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Please outline the quality of the work and opportunities made available to students on your programme.

The vacation schemers join two teams for a week each. The practice areas are allocated through the students interests. On joining the team, they are fully immersed into life as a trainee in that practice area - joining meetings, completing research and written tasks and presenting to the teams.

We have a jam-packed timetable, allowing students to get a real taste of a training contract at Taylor Wessing. The schedule is varied, allowing time for development, learning more about Taylor Wessing and socialising, balanced with getting to know their practice area and taking on pieces of work for each team.

Monday 6 June 2022


9.30am - 10.00am - Graduate Team Welcome & Introduction to your scheme

Alice Hasted


10.00am - 10.45am - Graduate Recruitment Overview

Matthew Royle and Lerika Le Grange


10.45am - 11.00am - Knowledge Information Centre

Jude Crow


11.00am - 11.15am - Break / Laptop delivery

IT team


11.15am - 11.45am - Health & Safety Overview

Steve Marchant & Natalie Ellis


11.45am - 12.45pm - IT Induction

David Hazlewood


1.00pm - 2.00pm - Buddy Lunch

Your Buddy


Tuesday 7 June 2022


12.00pm – 12.30pm - Focus on | Construction

Ralph Wood & Emma Coates


12.30pm – 13.00pm - Focus on | Employment & Pensions

Oscar Hodgson


16.00pm – 17.00pm - Sector spotlight panel event

Benjamin Lister, Victoria Butcher, Kelly Burke, Jo Joyce and Sumer Dayal


17.00pm – 18.30pm - Networking drinks


Wednesday 8 June 2022


10.00am – 10.30am - Cambridge Office Spotlight

Ross McNaughton


15.00pm – 15.30pm - Focus on | Tax & Incentives

Sally Robertson & Katie Lewis


Thursday 9 June 2022


12.00pm – 12.30pm - Focus on | Disputes & Investigations

Matt Caskie & Emma Allen


12.30pm – 13.00pm - Focus on | Patents

Sarah Parkin & Katie Atkinson


17.30pm onwards - Vacation Scheme Social


Friday 10 June 2022


10.00am - 11.00am - Focus on | Corporate (Corporate Technology & Life Sciences, Corporate Finance, Corporate Real Estate & Private Capital and Private Equity )

Alex Tocili, Josh Dowson, Rachael Potts, Will Zhang & James Homan


14.00pm - 15.15pm - Legal Advice Clinic Workshop

Blackfriars Committee


15.30pm - 16.00pm - Appraisal Meeting

Supervisors


Monday 13 June 2022


16.30pm - 17.00pm - Focus on | Commercial Technology & Data

Alex Walton & Megan Lukins


17.00pm - 17.30pm – Focus on | Private Client

Gabi Hristova


Tuesday 14 June 2022


9.00am - 10.00am - Focus on | Real Estate

Rebecca Miller & Alicia Convery


13.30pm - 17.30pm - Cambridge office visit (optional)


Wednesday 15 June 2022


11.00am - 11.30am - Focus on | Financial Services and Competition

Clare Reynolds


11.30am - 12.00pm - Focus on | Banking & Finance

Kat Everington & Gabriel Goh


14.30pm - 16.00pm - Responsible Business Workshop

Responsible Business team


17.30pm onwards - Taylor Wessing London Office Summer Party


Thursday 16 June 2022


9.30am - 10.00am - Focus on | IP & Media

Andi Terziu & Magdalena Borucka


Various between 13.30pm - 17.30pm - Exit meetings

Alice Hasted


Friday 17 June 2022


Various between 9.30am - 12.00pm - Group exercise presentation

Matthew Royle & Lerika Le Grange


15.00pm - 15.30pm - Appraisal Meeting

Supervisors


16.00pm - 17.00pm - Farewell Afternoon Tea


Group work

Our group exercise allows our students to exude two of our key values – 'team' and 'creative'. Tasked with creating a graduate promotional video on one of our four key sectors, the students work together in a completely non-competitive style, speaking with a range of people across the firm to develop their knowledge.

Pro bono

Pro bono is incredibly important to us, which is why we allow our students an opportunity to shadow the pro bono clinic that our trainees attend weekly. This opportunity allows students to see the value of pro bono to us and ensures the synergy of this value with the vacation schemer.

I gained a well-rounded understanding of the firm's work, ethos and values. Thank you so much for having me, and I am really looking forward to applying for the summer vacation scheme!

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