or Russian) are especially desirable.
Competencies
Successful Legal Interns, when performing at their best, will demonstrate the competencies described below. Candidates will be assessed against these competencies during the selection process.
Personal Leadership: finds opportunities to develop and sustain themselves
- Professional integrity
- Self-Development
- Builds resilience
Technical Capability: builds legal knowledge and insight
- Legal Ability
- Produces high quality work
- Delivers outcomes
Contributes to Team and Firm: volunteers, assists others and contributes to positive team spirit
- Teamwork and Communication
- Builds networks
- Contributes to firm
Enhances the Client Experience: delivers excellent service to clients
- Understands the client context
- Innovates to support the firm
Please note applications close at 5pm on Monday 17th April 2023
GROUP / TEAM
Graduates
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
The decision to open an office in Belfast was driven by a wish to further enhance what is already a pre-eminent global dispute resolution practice. We have recruited a number of highly capable lawyers and legal assistants to work closely with the London team to manage the major international litigation and arbitration cases that the firm is famous for. The focus of the team is the documentary analysis critical to the investigation of matters and cases. Our offering in Belfast further enhances the quality and efficiency of our service and price competitiveness to clients.
ABOUT US
With nearly 5,000 staff, including 2,800 lawyers, Herbert Smith Freehills is one of the largest, fully-integrated law firms in the world and is the leading firm in Asia Pacific.
We advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the world. Our reputation for providing outstanding legal expertise is thoroughly deserved: we are globally pre-eminent in all forms of dispute resolution and an international leader in corporate and finance. We are one of the world's top-ranked energy and resources firms. We offer our clients a top-tier capability across a single global platform with a distinctive focus on industry sectors and an un-paralleled depth of expertise.
Join us, and you will work with inspiring people, many of whom are leaders in their fields. You will be faced with demanding and intellectually stimulating work that will require more than just technical ability. You will need to have a sense of the bigger picture, the ability to cut to the heart of the matter and a gift for developing exceptional working relationships. With more than 20 offices across the globe in fast-growing markets like China, Indonesia and Russia and established centres like the UK, Europe, the US and Australia, we can offer you the international opportunities that only a leading global practice can provide.
We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.
Before you apply, have you visited our interactive platform? Learn more about working at Herbert Smith Freehils, ask a question to one of our Insiders or read previous discussions
https://herbertsmithfreehills.career-inspiration.com/app/insiders.
CONTRACT TYPE
Fixed Term Contract
START YEAR
2023
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.
We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.
Please let us know if you require any adjustments to be made to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process for any reason, for example due to a disability or health condition.
HSF operates an Adjustments Policy applicable to all staff, partners and applicants, and this policy is designed to ensure that we create an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can perform to their full potential. A copy of the Adjustments Policy can be provided upon request.
