Summer Internship Review

by DLA Piper

Best Student Employer

Rating

2.5/5
  • Skills
    2.8
  • Business Insight
    3.0
  • Culture
    2.0
  • Your Impressions
    2.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.

    • Attending lots of insight sessions, drafting, proofreading, legal research

    Skills

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

    • Learned more about networking and different sectors

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development

    • 2/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?

    • Insight into different roles - however it was mainly about the international strategy of the firm

  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the structure of the insight

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

    • 4/5

    Culture

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

    • What you would expect from a City firm.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

    • 2/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • The vacation scheme was okay but there are huge differences in work culture across regional offices. Also, there was too much emphasis on the strategy of the firm and not enough of that in practice.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight

    • 2/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 2/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at DLA Piper

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend DLA Piper to a friend?

    • No

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

    • Research the firm ahead, especially their values, practice areas and sectors. Talk to people at the firm to make sure it would be the right fit for you.

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Legal/Law

Scotland

July 2022

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