Vacation scheme student Review
by Taylor Wessing
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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About You
4.5
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The Company
4.8
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Everything Else
5.0
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
Fantastic insight into life at the firm, the work that is involved as a trainee, the people who work there from secretary to partner and several enjoyable events and excursions.
I gained access to two seats whilst at the firm where I was assigned an associate supervisor and a trainee mentor. I was quickly introduced and made to feel very welcome in the departments. By the end of each week I had received some form of work or advice from every member of each team so I really felt like I was involved and part of the team.
There were daily meetings about various areas of the firm and different departments. In addition, despite going through a transition regarding their graduate recruitment team, the grad rec partners and staff really put in the effort to ensure our time was running smoothly. Any issues that arose were dealt with efficiently and all queries we had were answered immediately.
There is literally no better way to work out if a career in law as a solicitor is suited to you than to complete a vacation scheme. It provides you with information and insight about the culture of a firm, the work they do, the clients they work with and the tasks they complete in a way that law fairs, websites and books simply cannot match.
The Company
As aforementioned, there were a serious of insight meetings with various departments, and a timetable provided on the first day for the whole time period. We also had a timetable on our computers which was frequently updated to keep us informed.
Really friendly firm, partners approachable, associates and trainees very welcoming and friendly and the schemers were a really good, fun, interesting bunch!
group exercise which was assessed at the end of the scheme. Really enjoyable and good test of team work and time management. In addition, there were several department presentations.
Were actually given trainees task to do. The trainees often delegated and then only made slight alterations before sending the work out.
see above.
it did help me decide.
Everything Else
I was paid.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Legal/Law
London
September 2014
