Day in my Life as a Corporate Lawyer [What I REALLY Do as a Trainee]

“What do corporate lawyers actually do?“ is a question I asked myself tons before starting out as a trainee solicitor at Clifford Chance. I’d obviously watched Suits and seen how much of a boss Mike Ross was when working with Harvey, and wondered whether I would feel even remotely like Mike when working with my supervisor 🤔 So I decided to spend my coffee breaks explaining what I actually do in a day as a trainee corporate lawyer. How bad are the hours really? Are there parts of the job that are boring? And do I have any kind of work-life balance? Hopefully this is a pretty representative insight into what a day working at a firm like Clifford Chance looks like - obviously it’s just one day, and some days are longer, some shorter, some busier, and some less busy. But this hopefully gives you a decent idea 😀 If we’re completely honest, for most people who go into corporate law, excitement, money and the chance to be at the heart of huge business deals IS w