Trainee Diary Series

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: February – June 2023

Hello lovely readers! I must first apologise for the lack of blogging in my current seat, commercial property litigation. Combined with the particularly busy nature of this seat and my wedding in July, my attention has unfortunately been diverted. However, we are back with a February – June blog to cover what I’ve been upContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: February – June 2023”

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: October – November 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to the second blog in my IRG (Insurance & Reinsurance Group) seat. If you haven’t had a chance to read my first IRG blog, you can find it HERE. This blog is going to be a little different in that I’m going to walk you through the various different types ofContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: October – November 2022”

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: August – September 2022

Hello lovely readers and welcome back to the fifth instalment of my Trainee Diary series and the first one of my third seat! If you haven’t read about my first seat in Litigation & Arbitration (L&A) or my secondment at NatWest, you can read them here: I am currently undertaking my third seat in theContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: August – September 2022”

NatWest secondment

Hello readers and welcome back to my Trainee Diary Series! I do apologise for not having been able to publish a blog about my time on secondment at the NatWest Group – it’s been a combination of things including workload and confidentiality restrictions! So I thought in this end-of-seat blog I would give you anContinue reading “NatWest secondment”

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: January – February 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to the third and final blog as a trainee in the litigation team (sad face!). If you haven’t read the first 2 instalments in my trainee diary series, you can find them here – August-October 2021 & November-December 2021. This link will give you an overview of some of the newContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: January – February 2022”

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: November-December 2021

Hello! I hope everyone is keeping well during this festive season. I’m back with a new blog in my Trainee Diary series. If you haven’t read the first post in this series, you can find it here. I have already talked about the trainee onboarding, typical trainee tasks in litigation and some of my tipsContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: November-December 2021”

A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: August-October 2021

Hello, lovely readers! Welcome to the very first instalment of my Trainee Diary series! As you may have seen already on my LinkedIn, I started my Training Contract with CMS in August 2021. It started with 3 weeks of training with the entire trainee intake. After this, I went off to my first seat inContinue reading “A day in the life of a trainee solicitor: August-October 2021”