PRIME’s Virtual Legal Work Experience
We believe that everyone can access law, you included.
PRIME and our member firms are actively trying to ensure that everyone who wants to enter the world of law has an equal chance to do so.
Our firms offer legal work experience to young people from less privileged backgrounds and have now come together to help create PRIME’s Virtual Legal Work Experience Programme.
You will get to experience what real lawyers do every day, working on tasks that introduce you to different practice areas, including commercial and criminal law. You will also build legal skills and gain an understanding of what it means to be a lawyer, helping you to decide if this is the career for you.
“Thank you for the opportunity to learn and develop my skills. The course dealt with a range of tasks from understanding the key issues from legal due diligence, to researching risks under the Bribery Act, to reviewing a commercial lease to give you a real sense of what a trainee does.”
PRIME Virtual Legal Work Experience student
The Programme
The Legal System
Research and understand the UK's legal systems and routes into them.
Due Diligence
Assist with transactional work on a corporate acquisition by reviewing documentation.
Arbitration
Advise a client on the merits and drawbacks of arbitration as a choice of dispute resolution over litigation.
The Bribery Act
Analyse the facts as set out by your client and determine the risks they fact under the Bribery Act.
Commercial Property
Review a commercial lease from the perspective of your client and negotiate certain provisions on their behalf.
Discover what it means to be a lawyer and develop skills fundamental to a career in law.
Our Programme
Over 700 students have enrolled.
“What I cherished about the PRIME Virtual Legal Work Experience Programme was that it provided me with examples of drafting formal emails and responses to clients and supervisors. It has improved my confidence to better communicate and structure legal and coherent responses within the legal world!”
PRIME Virtual Legal Work Experience student.
78
of participants said they were confident about the type of work they would be doing as a lawyer having completed the programme (up from 57% before).
93
of participants said they were likely to apply for a PRIME work experience placement having completed the programme (up from 64% before).
97
of participants said they were likely to pursue a career in law having completed the programme (up from 78% before).
