Global Litigation

Resolve a legal dispute with our global litigation team

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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 . 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 . Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

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

Self-paced5-6 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsintroductory

At Herbert Smith Freehills, 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

Issue Spotting

Critical Thinking

Email Drafting

Planning

Verbal Communication

Attention to Detail

Drafting

Fact Analysis

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Herbert Smith Freehills . No live sessions, all self-paced.

Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.

Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re a good fit for our team.

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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 1000

5 Star Reviews

"It's very practical, it shows what type of work I may do as a trainee in the Litigation department. Additionally, I really like the suggested time I should take for the task."-- Student from The University of Law

"I liked how it was one case throughout but shows there are many different aspects to that case, they are complex and have many moving parts."-- Student from Chichester College Group

"The virtual experience provided an insight into potential day-to-day work a trainee may be given. It had a good balance of tasks and allowed me to have a glimpse into what kind of cases the firm is involved in globally. After completing the program, I have immediately started my application for the firm's vacation scheme!"-- Student from The University of Law

"Thank you for voicemail exercises, they are more interesting that typing, typing and typing one.............."-- Student from Punjabi University Patiala

"I liked how realistic the virtual program was. It has also given me confidence in knowing that I'd like to pursue a career in Business Law."-- Student from University College London, University of London

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