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Really enjoyed the ten days at A&O on their winter vac scheme - made me sure that law is the career I want and that A&O is where I want to work.
The vacation scheme was a great experience overall. Even though the winter vacatiion scheme was a short one, it gave me an insight into the firm, its values and its culture. I was welcomed by the firm and made to feel at home. The vacation scheme allowed ...
The insight was a great opportunity to find out the the business operates, as well as being a good chance to see what kind of work trainees are given. We were given responsibility to do work on actual matters and split into groups to produce a client pitc...
A fantastic experience which was very well organised and well run. The insight was both challenging and fun and gave me an invaluable insight into my future firm.
I enjoyed the insight day very much.
A&O First Insight was the most enjoyable time spent with a Commercial Law Firm throughout my first year. The diverse range of activities and skills sessions that are completed during your time at the office really help to make the day engaging and enjoyab...
The A&O First Programme was an invaluable and very enjoyable experience! It was not just an opportunity to get a better insight into Allen & Overy, and the mechanisms of commercial law, but also a chance to network and boost our confidence concerning the ...
It was a very beneficial experience, and participants got a first hand insight into the work life of a trainee through job shadowing. I was allowed to select a preferred department.
Overall very useful and informative. Well organized and delivered.
The winter vacation scheme is very intense in the best possible way. Although exhausted when it's over there is a great pride in what you have achieved and what you have overcome. The social events are great and the client pitch exercise is a great way to...
The vacation scheme was a great experience as the Graduate Recruitment team put in a lot of effort to make sure that we got a good insight into different experiences you have as a commercial lawyer at Allen & Overy. There were a number of opportunities to...
I really enjoyed it. My vac scheme intake were good fun and we got on very well, and the program itself was excellent, featuring a really good mixture of insight into the firm, work experience and activities.
The insight was a great experience and highly enjoyable.
I really enjoyed my time here!
Graduate recruitment were particularly welcoming and all of the employees we met, including trainees and associates were equally as inviting. The day was very well organised.
The insight gave me a highly informative picture of the working practice and culture of the firm. There were many formal and informal social opportunities from which I greatly benefitted from, thus concluding that I enjoyed the insight very much.
I thoroughly enjoyed my insight at Allen and Overy and couldn't recommend it highly enough. It was a great opportunity to experience life as a commercial lawyer and I was given the chance to see some of the great work they were involved in, chat to pe...
I enjoyed it very much, overall. The lawyers I worked with were friendly and enthusiastic, the work I was assigned was (generally) interesting, and the social events were all very enjoyable.
The internship was great- very well put together, with a great mix of informative talks, time spent at desks and good social activities.
Very enjoyable day that provided plenty of useful information about life about the firm and as a city lawyer.
