Vacation Scheme PLacement Review

by Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

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Rating

3.7/5
  • About You
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.9
  • Everything Else
    4.0

    About You

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

    • Very enjoyable experience with lots of events, in-house talks, lunches and socials all put on the vac schemers.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • I valued my time immensely, was given real legal tasks to complete and a lot of responsibility.

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • Trainees, associates and partners alike were available and very approachable if I had any questions.

    4/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I did history at univeristy and therefore, my placement did not develop my historical research skills, but taught me how to function in a legal setting and how to improve on my commercial skills and insights.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very well structured (see my first answer for more details).

    5/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Emjoyable, interesting, fast-paced.

    4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The firm, the Grad Rec team and my supervising trainees in partiular invested a huge amount of time and energy into ensuring that I was well placed to completing my assigned tasks.

    4/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • I now appreciateb the tyoes of tasks that a trainee at BLP would be expected to complete.

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • We had a very iknteresting talk from BLP's managing partner, Neville Eisenberg which was solely on the culture and vision of the firm which was extremely informative and gave us vac schemers an overview of the firm's general direction.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • 4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • Yes i was, we received £275 per week, which I found very reasonable and more thasn covered my food and transport costs for working at the firm.

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Many socials and lunches.

    4/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Very good, lots of food/drink.

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Found out about the various sports that the firm's employees put on outside of work.

    4/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Yes.It was a great experience which anmyone lucky enough to be a part of would enjoy.

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Law

London

July 2013

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