Virtual Internship Summer Intern Review

by DLA Piper

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • We spent a lot of the time listening to presentations from different employees of the firm, from Trainees to Partners. As well as this, we had allocated time to work on a group project that we had to present on the Friday.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have definitely picked up great teamworking and communication skills through conversation with everyone - and learnt how to conduct myself in front of senior management of the firm. It has also assisted me in becoming more punctual and organised throughout the week.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • We were not given much responsibility during the internship besides ensuring that we were on the meetings on time. I believe that this was because we did not have access to DLA technology and therefore, they could not give us masses of actual work for confidentiality and security reasons.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • A lot! The graduate recruitment team were so responsive to any emails or queries that we had, and I felt constantly supported throughout the internship.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Everyone I spoke to was so friendly and genuinely supportive! The culture and company values, which include being supportive, bold, collaborative, and exceptional, truly resonated throughout the whole week.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I truly enjoyed my placement. I wish that there was more opportunities to interact with one another - but the firm really done well with what they had, particularly with it being online.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at DLA Piper

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend DLA Piper to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to DLA Piper

    • Do it. It was a wonderful opportunity.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Scotland

June 2021

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