It’s been a while since I last posted something here, sorry for that. Here comes a summarized update about what I’ve been up to since I left Sabanci University and Istanbul:
I left Turkey in the end of January 2011 (quite reluctantly… it was SO hard saying goodbye to my friends there!) and I started an internship in Stockholm right away. I got a position as Law Student Trainee at the law firm Hannes Snellman Attorneys, which lasted for 4 months. That was such a great experience! My main focus was on Transactions and I especially got to learn a lot about M&A and Banking and Finance. Although I’m not sure yet that will be my area of expertise in the future, it has really been outstanding to learn things that are “outside the book”. I mean, based on my studies on the law programme, I never really understood what, for instance, banking and finance lawyers actually did in their daily work. But now I do, and beeing a trainee is probably the best way of finding out before you graduate.
After the Law Student Trainee Programme at Hannes Snellman ended, I moved across the street to MAQS Law Firm‘s office. I’m currently holding a position as summer trainee there, which will last till July 8. My main focus at MAQS is Transportation and Maritime, which means that I’m assisting in cases that have a connection to transported goods. It’s very interesting and challenging since, again, I’ve never done anything like that before. But you never learn it if you doesn’t try it… And so far so good! :)
After finishing my summer internship at MAQS, I will move to Oslo, Norway, to take master courses in law at UiO. This is made possible because of the Nordplus exchange programme, which in turn is the result of a Nordic regional cooperation. I love the idea of cooperation across national borders, and I’m very happy about becoming an exchange student again. Although I lived in Oslo summer of 2008, I’m really looking forward to get to know the city better and to make more international friends :)
On top of all this, I was elected vice president of the non-profit organization Föreningen Nordens ungdomsförbund (FNUF), which is super exciting and means that I’m becoming more involved in the organization’s future plans.
So, to sum it up, it has been a quite hectic but VERY interesting spring. I’m feeling very privileged to have been given all these opportunities and now I’ll do my best to make the most of my experiences in the future.
