Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer | Global Litigation

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Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5-6 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 5-6 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced5-6 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsIntroductory

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, we are recognized as a global dispute resolution powerhouse. Our multi-disciplinary global disputes team of world-leading sector specialists and regional experts, partner with our clients to provide commercial insight and legal advice.

Every deal or transaction carries with it the risk of a dispute. Successful businesses require lawyers that can pre-empt the issues that may surface, take steps to minimize them and then react quickly and effectively when a dispute arises. Our ability to collaborate between offices and to quickly draw together large international teams means our clients benefit from 24-hour attention on time-sensitive matters.

The Global Litigation Job Simulation gives you the opportunity to work on some of the challenges that we tackle on a daily basis. You will learn about the various steps involved in dispute resolution and assist with a business development opportunity. The tasks in these modules are challenging and that reflects the nature of the work our disputes teams do day to day. In real life, you would have the opportunity to discuss the issues with your supervisor and other colleagues so you would not be tackling the tasks alone.

We also appreciate that you will have different levels of experience and knowledge and that some of you will not have studied law – that is not a problem; all of the tasks (whether involving legal issues or not) can be tackled by applying general analysis and critical thinking skills. We have included some brief notes on some of the key legal concepts that do come up in the tasks or model answers.

If this sounds interesting to you, then participate in our Job Simulation: we would love to hear from you.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Legal Research

Commercial Awareness

Problem Identification

Critical Thinking

Email Communication

Planning

Verbal Communication

Attention to Detail

Document Drafting

Fact Analysis

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Tasks in this program

Task One: Complete a draft Memorandum on Specific Performance

1-2 hours

Introductory

Advise your client on the viability of the equitable remedy of specific performance in relation to a share purchase agreement which isn’t being honoured.

What you'll learn

Meet your client, Amaranth Construction Group Ltd, and understand the current issue with their Share Purchase Agreement
How to advise a client on the most appropriate equitable remedy

What you'll do

Draft a client memo
Summarize key points in an executive summary
Brainstorm questions to ask the client

Reviews

Over 1400

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"I really enjoyed the variation in format across the tasks- written work, quizzes, recordings etc. I found the tasks where you had to record yourself giving a presentation particularly helpful as it allowed me to develop pitching skills alongside learning about legal matters. I appreciated the comprehensive background material for each task and I fo..."-- Student from University of Cambridge

"This programme allows me to have a deeper understanding of the legal workings of the firm and greatly enhance my legal practical skills."-- Student from University of London

"Its interactive nature, tasks based around one unifying project, opportunity to resubmit work through use of model answers and self-feedback and its application of the law into practical tasks."-- Student from University of Kent

"As a first year student not studying law, but interested in law, it has given me the opportunity to have an insight into life in a legal firm and given me some legal knowledge that I can hopefully take with me when looking at a career in law in the future"-- Student from University of Leicester

"This was an excellent opportunity to peek into the types of work an international law firm may undertake and to practice case management and drafting skills. It is at one's own pace so suitable for the busiest of us."-- Student from Queensland University of Technology

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