Work Experience Student Review

A series of workshops and seminars designed to help students gain an understanding of the legal profession. We were assigned supervisors who could answer questions as part of a small group. We were given presentations on topics such as diversity in law, entry to law, and CV writing. We also had small theoretical tasks to complete.

Overall, it was fairly enjoyable. I was very disappointed at the lack of face to face in person interaction which really let the programme down. Whilst I see how the programme could be engaging and interesting in person, this did not translate well through a screen and as such I thought it was decentlly enjoyable.

Organization by the team was excellent and I struggle to find an issue with the way PM ran the experience. However, the forage platform was a nightmare to use and made it less enjoyable. Tasks were buried under a confusing tab. I also dislike the use of teams and found it to be laggy and poorly optimised for mac.

Not a huge amount - prior to doing the work experience I already knew my future career path and as such the work experience programme did not help me in this way. The networking event was useful, although it would have been nice to see more PM staff present so as to maximise the value of the event, although I understand that this is not very reasonable.

I learnt a lot about the culture and what it would be like to work there. It seems that the environment is friendly and inclusive and it seems like a nice place to work. Due to it being online I have no clue what the office atmosphere is like, and such cannot comment on this.

Yes

For someone with elementary knowledge, I think this would be incredibly useful so I would recommend it to a friend. I would not recommend the online programme, although I would be confident in recommending the programme if it was in person, simply because of how much more engaging it would have been.