Linklaters partners with The University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School to launch its 2023 legal internship program

Linklaters has partnered with The University of the West Indies – St. Augustine and Mona campuses (UWI) and the Norman Manley Law School to once again offer its Virtual Legal Research Internship program in Winter 2023. The three-week paid internship is designed to help students from UWI’s Law Faculties (UWI Mona and UWI St Augustine) and the Norman Manley Law School prepare for a career in the legal industry.

Interns will work alongside Linklaters’ lawyers and business teams to develop legal and business skills through work across a variety of research and writing projects. They will also be provided with mentors from one of the firm’s many commercial practices.

Dr. Timothy Affonso, Faculty of Law Dean (Acting), University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, commented, “

This continued partnership between Linklaters and the Faculty of Law at the UWI, St. Augustine Campus, is exciting and rewarding. Our students get the opportunity to see the practical application of law and learn from some of the best lawyers in their respective fields. This greatly enhances our students' experience and makes them truly global citizens."

Dr. Natalie Corthésy, Associate Dean Outreach and Continuing Legal Education, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, added,

“The internship program collaboration between Mona Law and Linklaters is a game changer. Under the tutelage of practitioners at Linklaters, students will not only be afforded a unique opportunity to garner experience working in an international legal fraternity; it will also heighten their appreciation of the practice on law, and their vocation beyond the academy.”

Ms. Carol Aina, Principal of the Norman Manley Law School commented,

"The Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) is pleased to announce its partnership with Linklaters to offer to students an international internship experience with a magic circle law firm. The opportunity for this internship by NMLS students will expose them to practice in a global and international context and will undoubtedly enure to the benefit of all the parties.”

Jivaan Bennett, Linklaters associate (Dispute Resolution (London/D.C.)), commented,

“We are determined to make a positive impact in the markets in which we operate. Linklaters recognises that talent knows no geographical boundaries and the Caribbean is home to many talented legal minds. Through this opportunity, students can experience life at a global law firm while building professional networks that will prepare them for a legal career, be that in the Caribbean or beyond.”

This is the second consecutive year Linklaters has worked with UWI to offer the Virtual Legal Research Internship program and the first year it partners with the Norman Manley Law School.

The University of the West Indies is a public research university with four physical campuses located in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of the region and the wider world.

The Norman Manley Law School, situated in Jamaica, is one of three law schools operated by the Council of Legal Education, which has the mandate to deliver vocational legal education in the English-speaking Caribbean.