Bucharest, January 10th, 2012
VASS Lawyers, law firm specialized in public procurement, competition, litigation & arbitration, is launching a complex program of internship, training and private scholarships under the name of VASS Lawyers Academy. The program addresses all students in the second, third or fourth year of study from law faculties in Romania, who want to develop the necessary skills for a successful career in business law.
VASS Lawyers Academy will provide law students a practical perspective on the legal profession, being organized into three major parts: internships for Romanian and foreign students, training programs held by VASS Lawyers’ attorneys and a legal opinions competition that will lead to the award o fa private scholarship.
“We have undertaken the task of supporting future lawyers by organizing internships and trainings throughout the year 2012. This project allows us to put into practice an old goal – to support and reward the young talents”, Iulia Vass, Managing Partner VASS Lawyers.
The first part of the VASS Lawyers Academy program includes the organization of six internships for periods of two months, during March-April, July-August and October-November. The internship program will further be extended at international level. Thus, an internship will be dedicated exclusively to a foreign student in July-August 2012. The selection process will be organised in cooperation with ELSA –The European Law Students’ Association, the foreign trainee being selected through the Student Trainee Exchange Program (STEP).
“Offering possibilities that traditional legal education cannot provide, our association, in collaboration with VASS Lawyers, aims to contribute to educating/training good legal professionals, with experience in both the European legal environment and initiative”, Oana Varian, Vice President STEP, ELSA Bucharest.
Upon completion of the internships, depending on the results and the potential of each participant, VASS Lawyers will give the participants recommendation letters attesting the accumulated know-how, as well as the possibility of a long-term cooperation.
The training program generically called “Training Law Students for Real Life” will be organised by the VASS Lawyers team, at its headquarters, during March-April and October-November. The program is modular, including topics such as “How to draft a contract,” “How to draft a legal opinion” or “How to draft a claim”. These training sessions will be attended by groups of up to eight students selected by ELSA Bucharest, the two students in internship at the time being de plano participants.
Within the third major part of the VASS Lawyers Academy project, the law firm will offer a private scholarship to a law student in the second or third years of study. For his/her selection, VASS Lawyers will organise a competition of legal opinions in English, between the 16th of April and 14th of May 2012, on a subject from the field of public procurement and public-private partnerships. The winner will receive a scholarship of 200 Eur /month for the entire academic year 2012-2013.
The competition participation conditions and the selection criteria for the internship and training programs will be available both on the website www.vasslawyers.eu, Careers section, and the ELSA Bucharest website http://bucuresti.elsa.ro/.
About VASS Lawyers
VASS Lawyers is one of the most dynamic law firms on the Romanian legal market, offering its clients professional and competitive services in the fields of public procurement, public-private partnerships, commercial companies, employment, competition, real estate transactions, commercial contracts, immigration and litigation & arbitration.
VASS Lawyers won the appreciation of its competencies in the fields of public procurement and competition from the international forums. Thus, in2010, VASS Lawyers was chosen as the winner of the “Public Procurement Law Firm of the Year in Romania” award, by the Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award 2010, as well as by ACQ Country Awards 2010. The law firm is also recommended by the guide of world’s top lawyers – Global Law Experts – for public procurement in Romania.
VASS Lawyers team permanently informs its clients on relevant legal news in Romania and assists them with specialized consultancy services, at a national and European level, through partnerships concluded with other law firms. The firm publishes a blog dedicated exclusively to public procurement and public-private partnerships – www.avocat-achizitii-publice.ro.