Nabarro Summer Vacation Scheme Review
by Nabarro (now CMS)
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
4.1
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The Company
4.6
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Everything Else
4.0
- 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
Having really enjoyed the assessment day, when I obtained a place on the scheme I thought I'd really enjoy my three weeks at Nabarro. The scheme has exceeded these expectations however, from day one we've all been made incredibly welcome within the firm and I've enjoyed all aspects of the scheme.
Grad recruitment, my buddy, my supervisors and everyone else within the organisation really does make you feel welcome. Partners are as welcoming as trainees so the firm avoids feeling hierarchical. It has been incredibly rewarding to see work that I have done for partners and associates really help them and ultimately help the firms continued success.
I received as much support as I required throughout the scheme. Whilst you are encouraged to use your own initiative and attempt to figure out situations for yourself, help is always provided should you be unsure of a particular point.
Difficult to say currently, however I feel the commercial slant of the work will stand me in good stead in my future career.
The Company
Grad Recruitment did an excellent job of putting together a diverse program of activities throughout the program. As such you are always kept busy with interesting and stimulating tasks.
The general atmosphere could be summed up by the phrase 'work hard play hard.' Everyone here works incredibly hard resulting in some outstanding work, however everyone also knows when to have a laugh and enjoy themselves. This makes Nabarro a very enjoyable environment within which to come and work on a daily basis.
Possibly not directly in me, however I definitely as I alluded to earlier feel that I have benefited immensely from the program.
Having sat next to my buddy who is a trainee throughout the scheme, and been given work reminiscent of that which a trainee would complete, I know feel that I have an excellent understanding of what being a trainee solicitor for a leading city firm would be like
The friendly, collegiate atmosphere that the firm promotes is incredibly engaging and I really feel I now understand what working here full time would be like.
Very, I now know that I want to work at Nabarro.
Everything Else
I was paid £825
Yes plenty
The social aspects of the scheme were incredible, even if nothing else I feel I've met some incredible people and made some very good friends
Yes, whilst I didn't get time to get involved in too much it is clear that members of the firm get involved in plenty of activities outside of the office.
Definitely, 100%
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
July 2015
