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<blockquote data-quote="ironspears45" data-source="post: 158295" data-attributes="member: 32139"><p>Just some background, I am a 2nd year non-law student applying to a few vac schemes, first year insight schemes and open days this application cycle. Over the summer I spent a week at a national, corporate law firm, but it would be a stretch to call this an internship as it was so short-term and a large amount of shadowing rather than hands-on work.</p><p></p><p>I have been looking into fixed contract paralegal work for over the summer as I do not expect to get a summer vacation scheme this year and feel like I need some more understanding of what a commercial solicitor does. I applied to Flex Legal and have already been rejected and I'm struggling to find any paralegal opportunities that take non-law students or those without any paralegalling experience. </p><p></p><p>If anyone knows of anywhere I could find paralegal opportunities I would be eligible for then that would be great, but if not, does anyone have any suggestions of others way to gain some legal/business experience as a non-law student? </p><p></p><p>Is my best bet cold-emailing for informal internships at local firms or looking for business operations internships?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ironspears45, post: 158295, member: 32139"] Just some background, I am a 2nd year non-law student applying to a few vac schemes, first year insight schemes and open days this application cycle. Over the summer I spent a week at a national, corporate law firm, but it would be a stretch to call this an internship as it was so short-term and a large amount of shadowing rather than hands-on work. I have been looking into fixed contract paralegal work for over the summer as I do not expect to get a summer vacation scheme this year and feel like I need some more understanding of what a commercial solicitor does. I applied to Flex Legal and have already been rejected and I'm struggling to find any paralegal opportunities that take non-law students or those without any paralegalling experience. If anyone knows of anywhere I could find paralegal opportunities I would be eligible for then that would be great, but if not, does anyone have any suggestions of others way to gain some legal/business experience as a non-law student? Is my best bet cold-emailing for informal internships at local firms or looking for business operations internships? [/QUOTE]
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