Summer Intern Review

Item: Summer Intern at DLA Piper
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at DLA Piper

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law

Birmingham

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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!

5/5 - Overview of Experience

5/5 - Skills Development

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Recommendations and Advice

Overview of Experience

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

Involved in both hypothetical and actual work in my team (rotated in two teams across the placement). Adequate amount of work allocated from different members of the team, providing good breadth of what the team does.

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

Eye-opening: getting a feel of what the firm and the people are like, where the friendly culture most certainly allows better integration into the teams. Excited for their eagerness to support juniors

Please rate how insightful you found the insight

5/5

How would you rate the structure of the insight

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

A lot of analytical skills, just in general how lawyers would be looking at things and spotting the weakness in provisions.

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?

5/5

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

Company Culture

How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

5/5

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very friendly, while often busy, makes time for juniors and interns like myself. Really value the growth of others and does feel like a family.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the networking opportunities?

4/5

Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

A very large extent. The people are nice, and a good deal of work really allowed me to figure out whether I want to be a lawyer at this firm (the answer is yes).