Work Experience (CMS Connect)
Your chance to see how the world of law works and take that vital first step towards a career with our future facing firm.
Your chance to see how the world of law works and take that vital first step towards a career with our future facing firm.
CMS is a founding member of PRIME, an organisation formed by various UK law firms committed to improving access to the legal profession.
Our work experience is designed for school and college students who might think a career in law is out of reach. This programme is here to prove it is not.
We will show you what’s possible, letting you experience how our legal practice works and the role you could play with us in the future.
During the programme, you will develop skills that all employers look out for, not just those in the legal profession. This happens through:
Following the one-week programme, candidates will continue their legal journey through a sustained programme of support. CMS will offer:
Applications for our 2023 programme will open in 2023. To register your interest for future opportunities please click here.
Your five days of work experience will be packed with opportunities to learn, discover, and meet new people. It is your chance to lay the foundations for a future career in law. Following successful completion of the work experience, you will then enter a sustained programme of support with ongoing mentoring, workshops and events.
CMS will offer springboard support for any future applications you make to the Solicitor Apprenticeship or First Steps Programmes.
Get to know what makes CMS tick and how our lawyers help all kinds of clients.
You will spend time with colleagues across the firm who will show you what life is really like at CMS.
You will take part in workshops and insight sessions designed to enhance skills required for the world of work.
You will receive £275 on completion of the five-day work experience.
Upon completion of the work experience programme you will have access to our CMS mentoring platform and ongoing support. You can also apply for our Apprenticeship or First Steps programmes.
In order to apply for a CMS Connect work placement, you must meet the following qualifying criteria (please note the more criteria you meet, the more likely you are to be offered a place on the programme):
You’re in either:
Year 12 (England & Wales) or S5 (Scotland)
At a state school
You’re attending, and have attended from aged 11, a state-funded, non-fee-paying school/college
You must also meet one or more of the following
Note: young people who meet the local authority care criteria do not need to meet any other criteria.
Interested in applying?
Applications for our 2023 programme will open in 2023. To register your interest for future opportunities please click here.
An opportunity for us to start to get to know you, your educational background, work experience and interests and why you are interested in a career with CMS.
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