Norton Rose Fulbright trainees have produced an award-worthy film about a
law student dreaming that he works at the
firm.
Created to encourage applications, the five minute movie was written by trainees and stars employees from the Johannesburg office. For those unable or unwilling to watch the
video, RoF has pulled out the key moments. It opens
in a boring law lecture.
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Unlike his friend, Bob the goth had a keen interest in right to light legislation
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After being mocked by his friends for leering at a female student, our hero plugs in
his headphones and falls asleep.
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The perfect candidate
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In his dream, he is amazed to discover that he is now a Norton Rose
Fulbright solicitor, complete with flash suit and fat watch.
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"Brilliant. Usually I'm not wearing any trousers or pants at this point"
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He finds that he has a spacious office all to himself and relaxes in a massive chair. And then, because dreams offer the chance to journey into the wildest realms of the subconscious, he flicks through photographs of Norton Rose Fulbright's offices.
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Best dream ever
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But there is some dream logic. Instead of enduring months of cancelled plans and greasy takeaways at his desk, he simply swivels in his chair and appears in the middle of a completion meeting. Although when it's revealed that the lawyer is centre stage at a press conference with the firm's name up in lights, it becomes apparant that this may be the marketing department's dream, not his.
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Norton Rosetinted Fulbright
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At a celebratory drinks party afterwards he meets his crush and whisks her off in a Mercedes. Which is where most dreams begin. Instead, before it gets x-rated, he wakes up.
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"It was all just a dream...wait, what's this?"
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Spurred on by his branded pen and despite finding law so boring that he openly listens to music in lectures, he fishes out a Norton Rose Fulbright application form. After all, that was a nice Merc.
A member of the firms's South
African graduate recruitment team told RollOnFriday, “
Our trainee population
is important to us and this film was a project driven and scripted by
our trainees to speak to the local student market”, before falling into a deep sleep haunted by dreams of giant oranges chasing her with questions. For an alternative look at life inside a law firm, check out
Slaughter and May's vintage video tour
from 1981.
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I am sure the people responsible for this have the right intentions - but, really, doesn't a global firm need to vet these things before they are published?
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