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Get to know Herbert Smith Freehills in your first year by attending one of our first-year workshops. Get to know Herbert Smith Freehills in your first year by attending one of our first-year workshops.
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Our vacation schemes are a great way to find out what life at Herbert Smith Freehills is really like.
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You may also decide to apply to us directly for a training contract. It's entirely up to you.
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The PCLL will help you understand and develop the fundamental legal and practical skills you will need to build a career at Herbert Smith Freehills.
At present, we recommend that you complete the PCLL at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, or University of Hong Kong.
We’ll support you by paying your exam and course fees and giving you a maintenance grant of HK$5,000 per month while you’re studying.
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The initial period of your training contract will include an induction programme. This programme is designed to ease your transition from student to trainee and includes a number of presentations, workshops and training sessions. To support your on-the-job training, we’ll also offer you a range of courses including influencing skills, time management, presentation skills, personal impact skill, e-learning contract and remedies.
As an associate, you’ll benefit from ongoing training and development, along with further opportunities for international or client secondments. Courses range from presentation skills to people management and motivation. Plus, you’ll be supported in fine-tuning your business development, client interviewing and client contact skills. Specific training is provided for each practice area, including formal and informal knowledge sharing and language training according to individual needs.
All our lawyers attend a further development centre after they’ve been qualified for two years. Key areas here include personal development, people management, organisation skills/delegation skills, managing finance skills, business development and client relationship skills.
As an associate, you’ll benefit from ongoing training and development, along with further opportunities for international or client secondments. Courses range from presentation skills to people management and motivation. Plus, you’ll be supported in fine-tuning your business development, client interviewing and client contact skills. Specific training is provided for each practice area, including formal and informal knowledge sharing and language training according to individual needs.
All our lawyers attend a further development centre after they’ve been qualified for two years. Key areas here include personal development, people management, organisation skills/delegation skills, managing finance skills, business development and client relationship skills.
All new partners attend a tailored induction to support them in their transition to partnership. We continually develop our partners’ people, business and practice management skills as well as their leadership and business development skills.
While most of our trainees want to be partners, we also offer ‘of counsel’ and PSC (professional support consultant) roles as alternative career paths.
