Summer Intern Review

by DLA Piper

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role as an intern is to assist on any tasks at hand in my current sector. On a day-to-day basis, there is a mix of networking and interaction, to checking emails and staying put at my desk researching, to tapping into client calls and writing an attendance note, to going on work lunches and enjoying my time at the firm and in the city.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I honed my networking skills because interaction has been very limited in the last two years and this is positively bringing it back to how it used to be. I also improved my time management skills because everything has a set appointment in the work place and I must allocate ample time to be there on time. Moreover, in terms of legal skills, I got useful feedback to my attendance note drafts which is to improve my performance. A new skill I learned (and still learning) is how to legal research properly. I received feedback on my research and learned that I am supposed to take a holistic view when answering the questions of a client.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

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

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

  • 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?
  • The most I was responsible for at that stage was to show-up to appointments on time and to meet deadlines. In terms of task, it was merely two weeks. Therefore, the tasks I received did not hold that great of a deal of responsibility.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Over and above the expected amount. Everyone is very friendly, helpful, and welcoming.


  • 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?
  • Very friendly and fun. Everyone is positive and extremely brilliant. The partners and senior associates are also very humble which makes the connection between the people even stronger.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

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

  • 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?
  • By far, my best internship ever. The programme made the work and the travel very light and entertaining.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

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

  • 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
  • Be positive, friendly, outgoing, enthusiastic, and responsible.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Legal/Law

International

July 2022


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