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Location: United States
Experience Type: Virtual Experience
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Build your commercial awareness skills in a legal setting with Womble Bond Dickinson.

Welcome to the Womble Bond Dickinson Law programme – we are so excited to have you here! 

WBD provides the breadth of legal experience and services to meet our clients’ needs without losing the intimacy of being connected to our different communities. These strong local and regional ties enable us to remain close to our clients and the issues they care about.

With teams located across the US and the UK, and networks and relationships around the world, WBD brings an international perspective and extended jurisdictional reach to a wide range of client needs — a powerful combination that presents a compelling alternative to other firms.

In this programme, you’ll research and explore different roles available in law and learn how to craft a personal statement. Then, you’ll amend a commercial contract and prepare a business development pitch to gain an idea of the work that our lawyers encounter daily. 

We hope this programme helps upskill you in law and explore a potential career with us at WBD. 

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Find Your Perfect Role
    Research the different roles available at a law firm and align your skills

    • Commercial Awareness
    • Research Methods
    • Career Development
  • Your Personal Statement
    Develop a personal statement for the preferred role you identified

    • Writing Skills
    • Career Readiness
    • Commercial Awareness
  • Amend a Commercial Contract
    Draft a variation agreement to amend a client contract

    • Legal Drafting
    • Attention to Detail
    • Commercial Law
  • Prepare a Business Development Pitch
    Research and prepare a pitch to a client as part of the firm’s business development

    • Commercial Awareness
    • Business Development
    • Research
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

Sponsor
Womble Bond Dickinson
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P 559.278.2381
Email
careers@csufresno.edu
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Career Development Center
University Student Union, Room 306
5280 N. Jackson Ave, M/S SU61
Fresno, CA 93740

Career Service Hours

M Monday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
T Tuesday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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TH Thursday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
F Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Career Cafe Walk-In Hours 9am-3pm Daily

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Phone
P 559.278.2381
Email
careers@csufresno.edu
Address

Career Development Center
University Student Union, Room 306
5280 N. Jackson Ave, M/S SU61
Fresno, CA 93740

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