Personally Injured

I travelled to work this morning feeling surprisingly neutral. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to be nervous! All week/month, people have been asking me if I was nervous to be starting, and all week/month I have been replying "No, but I'm sure I will be soon!". In reality, I headed into those offices feeling more excited than anything.

All the new trainees I had met previously had been extremely pleasant, as had the partners and support staff. I thought it had just been luck but actually it seems like pretty much everyone at the firm is nice! The more I learn about the firm and the people there, the more confident I am that it was exactly where I want to be. So glad I didn't go into commercial law (though I'm sure commercial lawyers are nice too... sometimes).

The morning consisted of an induction detailing the requirements of the training contract and how the firm intends to teach us all the skills I need to know. It was fairly standard stuff and I think all us trainees came out of it content and ready.... for lunch! Yes, I was very hungry by this point. My coco pops breakfast hadn't proved sufficient. Tomorrow I will throw in some toast for good measure.

So all the trainees went out for lunch and at this point I really felt we were all starting to gel. I also realised that we would probably not see each other that much at work because we all have our own supervisors and work on different cases. Regardless, we are the newbies, the ducklings desperately flapping to stay afloat in the Atlantic, and I think that gives us reason enough to stick together!

We returned to the office and I was then taken to meet my supervisor and led to my desk for the next 6 months. I had a big pack of BUSINESS CARDS with my name on! How exciting!! Then I had a long chat with my supervisor and she, like everyone else, is very nice. She has given me a number of documents which detail the procedural side of personal injury at the firm. I also had a plethora of human resources things to work my way through.

I'd like to have put some more thought into this post, but I have a bunch of things to read through (such as the training contract itself, which I need to sign!) so I must end it here. I doubt I'll have time to update this blog daily, but I'm aiming to write at least once a week. See you soon!