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Legal Work Shadowing Placement (Short-Term, Remote, Unpaid)
About us
Modern Legal is an award-winning boutique legal consultancy in London. We advise entrepreneurs, startups, and founders on employment, shareholder agreements, data protection, trademarks, corporate transactions, and more. We are small, tech-forward, and hands-on.
To be upfront
This is a short work shadowing placement of two or three days for 8 weeks.
- It is unpaid.
- If there is an event, reasonable travel and lunch expenses may be reimbursed, not a promise.
- This is an observational placement. You will not carry out work on client matters.
- It is designed to give you insight into life as a solicitor in a boutique consultancy and something real to talk about in future applications.
- We are happy to give you a short reference or a letter confirming your attendance.
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What you will do
- Observe how a dual-qualified solicitor runs a legal consultancy day to day.
- Sit in on client calls and meetings where the client has agreed and it is appropriate.
- See how documents such as shareholder agreements and employment documents are approached, at a high level.
- Learn how we handle client onboarding, pricing, and business development.
- Have time with the solicitor to ask questions about careers, the SQE, and entering the profession.
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Who we are looking for
- Confident, able to speak up, and ask good questions.
- A strong communicator who is comfortable talking to all kinds of people.
- Ambitious, with a clear career goal in law.
- Genuinely eager to learn.
Nice to have (not required)
- A second language, such as German, Mandarin, Hindi, Turkish, or another.
- Experience in a customer-facing setting, such as a café, estate agency, or retail.
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