Choosing my future law firm is a trip so lively. There are many in London and
surroundings. For me, one of the best characteristics of commercial firms are
clients: companies, banks, Governments. Each organization seems to have much to
offer to its trainees. What I am doing first is to examine websites. I am considering
practices if I am concerned about them. Then, I am appreciating the sectors in which
they perform. After, I read ‘About Us’: who they are, what their view is about the job of
a lawyer, and their ‘values’. Besides, I am scanning the manner in which words are
written, how people express themselves; I truly believe that it reveals an environment
and personality types. Events such as law fairs and others, also are helping me to
form an opinion since I am meeting members. At last, I am looking at offers. I am
going for the firms declaring that their trainees are important to them, and those
describing themselves as ambitious. I am preferring the firms stating that they seek
hardworking students, determined, because they want their trainees to be
autonomous: to meet clients, to deal with their own files, to do their own advocacy at
the courts, from the beginning. According to those operating thus, it will allow a
better development if, from the start, we understand what we carry out. Indeed, I
completely share this angle. I am favoring those affording active training and
promising solid follow-ups. These companies estimate that they recruit not only in
the goal to develop but also in the aim to retain talents; it awakens my taste for
adventure, I aspire to be recognized as such. Few enterprises know what will be the
seats of their training contracts, to pay for exams such as the Legal Practice Course
(LPC), or engage themselves to pick students from their second year and to reward
them by bearing the cost of their remaining years at the university. These
opportunities are rare. To conclude, clearly, I would rather obtain my dream training
contract, in a firm I selected; nevertheless, I only need a training contract, because,
along with the LPC, it is mandatory to be certified as a lawyer. Therefore, and to be
honest, I am intending to apply to as many companies as possible, although they do
not have fields that enthusiasm me. The main purpose is to achieve my goal. And
further, the firm may believe that I am ineffectual, and not retain me; or, I might not
like the company, eventually. What I am trying to say is that nothing is certain. From
my point of view, the essential is to procure one. I still will be able to change later, or
even better, yet I could be gratified by: I am pleased to discover other departments; I
have a keen interest in law, as a whole. But, I ultimately may want to take the
Solicitors Qualifying Exam, instead of doing a training contract.