Virtual Law Work Experience - Law School Work Experience Online

Virtual Law Work experience is a great opportunity. There are various different kinds of opportunities with benefits including time flexibility, no requirement to travel, free/ only a small cost, educative, and, they cover a very wide range of firms and areas of law. 

Virtual Law Internships and Virtual Law work experiences

• A number of law firms are offering virtual law work experience. For example:
  • Clifford Chance 
  • Linklaters
  • White and Case
  • Pinsent Masons

• There are some things you should consider when choosing virtual law work experience with a law firm

• TIME

Some law work experience opportunities provide flexibility, this is great if you cannot commit full hours to your work experience, or you need to work around other commitments. Others might be stricter with hours and dates, and you will need to make sure this fits with your availability and your school’s designated dates for work experience

• COST
  • Virtual Work Experience is usually free and so it might be a good option for you if you don’t want to be spending money on costs associated with in person law work experience (think: travel, food and accommodation …)

• EQUIPMENT
  • Make sure you look into the contents of each virtual law work experience, think about what equipment you will need to get the most out of the experience. For example, you might need a computer with a camera and microphone if you will be participating in zoom meetings, you might also need a quiet space to focus on activities. If this is something you are struggling to get hold of speak to your school or look into the facilities at your local library for help.

Virtual Law work experiences with other organizations

• Spring pod
  • Springpod is a careers platform offering Virtual Law Work Experience in October. The course offers you the opportunity to “meet a range of industry professionals from various legal areas of Law who will give you an overview of their experiences, both qualifying and within the industry, with opportunities for Q&A”
    • DURATION:
      • ten hours work across two weeks
    • COST:
      • free
    • CONTENT:
      • Introduction to Law as an industry Legal Research 
      • Advocacy & Client Communication
      • Contractual Interpretation 
      • Legal Analysis & Drafting 

Click here for Spring Pod’s law work experience web page

• LATHAM AND WATKINS ‘White Collar Defense & Investigations Virtual Experience Program’
  • Latham and watkins is a law company providing a programme called ‘White Collar Defense & Investigations’, this is a great programme to help you gain law related skills and experiences
    • DURATION
      • Approx. 5-6 hours with no time completion requirements
    • COST
      • Free
    • CONTENTS
      • Identify relevant documents using search terms
      • Prepare for witness interview
      • Calculate a potential prison sentence and fines on chargeable offenses under the U.S. sentencing guidelines

Click here for Latham and Watkins virtual law work experience page

‘Thinking outside of the box’ – other ways to get relevant virtual Law Work Experience

• If you don’t manage to get in to a virtual work experience at one of the law firms or organisations listed above (note that some of them involve an application process such as sending in your CV), then don’t be disheartened. There are plenty of other virtual resources that will provide you with relevant law experience and insight. 

• You might want to look into writing about legal topics for a publishing company or blog, or you might prefer to take an educational course in a law related topic. Some ideas include …
  • Litigation, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure and Torts
  • Understanding and applying Self-Defense strategies
  • Introduction to health and medical law
  • Criminology
  • Exploring Legal boundaries 
  • Forensics and forensic science

• These courses can be accessed on virtual learning sites including
  • Great Courses Plus
  • Open University 
  • Nottingham trent university online
  • Coursera
  • Alison
  • Yale University