Vacation Scheme Review

I really enjoyed my time at the firm and it gave me a great insight into what it would be like to train at Camerons. My only criticism would be, that as you are dependent upon trainees for work, the amount that I had to do did fluctuate throughout the two weeks.

In particulaly busy departments I think that it can be difficult for lawyers to find work that you have the ability to do (or that they have the time to explain). However, all work that I did complete felt relevent and valued by the supervisor for whom it was done. I also found that people wree very generous with their time in explaining and giving feedback, and that most were keen to introduce themselves and welcome you to teh department.

I did not have to much contact with the partners or associates with whom I was paired, however all the trainees wre extremely helpful and always willing to explain work or provide advice and draw on their own experiences on the process as a whole.

At times I was very busy and the day flew by, at other times less so. I think that this really depends on the work load in the department that you are sitting in.

Once I had proved that I was capable, I was found that I was given work that the trainee would otherwise be doing herself, so in this sense I felt a lot of responsibility to get that work correct.

I think that my experiences this week will certainly help me to secure a job in teh future.

Clearly the lawyers here are working very hard, however there was an extremely friendly and fun atmosphere in both teh departments that I sat.

I think that generally it was organised very well. Although I think that the timetable was weighted quite strongly onto the second week and could have been nalanced more effectively.

We gave a group presentation (with some feed back) and a negotiating exercise (again, with feedback). However, I think that the point of the vacation scheme was really for us to get a feel for working in the departments themselves and for the type of work involved.

I still have an assesment centre at the end of the week. None of the exercises we have done this week have been formally assessed, so I am unclear of the benefits of the scheme in this sense. However, it does secure you an interview and certainly gives you a good idea of the firm which will help in the interview.

The group of interns were really nice and we had two evening events organised by grad rec. However, on quite a few evenings we would go out fo rdrink after work.

There is a subsidised canteed whcih is pretty good value. Otherwise...London prices.

The office right by Barbican tube so easy to get to, and there are lots of good bars in Farringdon and Smithfield.

Other than the two events organised by HR, we were pretty much left to our own devices. We wree given contact infor for sports teams/CSR, but there wasn't much involvment beyond this.