Where can I find a trainee lawyer?

It is difficult to pass the law exam, and students who want to enter the legal profession will go to the internship law firm at this time. So how do you find an internship firm? How to judge whether a law firm or guidance lawyer is reliable? I had the same problem when I was looking for an internship firm. When I was looking for a law firm, I almost read the experience posts of Zhihu and Bi Li. Based on the experience of Zhihu and the great gods, and the author's experience, this paper summarizes the experience of finding an internship law firm and shares it with those in need. In advance, this article is for reference only, please make a choice according to your actual situation. Welcome to friendly exchanges.

Second, the way to find an internship law firm

1, the Provincial Lawyers Association and the Municipal Lawyers Association generally have recruitment information in official website;

2. Obtain recruitment information by searching the media of law firms or lawyers, including but not limited to official website and WeChat official accounts. By the way, learn about law firms or lawyers from the media;

3. Ask the school teachers, brothers and sisters, friends and relatives from all walks of life if there are any law firms or lawyers to recruit people, and get to know the situation of law firms or lawyers by the way. This way is generally easier to find a law firm or lawyer who recruits people directly;

4. Call the law firm or lawyer directly and ask if you want to recruit people. The telephone number can be found in official website, a law firm, or official website, a bar association.

5. Recruitment of major online recruitment platforms.

Three, the method of background investigation of law firms or lawyers

1. Search the judgment documents of law firms or team lawyers through the judgment document network or other search tools, and investigate the team level;

2. Learn about the law firm or team lawyers from the media, including but not limited to the law firm official website and WeChat official account.

3. Search the establishment year of the law firm through official website of the Lawyers Association, and compare it with other law firms with the same establishment year to understand the development of the law firm;

4. Go to the Justice Bureau or official website of the Lawyers Association, check the list of interns before this law firm, and then check whether the practice law firms of these interns stay in their original offices or change to new ones, so as to judge whether a law firm is worth waiting for a long time (this is shared by online experience posts, but it is difficult to operate).

Four. Preparation before interview 1. Resume: It is best to have a one-page resume, clearly stating personal information, skills certificate, academic experience, work experience, self-evaluation, etc. In addition to the legal professional qualification certificate, the skill certificate can be written with a car driver's license or some certificates related to the business field of law firms and lawyers. Work experience Try to write legal-related work experience, and work experience in a law firm is preferred. However, people who have worked in a law firm may be asked why they left their last firm during the interview. At this time, don't spit out how bad their old boss is, which will greatly reduce the interviewer's goodwill. You can answer from two aspects: your career planning and the advantages of your new firm. Writing a sentence "I plan to develop in the lawyer industry for a long time" in my self-evaluation will attract a good impression and make you have a better career plan. After all, recruiters are most afraid of candidates changing their minds.

2. Interview image: It may not be a formal dress, but it should be a commuter dress, which looks more formal and not too casual. Try not to wear jewelry, gfd should be neat and decent, and it is more important to wear light makeup. Don't dye your hair too brightly, it will give people an unreliable and informal feeling, and black hair is the best. It's best for girls not to get their nails done when they go to the interview.

3. Locate the law firm in advance to avoid getting lost. Estimate the distance and time to interview the law firm. Arriving too early is not recommended, because the interviewer may have other plans, and arriving too early may disrupt the interviewer's work rhythm. Of course, you can't be late. Keep others waiting for you. It is more appropriate to be five to ten minutes earlier than the appointed time, so that you can reserve some adjustment time for yourself and give the interviewer some preparation time.

Fifth, the interview should understand the problem clearly.

1, how big is the law firm/team, what is its business scope, what is its main business, and how to divide its work (you can ask the interviewer to introduce the law firm/team);

2. Who is the guidance lawyer, what is the business scope of the guidance lawyer, and what is the main business (the guidance lawyer is probably one of the interviewers, and I feel whether the guidance lawyer can get along with each other from the interview);

3. What do interns mainly do and what is their working mode (who do they mainly serve, lawyers or the whole team; Whether it is necessary to station, and for how long; Whether it is necessary to explore the source of the case);

4. What is the salary system (whether there is a basic salary, whether there is a commission, and how many points the commission is), including the salary during the internship period and the internship period; Whether to buy social security, who will pay;

5. What is the frequency and intensity of overtime (whether it is necessary to work overtime frequently and how long it usually takes);

6. What is the management system and team operation of the law firm/team (a mature law firm or team will generally have a clear management system or operation mode)

7. How long is the probation period, and when will the trainee lawyer register (the number of registered places must be available, without waiting, and it is best to register directly under the name of the lawyer in the same team).

