Virtual work experience

The aim of the virtual work experience programme is to widen access to legal work experience to a diverse range of students and provide a unique insight into law and Kennedys.

The programme gives you the opportunity to complete legal work experience virtually, completing real life tasks created by our own trainees and apprentices. Throughout the programme, you will gain legal analytical skills, develop legal knowledge of the insurance industry, and learn critical legal communication, research, and drafting skills that will help set you up for your future career in law.

Work experience tasks

There are four tasks that you will need to complete from each of our core practice areas of insurance, liability, healthcare and commercial. See below for further insight into what the work experience tasks involve.

The programme takes around six hours and can be completed at your own pace.

Once complete, you will receive a certificate that you can reference on your CV.

Entry requirements

Our programme is free and open to all students and graduates, from a law or non-law background and no legal experience is required. As the programme is virtual, the work experience can be completed at your own pace from any location. 

Virtual careers insight events

As a further incentive for signing up to the programme, our early careers team run a number of careers insight events throughout the year discussing the opportunities we offer and the recruitment process.

Students will also hear from trainees at Kennedys about working for a global law firm and receive tips on what they need to demonstrate when they apply for a trainee position.

If you are interested in applying for a role at Kennedys, visit our early careers page, or take a look at our current vacancies to find out more about our opportunities.

Register for our virtual work experience here.