My wedding day seems to have reflected how my last six months have gone here at Brabners, great time but all happening far too quickly! Without really blinking I had completed my second seat in Private Client and now have started my third seat this week in our Litigation department, which I am very excited to be in. I will be sat with one of the senior Partners in the team, Mark Manley who has a great reputation throughout the City and has many high profile clients. Mark specialises in defamation, privacy, breach of confidence actions and pre-publication advice for newspapers, radio stations, publishers and other broadcasters, which given my background is exactly what floats my boat so to speak, so I am hoping to learn a lot from him in the next six months!

This week is a particularly busy week because our new first year trainees have started and now as a second year, we each have a first year to look after and act as "Mentors", which basically involves showing them the ways of working in the firm and to answer any questions or concerns they may have. It only feels like yesterday when I had a mentor!

I have also been down to my old University, John Moores talking to the LPC students offering them career advice and tips on drafting their CV, interview skills and overcoming the dreaded Assessment Centres. I love anything like that and was happy to help as I have several years experience in that field from my old career. I am also involved with a company called www.personal-mentoring.com, which does exactly that kind of thing, offering career advice to students so it seemed to have been well received. My main advise to all the students was if they are successful in obtaining a training contract, give it 100% and immerse yourself within the firm so you get to know as many people there as possible.

Also this week Brabners Chaffe Street is hosting the Annual European Lawyers Conference, which is based here at Horton House and the Radisson Hotel. With around 100 delegates from all over Europe it is an exciting time to showcase our firm and the City as a whole. A few of the second year trainees have been asked to "host" a group and are under strict instructions not to lose any high profile delegates along the way...So I will make sure I get them home at a reasonable hour and out of Newz bar before last orders!

So the next six months promises to be a challenging but interesting time ahead, pretty much like this week!

It’s been a while since my last blog because I haven’t had a minute to myself. My first seat is now over and the first six months of my training contract spent in employment has now finished. I loved every minute of my time in Employment, from really enjoyed working with all the people to the varied workload.