Vacation scheme/ intern Review

by DLA Piper

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Business Insight
    4.7
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

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

    • First week was induction- so listening to speeches and doing ice breaker tasks. These were really great, as it could be overwhelming at first but helped us settle in. Weeks two and three we were in sector teams for example IP or Competition law. We shadowed an associate and a partner and performed a series of standardised tasks for them.

    Skills

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

    • People skills definitely improved as networking was a crucial part of the week. I always thought networking was a vague concept, but it’s just speaking to people and making friends, making acquaintances. Attention to detail also improved as they were incredibly hot on mistakes.

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

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?

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

    • 5/5

    Business Insight

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

    • Really great, I feel like I got a good enough insight to the business as a whole.

  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

    • 5/5

    Culture

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

    • Really really great- no complaints. Everyone was friendly, I even made friends with the Catering and services teams.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?

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

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • 10/10

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight

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

    • Be yourself. People I know that didn’t get it tried to be something they weren’t or faked it. It’s the kind of place where you fit in or it’s just not quite for you and you’ll know it when you get there. They really dig deeper than grades to understand how you think and work and how you’d fit in which makes you feel so valued.

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Legal/Law

London

September 2023

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