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DENTONS
Virtual Work-Experience Program
Experience what it's like to work at the largest multinational law firm
You will get trained in...
Case Analysis & Drafting
You will learn how to effectively identify the facts and issues of a case and write commentary on them. You will also learn how to draw conclusions from your analysis and interpret how courts apply certain norms. Through this process you will also learn how to write legal documents with key features centred around conciseness, accuracy and truth.
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Legal Research
Legal Research is a very important skill to master which helps you find answers for various legal questions, cross check precedents and focus on the facts of the case. You will be exposed to a range of important primary and secondary sources of law and learn how to analyse them using efficient search methods on a wide variety of legal research aids, especially online legal databases. This skill will be applied to resolve the primary case of the program.
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Commercial Dispute Resolution
Successful law firms dedicate themselves to being the business partner of their clients on top of being a legal advisor. Through the relevant skills you have learnt, you will assist in managing risks and come up with practical solutions on various legal problems in relation to commercial dispute resolution.
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Program Outline
Orientation Week
Week 1
Get introduced to the program, your mentors and Dentons. You will learn how a law firm operates and begin preliminary research on the program project
Week 3
Development Week
You are now equipped with the adequate skillset to complete the program. Applying your knowledge onto the project and working as a team is the focus.
Week 2
Competence Week
You will obtain all the required skills to complete the project. Through a series of skills lectures you will get a fully immersive learning experience and all the adequate skills.
Pitch Week
Week 4
In your final week you will submit your project for mentor feedback. In the final night you will pitch your project and findings to Dentons representatives and upon completion, receive a referral letter.
What our student interns say
"It was such an exciting program and feel that I gained skills I would never have got in school. I do think that by doing this I have a much clearer understanding of what I want to do in the future"
Jimmy Z
17, New Zealand, PwC student
"School education alone could never give us something of this calibre, something that’s really about the actual industry... I would 100% recommend this program to my friends."
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Khaled H
16, UAE, KPMG student
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