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Amy Moderate
Department for Transport (DfT)
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Profession: Trainee Solicitor
Academic History: History
BA, Law LLB
GLS History:
1st Seat:DfT Rail Contracts Division,
2nd Seat: TSol MOD Personal Injury Team
3rd Seat: DfT Marine Division
Why should candidates consider the DfT for their training contract / pupillage?
Before joining DfT I thought of transport as a narrow field. This is not
the case. Since joining the department I have been struck by the broad
range of interesting legal work. Trainees usually complete three seats
within the department and a litigation seat in another department, normally
the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. Pupils normally do a stint
in Chambers. The seats are normally structured to enable trainees/pupils
to get experience of advisory case work, international law and Statutory
Instrument drafting. Much of the Department’s work involves European
and international law, particularly the work of the Marine and Aviation
teams. The department is involved in preparation of both primary and secondary
legislation which trainees have the opportunity to be involved in. There
is also the opportunity to gain experience in commercial law which is
relatively unusual within the GLS.
What type of work have you been involved
in recently?
I have done a casework seat in the Rail Contracts team at DfT during which
I drafted and amended commercial contracts and was involved in a large
scale rolling stock transaction. I provided advice on protection of one
of the Department’s trademarks and instructed counsel to provide
further advice on this issue. My litigation seat was at the Treasury Solicitor’s
Department where I was working on personal injury claims brought against
the Ministry of Defence. I am now in my third seat in Marine division
at DfT which is classed as my international seat. So far I have conducted
research into the application of a European Regulation to areas of domestic
legislation where DfT has responsibility, contributed to advice on a freedom
of information request, and I have attended a debate in the House of Lords
on the incorporation of an international convention into domestic law.
I will also have the opportunity to gain experience of drafting a Statutory
Instrument (SI) during this seat.
What’s been your best experience
since joining the GLS?
It is difficult to pick out a single best experience. I have enjoyed attending
Parliament and the work I have done so far on drafting an SI as I find
the process of law-making particularly interesting and I look forward
to having something I’ve contributed to on the statute book. I also
enjoyed the work I did on protecting the department’s trademarks
as this was a different area of law for me which I enjoyed researching.
Taking the lead on preparation of contract documents for one strand of
a rolling stock transaction was also particularly rewarding.
What do you hope to do after qualification?
I hope to remain with DfT on qualification. I enjoy the variety of advisory
work and the scope for researching new areas of law including considering
the application of European and international law. My favourite area of
work so far has been on the law-making side and there is an abundance
of this type of work in the Department.
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