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The 2 weeks have been amazing. From the Grad Rec team to the team I have been sitting with for the past 2 weeks, everyone has been extremely friendly and approachable. I have learnt a lot and have great insights into the type of work a trainee would do in...
I had a fantastic experience on my two week vacation scheme at Allen & Overy. It served as a great introduction to the firm and its people, and I found that everyone was very interesting and had a lot to talk about (both the vacation scheme students and A...
I had a really fantastic experience during the two weeks of my insight at Allen & Overy. From start to finish I felt really engaged, both professionally and academically, and I felt welcomed into the firm and valued as a member of the team. Similarly, the...
I had a really good time on A&O First. The most interesting part of the insight was the work-shadowing element but there were a few duller sessions.
Highly enjoyable two days. It was packed full of useful / interesting / fun events and games, with a lot of focus on the intern's getting to know one another and other members of the firm. I particularly enjoyed the team building games and of course we we...
I really enjoyed the vacation scheme. The social events were fun and the work was interesting. My supervisor would seek to give me useful and constructive feedback and the department that I was in was really friendly.
I really enjoyed the insight - there was a great variety in tasks we could get involved in and events planned.
I had a truly fantastic experience during the two weeks of my insight. From start to finish I felt really engaged, both professionally and academically, and I felt welcomed into the firm and valued as a member of the team. Similarly, the work was challeng...
Immensely: it's absolutely flown by! Would have loved to have stayed for longer, and I think it's very exciting to think that, if I loved these two weeks in one seat, how great sitting in other areas of the firm might be. I would definitely recommend it t...
A real diverse range of events, socials and opportunities to get involved with real work. The Vacation Scheme allowed me to go and meet clients, actively participate on deals and socialise on formal and informal levels with a diverse range of people from ...
I had an amazing time on the summer vacation scheme, we were treated very well with lots of social events from a BBQ and drinks to citydash and dinner at the Corinthia hotel. I was able to sit in two different departments over the course of my two weeks a...
Working at A&O over the past 2 weeks has been an exceptional experience. The type of work, alongside the supportive environment created by Grad Recruitment, the legal team and everyone involved in the firm made this vac scheme unique in all the best ways....
- Fellow vac schemers were friendly and there wasn't an atmosphere of unhealthy competition. - Firm was quick to put vac schemers at ease that the scheme wasn't a competition amongst ourselves.
A really fun and interesting two weeks.
I loved it. Allen & Overy came across as very warm and friendly. The graduate recruitment team organised everything extremely well. The work was interesting. It was an excellent scheme.