6. Matters needing attention when looking for an internship law firm

1. It is not very reliable not to see the core lawyer or partner during the recruitment interview. Generally speaking, when newcomers join, law firms or teams will be more cautious in selecting candidates, because they may work together for a long time after joining the company. If the core lawyer or partner does not participate in the interview at this time, how can we ensure that the new person is the one the team wants?

2. Don't hang up the certificate in a hurry. Try it for a period of time (about one or two months) first, and the two sides will observe each other, but the trial period can't be too long. There must be internship places, and there is no need to wait. The probation period is too long for the labor force in Bai Piao, and three months is the limit. It is always unreliable to prevaricate about the time of hanging the certificate. It is best to hang the certificate directly under the name of the same team lawyer. In fact, some lawyers recruit interns after less than five years of practice, and then ask interns to hang their internship certificates under the names of other lawyers with sufficient practice years. This situation may cause some unnecessary troubles in the follow-up, so be careful.

3. I often say that lawyers who have been practicing for many years are not reliable. A really good lawyer will not always talk about his many years of practice experience. In fact, some old lawyers who have been practicing for a long time only refer to the source of the case and do not work directly. Long practice years ≠ rich experience and strong working ability.

4, the law firm is not reliable and quickly runs away, such as PUA, sexual harassment, and too many wine bureaus. Girls carefully choose well-known lawyers as guidance lawyers, and there may be a lot of entertainment;

5. A good law firm or team salary system is perfect. If you are vague about the salary system during the interview, you should be careful, the salary is too low. A good team or guidance lawyer will not make you unable to guarantee your basic life.

6. It's a lie to do administrative work first. In reality, many small law firms or newly established law firms will let intern lawyers participate in administrative work because of insufficient manpower. You'd better ask clearly in the interview.

7. When choosing between two law firms, in principle, the one with high salary is better than the one with low salary, and the one with large salary is better than the one with small salary. Don't be fooled by "less money and more exercise opportunities" A stable income is very important, and the probability of standardization and stability is greater. However, big firms are not necessarily good. There are also some unreliable lawyers in big firms, and serious and responsible lawyers with strong professional ability in small firms. It depends on the specific situation, but you can refer to the above principles when choosing.

8. Recruiting interns on the recruitment platform all the year round, or recruiting many paralegals or interns (more than five) at a time, is often compared to a liar, which may be "cutting leeks".

9, away from the husband and wife's home, father and son's home and other family homes, management is often chaotic, and it is not your turn to benefit.

10, law firms with poor office environment should be carefully selected, and the degree of marketization is often low. When you go to a law firm for an interview, you can pay attention to the location of the law firm, the convenience of transportation around the law firm, the business environment around the law firm and the office environment where the law firm is located, so as to simply judge the degree of marketization of a law firm.

1 1. Stay away from law firms or lawyers who like PUA, talk about feelings and draw cakes, especially those who draw cakes for you during the interview.

12, don't ask substantive questions during the interview, and urge the law firm that wants you to work to be vigilant.

13. Have a sense of life boundary with the partners or guiding lawyers in the team. If the wine bureau always takes you to dinner, you should be careful when you are asked to do something personal.

14. Be cautious if the law firm or team you join specializes in a certain type of case or batch of cases. Because there is a stable source of cases, the salary given to trainee lawyers may be slightly higher than the market average salary. But only a single case can be contacted, which is not conducive to the accumulation of interns' work experience. Unless you really like doing this kind of cases and are willing to develop in this field for a long time, you should be cautious in choosing such a law firm or team.

15. Be cautious when signing a contract or service period of more than three years. After all, no one can say what will be too long in the future, and it will be difficult to jump ship if it is not appropriate later.

16, the newly established law firm should be carefully selected, because the rules and regulations of the newly established law firm are not perfect, and the management may be chaotic and arbitrary.

17. Be careful when asking yourself whether you have a case source or whether you are willing to open up a case source for the law firm.

Finally, I wish everyone can find a suitable internship law firm, have a pleasant and substantial internship with a reliable and interesting guidance lawyer, and learn real practice skills.