Legal Assistant Programme

This is your opportunity to introduce yourself. Include your extracurricular activities or interests, achievements and experiences (including work experience).

Tips:

• Write using simple, direct English. It comes across as more authentic than if you use lots of long words.
• Check and double-check your application before submitting to ensure it’s free from typos and grammatical errors.

Your academic record

For the Summer Internship Programme, we’ll ask you to share a copy of your university academic transcripts. The work we do is intellectually demanding and we expect to see a high level of academic achievement from our candidates. That doesn’t necessarily mean A’s at A-level. We’ll compare your grades against the average at your school or college. As for university grades, most candidates will have a 2:1 or above. Let us know of any scholarships or academic prizes you’ve won.

Mitigating circumstances

There’s space in the application form to explain any mitigating factors that might have affected your application. If you didn’t get the grades you wanted, tell us if there’s a good reason why not. 

Online assessment

After submitting your application, we will invite you to complete our online assessments in due course. This is an untimed test designed to give you insight into the type of work we do at Freshfields and provide a realistic preview of the role you’ve applied for. Through a series of interactive tasks and scenarios, you’ll have the opportunity to showcase your strengths and demonstrate how you think, approach challenges and work in practice. We encourage you to complete the assessment authentically and thoughtfully, as it is an opportunity for us to learn more about you. Before attempting the online assessments, we recommend visiting our Preparation Hub to familiarise yourself with what to expect. 

All applications should be submitted through our application portal by the respective deadlines. Click ‘Apply now’ under the “Key dates & apply now” section at the top.