ACCESS Intern Review
at Clifford Chance
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Legal/Law
London
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
2.8 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3/5
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Overview of Experience
3.3/5
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Skills Development
2.8/5
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Company Culture
2/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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Recommendations and Advice
Overview of Experience
Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
For the work placement week, we’d be given lots of talks and every so often in that week we’d be given a task to complete and discuss in a group setting with cc supervisors. the talks would usually be trainees/associates/partners talking about what they do and how they have gotten to where they are today. we’d also have talks on some of clifford chances speciality areas and there was a session or two on application advice
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
It was good but not amazing. when people talked to us about this, especially when they would talk about their specific department, i feel as though it could have been put in a more concise and understandable way. i felt as though a lot of the talks surrounding this topic are rather hard to digest and fully understand as the people often went off topic or wouldn’t answer questions directly which was quite frustrating
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
3/5
How would you rate the structure of the insight
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
Not really. Maybe i have increased my eye for detail but other than that, the week consisted of just listening to people talk and taking notes
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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
3/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
4/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Well since this was an online event I can’t really say much but when i went for the in person launch day, they felt really impersonal and the atmosphere was quite grey in a sense. i guess this sort of applies to the talks we had - the people giving us talks looked as though they’d rather be anywhere else but there which was quite off putting and again very monotone and un engaging in my opinion
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
2/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
3/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
2/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
to quite a weak extent actually - the lack of engagement and variety of activities bores me quite a bit and has actually put me off clifford chance a bit. there were some really lovely people and the work they do is pretty big but the week itself, like i’ve said, was rather boring and felt quite repetitive in a sense. the speakers never fully and directly answer our questions either so that was also very frustrating
Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
I was paid and reimbursed expenses
Recommendations and Advice
Please rate the future employment prospects at Clifford Chance
3/5
Would you recommend Clifford Chance to a friend?
No
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Clifford Chance
Use the STAR method in interviews and prepare some of the typical competency questions beforehand. List all the activities you do and put them in a table along with what skills you've learnt from it and how it applies to law and this can help you in the interview in case you get stuck. Also, write down the answers to usual questions like why law and stuff but only in bullet points so that it sounds more natural when you say it out loud and build on it then
