8.50am: I arrive at the office slightly earlier than usual because I am attending a morning knowledge meeting with the employment team. I head to my desk, grab a coffee and review the legal updates that we will be discussing at the meeting. I quickly check my emails and see that a partner in the corporate department has asked me to incorporate a company and draft a shareholder resolution adopting some bespoke articles of association. I write a response to let the partner know that I will be dealing with this after the meeting and make a note of it in my diary.

9.00am: I go to the knowledge meeting where the team discusses some recent cases over coffee and biscuits. Because employment law is constantly changing, the team holds these meetings every month. I prepared a pack of legal updates before the meeting with another trainee in the department, and it is interesting to discuss the legal developments with the rest of the team and think about their impact on our clients.

9.45am: When the meeting is over, I go back to my desk and carefully read through the instructions that I received earlier this morning. It will be the first time that I have incorporated a company, so I have a chat with a junior solicitor in the department about the firm's usual procedures before I start. I then set about incorporating the company using an online incorporation service.

10.30am: I have just begun drafting the shareholder resolution when another partner in the corporate department asks me to attend a meeting with a client at another firm's offices close by. I fetch my jacket and walk the short distance down New Bond Street to meet the client. It is very common for trainees at Boodle Hatfield to have direct contact with clients, and although this can be daunting at first you quickly get used to it. I then head back to the office and dictate a note of the meeting for the file.

1.00pm: Some of the other trainees invite me out for lunch, so we walk over to a local cafe for a chat. Because the trainee intake at Boodle Hatfield is quite small I have got to know the other trainees very well, and they are a great source of support.

2.00pm: I head back to the office to finish off the shareholder resolution that I was drafting earlier. After proofreading it, I give it to a partner to check before sending it to the client, along with some instructions explaining how and when it should be signed.

4.00pm: I receive an email from my supervisor asking me to do some urgent research on a point of insolvency law. The client needs to know the answer to the problem by the following morning, so I immediately begin to look into the problem using both paper-based and online resources. I then draft a memo to my supervisor setting out the law and summarising what our client's next steps should be, before discussing what I have found with him.

6.30pm: The firm's netball team plays in an amateur league on Wednesdays, and we have a game tonight. I travel to the netball courts with the rest of the team and, after a close game, we manage to earn a hard-fought victory. Afterwards, I go for a celebratory drink with the rest of the team to discuss tactics for the following week's game.