Explore Law

Advise a client on a transaction and find out more about our Financing, Corporate, Competition and Disputes and Investigations practice areas

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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 4-5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Slaughter and May. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 4-5 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Slaughter and May. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Slaughter and May. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced4-5 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsall-levels

Welcome to the Slaughter and May Explore Law programme. During this programme, you will have the opportunity to find out more about the firm and the work of our lawyers in four of our main practice areas – Financing, Corporate, Competition and Disputes and Investigations.

In this programme, you will be assisting teams in different practice areas who are advising an imaginary client looking to buy a renewable energy company, and you will be introduced to some of the types of work our lawyers do at the start of their career. The programme encourages the development of important skills and commercial awareness which will give you a better understanding of what a lawyer does across different practice areas and what a career at Slaughter and May entails.

This programme is open to all, but it is aimed at 16-18 year olds and those just starting to explore a career in commercial law. No legal knowledge or previous work experience is required.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Teamwork

Issue spotting

Commercial awareness

Listening

Reviewing

Identifying

Legal Analysis

Research Skills

Attention to Detail

Written communication

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Slaughter and May. No live sessions, all self-paced.

Earn a certificate and add it to your CV and LinkedIn as an extracurricular activity.

Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re interested in a career in commercial law at Slaughter and May.

Introduction from Slaughter and May

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Tasks in this program

Intro & Scenario

Meet your team members and learn about your project goals.

Your role

You are rotating through four practice areas in Slaughter and May’s London office.
In each practice area, you are supporting your supervisor in tasks related to a specific transaction.

Your goal

You will assist the teams in advising Monitor Energy Solutions, a client looking to buy a renewable energy company.
You will provide support by completing different tasks throughout the transaction.

Reviews

Over 250

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"This program is more comprehensive and it covers many areas of working life ate Slaughter and May. It is really practical and energetic."-- Student from University of Aberdeen

"I like the fact that it used real life scenario tasks and provided corrections after completing each task"-- Student from University of Lagos

"It was easy to understand and i was given all the knowledge that was required to complete the tasks."-- Student from Luton Sixth Form College

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