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Trainee programs
We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious law students who are genuinely interested in the law field to learn and to develop towards a lawyer. As a trainee, you get to work on versatile tasks.
The part-time internship period lasts about 12 months and the interns have an average of 2-3 work shifts per week.
Training is a strong part of our culture. We organise a lot of internal trainings, which contribute to increasing our interns' professional skills and understanding of the legal profession as a whole.
The hierarchy in our office is very low, and our students really are a part of Merilampi and our everyday life. The long internship period enables an in-depth orientation program, a comprehensive introduction to the legal profession and learning from respected experts in various legal fields.
The internship is easy to combine with studies, because agreeing work shifts among the interns according to the study and exam situation brings flexibility to the schedules. Good fringe benefits also apply to all our interns.
Junior Trainees play a central role in the day-to-day running of our office. Duties include various running matters of the office and messenger tasks, taking care of our conference rooms, working at our office reception, various customer service tasks and assisting our assistant pool. In this role, you will get to know the practical everyday life of a law firm.
- you are proactive, meticulous and reliable
- you want to get to know the everyday life of a law firm and gain work experience in the field
- you have good teamwork skills
- you communicate fluently in Finnish and English
- you have good information search and IT skills
- you are a law student in the early stage of your studies
Our Trainee-program is aimed at law students who are in the final stages of their studies. As a trainee, you play a central role as an assistant in different assingments and you get to do interesting and versatile business law work for different practice groups.
You are involved in preparing legal documents, you do information search and translation work in various assignments. You follow the preparation and changes of laws and their effects on our and our customers' operations. You also prepare newsletters for our lawyers and support the knowledge management function of our office. You get your own tutor to support you.
You are suitable as a Trainee if:
- you have an uncompromising attitude to work
- you are interested in showing your skills and developing into an expert in demanding business law
- thoroughness, proactivity, self-initiative and good communication skills are a strong part of you
- you communicate fluently in Finnish and English
- you have good information search and IT skills
- you are a law student in the final stages of your studies
Open Trainee Positions
See our open trainee positions below. Outside application periods, we accept open applications.
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Merilampi case
Merilampi Case is a moot court competition organised by Merilampi Attorneys, in which the participants work in pairs to resolve a realistic client assignment. Merilampi Case is aimed at law students.
