Vacation Scheme Student Review
by Herbert Smith Freehills
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
5.0
- 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 Herbert Smith Freehills
- 7. Would you recommend Herbert Smith Freehills to a friend?
- 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Herbert Smith Freehills
Overview
I experienced two different teams across the two weeks. During each week you will sit with a supervisor in their office and be assigned a trainee buddy within the same team. Your supervisor, and potentially others in the team, will get you involved with their work where possible; for example, legal research tasks and due diligence. There were also opportunities to join meetings for some very exciting matters in the news!
Skills
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Business Insight
Supervisors and trainee buddies were very engaging and prepared to put time aside to speak in detail about their work and careers, despite their own busy schedules. This provided great opportunities to learn about very specialised areas of legal practice and about the way in which their careers have grown at the firm, and the support available. Alongside this were a significant number of talks about the firm's offerings, including by very senior individuals.
Culture
Clearly a firm full of hardworking and capable individuals, including the lawyers and all of the support staff, with a culture of excellence. Despite this high standard of work being achieved there was a genuinely warm atmosphere, not just represented by the way I was treated as a student considering a career there, but by the way current employees interacted with each other. Office doors were open and people were comfortable coming in for chats.
Your Impressions
Thoroughly enjoyed. My experience at the firm confirmed everything my research had indicated: particularly about the quality of work on offer and the positive culture. Experienced partners, even the CEO, made themselves available to meet with and talk at lengths with us, in groups and individually, illustrating the value put on the vacation scheme students during our two weeks.
Yes
Have a genuine understanding of what the firm does and how it is distinguished from its competitors. Not only will this inform your understanding of which firm will suit you best - and City commercial law firms do vary A LOT - but you will be in a better position to demonstrate to those you meet on the scheme why you want to join HSF, should this be the firm you decide suits your career goals.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Legal/Law
London
April 2024
