2022 Insight Programme Attendee Review
by DLA Piper
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Business Insight
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
- Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
- 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
- Please rate how insightful you found the insight
- How would you rate the structure of the insight
- How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
- 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the networking opportunities?
- Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
- 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at DLA Piper
- 7. Would you recommend DLA Piper to a friend?
- 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to DLA Piper
Overview
Attending talks from solicitors at the firm, ranging from trainees up to the CEO. Interacting workshops where you can showcase/ develop your legal skills/ analysis. Eating an impressive amount of food!
Skills
Absolutely. As a non-law Psychology student, I was able to develop the skill critical thinking of documents through the litigation simulation task.
Business Insight
This scheme offered an amazing insight into one of the largest law firms in the world, pulling back the curtains on a sector which may be unfamiliar to non-law students. The firm organised talks from employees from differing departments and so insight beyond the standard commerically-dominated sectors was provided. Hopefully the information provided by the firm will be useful in Vacation Scheme applications.
Culture
Very welcoming. Every speaker seemed thrilled to be there and speaking to a physical audience for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. The enthusiasm from each speaker rubbed off, I've left the scheme thinking I want to qualify in all of the departments! As far as enabling the attendees to break the ice, the management did a great job, by the end of the scheme people were very friendly.
Your Impressions
Greatly. Again as said earlier, this scheme offered an amazing opportunity to find out more about life in a law firm to a non-law student. Given the number of non-law students who attended and had the same opinion shows how well designed it was. The talks were interesting and the workshops engaging.
Yes
For this scheme, write about something relevant and you find interesting. I wrote mine about the energy crisis but others wrote about anti-monopoly policies in America. There isn't a correct thing to write about as long as it is relevant!
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Legal/Law
London
April 2022
