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With all the uncertainties around the COVID-19, the Graduate Recruitment Team did an amazing job designing the virtual internship and it exceeded my expectations in so many levels. It was a great opportunity to get to know more about DLA Piper and to ext...
Despite initial disappointment that we would be unable to complete the vacation scheme in the offices across 3 weeks due to the current crisis, I was surprised at how well the virtual experience measured up and ended up thoroughly enjoying the virtual exp...
Interesting, welcoming and down to earth people. I appreciated the amount of time that senior executives committed to speak to trainees (including responding to additional emails). The opportunity to hear from so many different people at the firm ...
From the very start, everyone was invested in you as a placement student. Every piece of information / speaker / task / fun exercise was enjoyable and provided a great insight into the firm and what the people are like. The grad recruitment team were grea...
I thoroughly enjoyed this Insight Programme. The Graduate Recruitment team did a phenomenal job of adapting the internship to lockdown regulations and made us feel really comfortable with the new setting. They made a great effort to get to know us over zo...
Although the vacation scheme was conducted in unusual circumstances due to the pandemic, the graduate recruitment team worked very hard to make it an informative and personable week. It was a disappointment that the scheme was not as originally planned, b...
I thoroughly enjoyed the programme, it was engaging and informative throughout and despite being virtual experience it still provided valuable insight into the firm, their values and the type of work they do. The involvement from people of all levels at t...
Given the circumstances we are currently in, the firm created a really engaging Virtual experience. It was a thoroughly enjoyable week which was full of lots of interesting content.
The insight was of a reduced length due to COVID-19 but I genuinely loved every moment of it! I got to meet a wide variety of people across the firm, including some of the most senior staff, as well as many other interns. It definitely exceeded my expect...
It was an extremely interesting and informative internship. Despite being online, the sessions were well managed and we always got time to ask questions at the end. I felt like I still got the same quality experience as if it was in London or in the Leeds...
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear from some extremely inspiring people at all levels of seniority. Despite the obvious limitations of Zoom, Grad succeeded in making us feel part of the DLA Piper community. This created a relaxed atmosphere...
Given that this was the first (and hopefully last) occasion on which the firm has to transfer its vacation scheme into a virtual format, it was well thought through and well organised. The graduate recruitment team were always on hand to resolve any issue...
Really enjoyed- met loads of new people from a variety of degree disciplines and backgrounds. Gained lots of insight into DLA Piper, practice areas, unique parts of the firm and aspects such as diversity and inclusion, social mobility, the LGBTQ plus supp...
I enjoyed the programme thoroughly. Huge props to <strong>This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyPlacement Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions</strong> for creat...
I thoroughly enjoyed my time during this Virtual Internship Programme. Whilst the circumstances this year were unfortunate, I believe that the Graduate Recruitment team made an enjoyable week that ensured that we learned about DLA Piper and the values tha...
Really enjoyed the virtual internship. I was able to make great connections, not only with other students, but partners and associates - particularly helped by the personal buddy that i was able to contact before the internship and during it. The presenta...
Especially considering the short turn around to making the scheme virtual, the graduate recruitment team did and excellent job. The week was well planned, and we got to hear from a wide range of members of the DLA team, from trainees to partners and membe...
I thoroughly enjoyed the virtual internship. Of course the internship was intended to be a longer three week in-person experience, but the Graduate Recruitment team ensured that activities contained as much intimacy and camaraderie as possible in a virtua...
I really enjoyed undertaking the virtual experience programme. We had the opportunity to hear from a range of fee earners across the business, as well as the executive team. Graduate Recruitment were very welcoming and reassuring every morning - and the Q...
Thoroughly enjoyed the virtual experience! The talks, introductions and activities were all conducted with great energy and enthusiasm. The week was also the right balance of time on 'Zoom' and actual practical work with teams. I'm very glad to have been ...
