Vacation Scheme Student Review
by Herbert Smith Freehills
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
3.9
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The Company
4.8
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Everything Else
5.0
- 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
Really useful to gain an insight into an industry that is very hard to understand, in terms of working life, from reading literature or even talking to solicitors.
Very clear that you are there to learn and not really able to be an asset, but they are very welcoming and include you as an observer on important matters. They also give everyone the chance to interview for a training contract.
Wholly dependent on your supervisor and trainee buddy. My first supervisor did not give much guidance and I had to get the graduate recruitment team's help but my second was absolutely welcoming and open.
It will help me approach the GDL with a different mindset - I will be trying to keep a more commercial context in mind as I learn the theoretical side of the law. One negotiations skills workshop was also very informative.
The Company
Very well.
Very enjoyable, especially liked getting to meet the other vacation students and felt that we had an opportunity to get to know each other well.
Lots of face time with senior associate/partner as you sit with them and one development workshop
More useful than anything else I have done to this point.
As long as you took advantage of numerous opportunities to talk to people, enormously.
Extremely.
Everything Else
£350 per week
Yes, many.
Very good.
Pro bono and social.
Yes
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
April 2016
