Itnwas only a day long but gave a brilliant insight into all aspects of the firm including leisure food and the culture of the firm
The opportunity to visit the firm and the sessions that were organised were fantastic
AO organised a open day specifically focused on first years This insight was one of the best I have had into the world of commercial law and the legal career I would recommend all first year law and nonlaw students to apply to this if the want to lear
Tiring and stressful because of the possibility of getting a training contract but great work experience met some fantastic people and generally had a really fun week or so
I found that there was a good balance between the scheduled talks on different practice areas and time at our desks for actual work for our trainers The talks on practice areas and on other aspects of the firm were largely welldelivered and speakers w
Very structured so as to ensure that the scheme was as informative as possible while also being as enjoyable as possible
Overall disappointing At best both I and the firm had bad scheme fatigue Either the firm is overhyped or they inadvertently were brutally honest about trainee life Worst offence was a complacency that by virtue of being on the scheme our default fi
People were mostly friendly and I enjoyed the work
Quite often didnt have much work to do
very enjoyable
Very enjoyable the people at the firm as well as the students on the scheme were all friendly The work was generally interesting and the scheme was a useful way of coming to understand AO
Found the firm a lot less friendly than I expected Their marketing and the reality are two different entities
It was enjoyable
Having been nervous before starting I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the placement both the work and the people were great and I was genuinely sad to leave
