Hi All,

My name is LM and I am a Corporate Associate at a global law firm. I am pleased to announce that I have joined the TCLA forum team. I have just commenced a sabbatical to pursue further study and wanted to take this opportunity to share my experiences so far in the industry.

I applied to several firms in 2017 while undertaking the GDL as a non-law student. Following successful vacation schemes across multiple firms (mostly US-headquartered, with some silver circle firms, including Vinson Elkins, BCLP and Shearman & Sterling), I commenced my training contract in 2018. During my training contract, I was fortunate enough to undertake an international secondment to the US and a client secondment to an infrastructure fund. In 2019, I accepted a position as an Associate in the Firm's Corporate department.

Please use this thread to ask me any questions relating to training contracts, secondments, the role of a Trainee or the role of an Associate.

Thank you all for reading and I...