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First Steps to Law

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Work with our E&I and IPMT teams to deliver Hogan Lovells expertise to our clients.

At Hogan Lovells, our one constant has always been that we embrace change. It is what has moulded the firm we are today and what shapes the firm will be tomorrow. The one that finds strength in breadth, makes good on promises to society and champions our people, all the way through to partnership. Established, but never static. Elite, but never elitist. Global, but still personal. We are a firm who are building on our heritage to drive, decide and define the future. In all kinds of unexpected ways.

Defined by Difference is our shared belief across our firm, our teams bring together a diversity of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds, and support each other to be our best. We believe that everyone should have access to the legal sector, regardless of their background. That is why we are delighted to introduce the very first virtual job simulation that provides both an insight into working at a commercial law firm, how we work with our clients, and the work you would do as an in-house lawyer.

The programme is open to everyone but aimed at students at school or in their first year of university. You will gain both technical and soft skills which are essential to a career in commercial law as well as a deeper understanding of two key practice areas: Energy and Infrastructure (E&I), and Intellectual Property, Media and Technology (IPMT). E&I tasks include pitching to a hypothetical multinational client, reviewing a draft loan agreement, and executing a document. For IPMT tasks, Hogan Lovells is partnering with and showcasing a real client, Vodafone. In a hypothetical scenario, students will advise Vodafone on potential grounds for making a trademark infringement claim and explain trademark registrations to Vodafone’s in-house counsel.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 6-7 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Pitch to a multinational energy client
    Help the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects team pitch to a multinational energy company who are looking for legal advisors for a major new development.

    • Commercial Awareness
    • Customer Focus
    • Critical Thinking
  • Review a draft Loan Agreement
    Review a draft loan agreement for your client, Hyperion Power Plc, and provide your supervisor with a mark-up.

    • Attention to Detail
    • Document Drafting
    • Problem Identification
  • Executing a document
    Draft an email to your client advising them on the options they have for signing the building contract.

    • Legal Research
    • Critical Thinking
    • Email Communication
  • Advise Vodafone on a potential IP infringement
    Advise Vodafone on the grounds for making a trade mark infringement claim and the likelihood of their success.

    • Attention to Detail
    • Email Communication
    • Critical Thinking
  • Explain trade mark registrations to your client
    Phone in-house counsel at Vodafone to explain the high-level points on trade mark registrations.

    • Verbal Communication
    • Critical Thinking
    • Customer Focus
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Are you looking to use real-time job market data to make informed decisions about your future career path, explore relevant salary data, or identify the skills you need to build or market to get your next role? Use the following tool to explore your options.

There are two ways to navigate this tool:

  1. Keyword Search: Search for the title of the job you’re looking to pursue, or skills you may have that could be relevant for a particular career path.
  2. Narrow Down by Industry + Occupation: If you have a general sense of the industry you’d like to pursue, you can narrow down the occupations within a given industry to help you decide.
Find career data by selecting keywords Keyword Search
or, by filtering for industry and occupation Industry Search

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

  • 01 Occupation Description
  • 02 Employment Trends
  • 03 Top Employers
  • 04 Education Levels
  • 05 Annual Earnings
  • 06 Technical Skills
  • 07 Core Competencies
  • 08 Job Titles

Occupation Description

Employment Trends

The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.

Top Employers

These companies are currently hiring for .

    Education Levels

    The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.

    Annual Earnings

    Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.

    Technical Skills

    A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.

      Core Competencies

      The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.

        Job Titles

        A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.

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