Solicitor - Commercial Litigation

• Sep 2020 - Present

Trainee Solicitor

• Sep 2018 - Sep 2020

Aspiring Solicitors Junior Advisory Board Member

• Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

I acted as a mentor, informing my mentee's understanding of the legal recruitment process and assisting them in securing a training contract. As a Junior Board member, I also provided guidance and advice on projects.

Sales Assistant

• Dec 2011 - Nov 2017

Worked up to 40 hours per week. While balancing work, academic studies and extra-curricular activities, I delivered excellent customer service, achieving positive outcomes, even for dissatisfied customers. I was also given the responsibility of the visual displays and organisation in the Kid's Department as well as training new team members.

Law School Student Ambassador

• Oct 2015 - Jun 2017

Careers Liaison Officer for Lancaster University Law Society

• Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

Vacation Scheme

• Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

Undertook a two week work placement sitting with the Commercial and Employment teams.

Team Member

• Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

Chosen through a competitive application process as one of eight people to form a team to represent Lancaster University in the competition, gaining important analytical skills such as legal research, how to form legal arguments and how to work as part of a team on various aspects of a complex case.

NationalLawLIVE

• Dec 2015 - Dec 2015

Selected to attend this all-day event participating in interactive firm-led workshops focusing on Corporate and Banking. I also wrote an article for LawCareers.Net on how attending NationalLawLIVE equipped me for application success.

Springboard into Law Programme

• Sep 2015 - Sep 2015

Selected to attend this all-day event learning about the legal recruitment process and developing my commercial awareness through a workshop provided by Shoosmiths.

French Tutoring

• Aug 2013 - Sep 2013

For one month over the summer holidays twice weekly.Through lesson planning and preparing worksheets and activities for lessons I taught someone with no prior foreign language skills the essentials of the language. They progressed from having no knowledge of French at all to entering it at Key Stage 3 level to which they responded well and managed to perform at the same level as the rest of their class who had been learning the language for two years more.

L’Haÿ-Les-Roses Twin Town Programme

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

Spent two weeks boarding in Paris with a French family while also gaining work experience in a local primary school and town hall. Taught five year old children basic English through means they would understand such as pictures and songs and worked in a local town hall doing various office tasks such as logging pupil information into a computer system.

Legal Work Experience

• Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

Spent three days in a high street firm which specialises in areas such as conveyancing, criminal law and family law.Researched historical cases and archived information to learn more about how a case progresses into a courtroom and also sought information about a client requested by the solicitor. Observed court proceedings to gain a better understanding about how the process works and how solicitors behave and react in a court setting.