First Year Workshop Review
by Herbert Smith Freehills
Rating
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Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Herbert Smith Freehills
- 7. Would you recommend Herbert Smith Freehills to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Herbert Smith Freehills
Overview
2 Day Workshop. Attended talks and a hands-on case study.
Skills
Yes, negotiation skills developed during the ADR case study. Team building too, getting accustomed to the solicitor's analytical way of thinking and building a network with similar prospective candidates.
Responsibilities
Not so much, and often using the Hopin platform meant we could not ask questions directly, which was really unfortunate and I felt an obstacle to the interactivity of the sessions. Nice to be given responsibility in the ADR exercise though.
Support & Guidance
Great Graduate recruitment team walking us through everything and excellent introductory talks from the lawyers themselves (e.g. legaltech, advocacy,...). Was a great technical level, especially for a non-law student like myself.
Culture
Really friendly and insightful.
Your Impressions
Very much so.
Yes
Don't be afraid to showcase your genuine personality, which is really valued at HSF. Also, practice logical thinking skills and text analysis; Barney Hinnigan, the partner, really insisted that the assessment day will test these critical thinking faculties.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Commercial Law
London
April 2021
