Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance Legal Virtual Experience
Australia, Online/remote
What is this?
Welcome to Clifford Chance’s Legal Virtual Experience.
Clifford Chance is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. We always strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, which include corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators, trade bodies and not-for-profit organisations.
As a graduate lawyer at Clifford Chance you will work at the cutting edge of commercial law. You will receive outstanding legal and business training, and equally impressive ‘on the job’ experience.
Why should you do this?
This Virtual Experience Program is self-paced and should take only 3 to 5 hours to complete.
This Virtual Experience Program is free for all students.
When you complete the Virtual Experience Program, you’ll earn a digital badge and certificate you can share on Linkedin and include on your resume.
Throughout the program, you’ll learn and develop deep insights into what it is actually like to work as a lawyer at Clifford Chance. Apply your law knowledge to a real-world problem & gain practical experience and knowledge to draw upon in interviews.
What skills will I gain?
Upskill yourself by completing trainee-level tasks
Gain insight into challenges facing our clients around the world
Learn first-hand from our trainees and lawyers around our global network
What you will do?
Module 1: Drafting email advice on Australian Security Law (1 - 2 hours)
Draft a high-level analysis of the Australian approach to providing and registering security interests
Module 2: Amending a term sheet (45 minutes - 1.5 hours)
Amend the deal term sheet for a new transaction, incorporating the client's comments as detailed in an email
Module 3: Reviewing a draft waiver letter (30 minutes - 1 hour)
Review and edit a draft waiver letter, and prepare an email response to the Agent
Ready to get started?
Click Register to begin.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Law, Legal Studies & Justice +more
Reviews
As a Corporate graduate, I had the opportunity to work on a range of transactions led by different partners and also engage in client interactions.
In the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice area, I have broadly worked on: Corporate Advisory/Regulatory: Engaging with the Corporate and Global Financial Markets practice areas, as well as clients, for support/research/advice on difficult/complex aspects of a commercial transaction, employment law, privacy law, financial services regulation, etc. -Commercial Disputes/Litigation: Providing support/research/advice on a range of matters at different phases of a dispute, including preliminary discovery, subpoenas, costs, Takeovers Panel, etc.
Dat to day responsibilities include drafting correspondence, preparing due diligence reports, working on key transaction events (such as signing or completion), preparing documents (such as company resolutions), matter and project management work, attending meetings and calls, preparing business development and training material and preparing submissions
About the employer
Clifford Chance
3.9
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Law
We're looking for the brightest & most talented law students irrespective of background – ambitious people who offer new ideas and fresh perspectives.
Pros and cons of working at Clifford Chance
Pros
The personal and professional development opportunities and always being challenged in what I do but equally supported in the process.
Exposure to huge international matters. Working with colleagues across offices.
The people are fantastic and the work is challenging and interesting.
There is a flat structure in each practice area where lawyers are assigned work based on their capacity, interest, and knowledge.
Great team environment, people are caring and approachable, high standard of work.
Cons
The hours can sometimes be long and unpredictable and can be difficult making after work plans during the week.
The combination of hours, high expectations, and high autonomy can sometimes be difficult and can lead to burnout of colleagues.
Training in leaner, high-performing teams is a double-edged sword. You get more responsibility from the beginning, but this can also translate to longer hours and a lot of pressure.
The hours and expectations are quite intense and you will likely be expected to work some late nights and weekends.
Due to the nature of the work and client expectations, CC is not very flexible with hours.