Internships, Mentoring and Job Fair

Internship Program

The Summer Law Institute – Executive Education Training Program includes a broad offer of internships in China, Europe and other countries for the youngest participants, as well as job offers for the professionals and executive participants.

Participants to the Summer Program can have access to the internship program whenever it is best for them accordingly to their own study and professional commitments. The Team of the Summer Law Institute – Executive Education Training Program will try to arrange the internship period taking in consideration such commitments.

Thanks to the summer program students and professionals will have the opportunity to undertake a work experience within companies, institutions and law firms abroad. Hence, they will have the chance to put into practice their organizational capacities and analytical skills, and to study and experience the local economic and cultural realities.

Since the very first edition of the Summer Institute in China in 2006, all participants have become part of a network of Alumni and have continuously received internships or job offers on a weekly/monthly basis.

Indeed, some participants to the past editions started their internships immediately after the end of the Summer Program, while others even several years later.

In the past, Summer Program participants who requested an internship were always able to get one and have undertaken internships at institutions like the European Union Delegation in Beijing, the European Commission in Brussels, IPR Desk in Beijing (Italian Trade Commission Beijing Branch), the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China (CCIC) in Beijing, Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO) in Bruxelles, AXA MPS in Dublin; Franzosi dal Negro Pensato Setti, Attorneys at Law, Milan Branch and Beijing Branch; Studio Legale Lega Colucci, Milan Branch; Milan Chamber of Commerce in Milan; Orrick Law Firm in Milan; S.J Berwin LLP; Nunziante Magrone Law Firm; the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy of Berlin.

Individual Mentoring and Job Fair

Participants of the Summer Law Institute are provided with individual mentoring sessions in order to prepare the interviews and the applications (review of the CVs, motivation letters and essays) for the internships and jobs they intend to apply for. During the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 editions, several mock interviews and real job fair/interviews have been held by the coordinator and the teaching assistants. For the 2020 edition, the organizers are planning similar events and trainings.

Therefore all participants will be provided with one-to-one interviews to discuss their professional interests and to plan their future study and job experiences accordingly. For young graduates and professionals, sessions of mentoring are scheduled also to receive advice on how to further develop their professional career in potential new directions or participate to networking activities.