Decisions that will impact the course of your entire life are no easy feat. They require extensive thinking, the making of hundreds of pros-and-cons lists and countless conversations. When it comes to making a decision about a career path many teenagers are left with an uncomfortable sense of anxiety. “What if I choose a field that I won’t enjoy later?” “What is corporate life like?” is echoed through the halls of high school every single day. Law has always been a pathway that interested me, so being able to complete Work Experience with Freedman & Gopalan has been an important milestone in the process of career selection.
Throughout the four days I spent working with the kind and patient staff of Freedman & Gopalan, I completed tasks such as archiving, writing articles, organizing files and creating chronologies. These tasks, while they seem mundane, were quite eye-opening to what working as a Solicitor is like. You can’t expect every week and every day to be filled with non-stop exciting work.
While I can’t guarantee that I will end up as a Lawyer in the future, I can certainly thank the staff at Freedman & Gopalan for being generous enough to show me the process of what working in a law firm looks like. The staff at the firm are some of the nicest people I’ve met, and their exceptional professionalism only increased my aspirations to become a Lawyer. Specifically, I want to thank Jasmine for being so tolerant with me and helping me understand each task I undertook.
The decision-making process of career selection is nerve-wracking and clouded with doubts. Whether it is one point added to the pros-column of a list, or the last argument needed to make the final decision – every piece of knowledge about a profession counts. So, a big thank you to the staff of Freedman & Gopalan for the wonderful educational week of Work-Experience!
If you or someone you know wish to gain some work experience at a law firm, then please do not hesitate to contact us on 02 8999 9809.