Virtual

Your chance to meet the sponsoring law firms. They’ll be prepared with core information about who they are and what they do.

Georgina Graham, partner at Osborne Clarke LLP, will be delivering the keynote speech.

Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2024. This session will help delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees. The panel will answer questions from the audience.

The panellists are:

• Jenny Wheater – partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Georgina Graham – partner, Osborne Clarke LLP

Following directly on from the ‘Question time: the law firm as a business’ panel, this is your chance to speak to the panellists, talk about issues raised in the panel and get to know some more firms.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.

• Osborne Clarke LLP – The metaverse in the legal landscape
• Stephenson Harwood LLP – How to craft a successful training contract application
• Walker Morris LLP – IP hacks: guarding your game-changing ideas

Meet the sponsoring firms again and come prepared with your questions to find out more.

Our panel of trainee solicitors will provide insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law will also be on hand to answer your questions about postgraduate study and employability.

The panellists are:

• Alysia Hoe – SQE student and future trainee, The University of Law
• Angus Ferguson – trainee, Walker Morris LLP
• Naina Gupta – trainee, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Noah Jefferies – trainee, Michelmores LLP

Following directly on from the ‘Question time: life as at trainee’ panel, this is your chance to speak to the panellists, talk about issues raised in the panel and get to know some more firms.

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.

• Arnold & Porter LLP – Introduction to competition law: from regulation to litigation
• Debevoise & Plimpton LLP – Private equity and private funds
• Michelmores LLP – BNG and the natural economy – what developers can do to get ready and what it means for lawyers

Final networking will take place in your workshops.