A Career In Corporate Law
Qualifications
To be a lawyer, one needs to be a qualified in the field of law. To be a graduate in law, it takes four years in undergraduate school and three years’ specialization in law through a law school. In this case, specialization would be i n corporate law. To practice law, you need a license. To get the license, you first need to pass the bar exam – an examination that will test your knowledge, character and attitude. After the test, students are then recruited by law firms.
Junior Corporate Associate
As a junior corporate lawyer, you will be learning things the hard way. As a junior corporate associate, you have to do the grunt work of organizing documents, faxing, proofreading, copying, scheduling meetings, etc. In addition to these, the junior associate also has various other duties. These duties can be classified into various categories such as drafting contracts and conducting reviews, preparing filings, due diligence and writing of memoranda. A lot of a junior associates’ time is spend doing research work. A lot of trial and error work goes on into drafting contracts, security disclosure statements and corporate resolutions – and these are things that are not necessarily taught in law school. The junior associate, at times, has to spend a lot of time proofreading.
