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Field Fisher offers students chance to shadow partner for a day

14 October 2011 | By Laura Manning

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Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has ditched law fair freebies in favour of a competition that will see the winners spend a day shadowing a partner at the firm.

The firm will pick a winner from each university it visits during this year’s law fair season, with a total of eight getting the opportunity to shadow a partner.

Graduate recruitment manager Amelia Goodwin said: “For years law firms have given away freebies to students like pens and mugs. This year we wanted to give students something that was more useful in the long term and we felt a work-shadowing day was just that.  

“As well as experiencing law in practice and life at FFW, students will be able to take away skills and an experience to include on their CVs from our law fair giveaway.”

For the chance to win the prize, the aspiring lawyers will be required to complete an application form explaining why they want to spend a day with FFW.

The day at the firm will be arranged on a mutually convenient date. Goodwin will also meet with the winners to discuss future plans and training contract applications.

This year the universities the firm is visiting include: Queen Mary, Nottingham, Durham, Manchester, UCL, King’s College London, Bristol and Southampton.

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  • lucy | 14-Oct-2011 3:57 pm

    In relation to the information above, on what bases do law firms decide on which universities they aim to visit and also is there an opportunity for individuals to enter the competition even though their university has not been nominated.
    Is there also a chance for universities to interchange information in order to be entered into future events and competitions such as this.

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  • Anonymous | 15-Oct-2011 0:46 am

    It's certainly encouraging to see FFW take the initiative. But is this going to improve their NQ retention rate? Doubtful for a firm that let go all but a couple of their trainees in 2010. Pity that didn't get the trade news attention it deserved.

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  • Anonymous | 16-Oct-2011 11:54 am

    Strange how the Universities they intend to visit appear to mostly be Russell Group, or at least snobbish...some real equal oppertunities there I think not! Pity really because if it were truly equal it would be a fantastic promotion!

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  • Anonymous | 18-Oct-2011 2:17 pm

    I agree to some extent with Anonymous, give some up and coming universities a chance. These are typical universities for such a company but also ones which are stuggling in the face of new competition, or at least if you beleive the various university guides and league tables. Russell Group does not necessarilly equal quality; many of these universities are not even in the top 10 (again if you believe in such league tables).

    I disagree that the above universities are snobbish, but the attitude I encountered at open days this year with such universities was not of universities moving with the times to secure their future success but of universities resting on their laurels. They are being ousted from the top league table positions by universities who are more activley investing in their futures and who have no laurels to rest on.

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