Vacation Scheme Student Review

I thoroughly enjoyed it. The vacation scheme was very well organised, providing us with the opportunity to engage in 'live' work, look at some legal case studies, and interact with lawyers of all levels (trainees through to partners) on a day to day basis. The social events were also a lot of fun, including pizza making and a comedy club trip.

My trainee 'buddy' was happy to give me some of his work to help him on, which we then reported on to a senior associate. Being able to contribute to such work made me feel very valued, even if I was performing the more basic tasks such as research or drafting documents.

My trainee 'buddy' was constantly on hand to help me out, happy to answer any questions which arose. Graduate recruitment were also very helpful whatever was asked of them, and they were only ever an email away.

The ability to read large amounts of information and offer a concise summary of it was well practiced on this placement, and is something that I hope to transfer to other areas of study. I also gained a better understanding of how to interact with co-workers.

Very well structure and organised. We were provided with a timetable at the start of the fortnight, and this was stuck to. We were emailed about any events we were invited to.

Really friendly and engaging. Everyone was happy to talk to me and offer me work when they had some that I could do. Would thoroughly recommend the firm for its atmosphere, in the Birmingham office at least!

The firm gave us a supervisor who was a qualified solicitor, or associate. They spent time with us going through our objectives for the placement, and we were able to talk to them about how well we were moving towards these. The firm also seems to invest a lot in their trainees, both as lawyers and as people.

It helped me greatly. It gave me a real understanding of the culture and atmosphere of the firm, what it's like to work here and how people interact with one another. You can't get this same sense from a website or career brochure.

Greatly. Very friendly and supportive culture. Not hierarchical, with partners happy to work, talk and joke with people at all levels - makes a change from a lot of other law firms!

It has confirmed to me that I want to pursue a career as a commercial lawyer, so it was pretty valuable!

Paid generously, and travel expenses for the induction day were reimbursed.

Yes, at drinks in the office, at lunch with some partners, and at social events attended by numerous trainees.

They were very enjoyable, although I was not able to meet lots of people outside of my department.

Sport, charity and community work, and socialising were all talked about. Seemed like they had a very good work-life balance, even if some weeks can be heavier than

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