work experience student Review

Item: work experience student at Pinsent Masons LLP
Rating: 4.2
Author: Anonymous

at Pinsent Masons LLP

Work Experience

Legal/Law

Birmingham

Review Submitted: October 2021

Overall Rating

4.2 /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!

4/5 - Overview of the Experience

4/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Company Culture

Overview of the Experience

Please give an overview of what your work experience involved:

4/5

I really loved how interactive the week was compared maybe to some other ones I had done, where it consisted mainly of just sitting and listening. I liked learning about the different case studies and real life examples and also being able to implement these into the independent tasks such as the lease report.

To what extent did you enjoy your work experience?

4/5

I really enjoyed my work experience from start to end. There was a variety of resources and sessions that really managed to cover all aspects of law that I was curious or wondering about. They also explained difficult legal concepts well and gave insight into technical skills like drafting and lease report which I loved doing.

How well organised was your work experience?

4/5

Very organised! The sessions were well organised, timed, and made accessible and clear how and when to access different sessions. One thing I did get kind of worried about is how the start of most of the sessions were a wee bit delayed, even by 3-8 minutes, which sometimes worried me.

How much did your work experience help you in deciding on your future career path?

4/5

This really confirmed my interest in law. I've just handed in my early deadline UCAS application for law for multiple universities so this was a great experience in confirming that I really was interested in this area and that I had made a good decision in pursuing law at uni.

Were you paid or reimbursed for this experience?

4/5

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Skills Development

What training and skills development did you learn from your work experience?

4/5

I gained confidence and confirmation about my interest in law and even further developed my teamwork and sharing ideas skills as part of a team, for example during the jaffa cake debate. Furthermore, I gained invaluable insight into what lawyers do in their job and really realised how interesting restructuring and insolvency was. Thank you for this experience!

Company Culture

How much did you learn about the company culture and what it would be like to work there?

4/5

I love the kind of culture Pinsent Masons seems to have. Everyone seems friendly and welcoming and my supervisors did a great job answering all the questions that my fellow students and I had. I could definitely see myself fitting in and loving the work that went on at this firm!

Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees?

3/5

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Recommendations and Advice

Would you recommend Pinsent Masons LLP to a friend?

Yes

Why?

I absolutely adored this experience and it was very helpful in confirming my interest in law and even taking it further, as now i wnat to explore the areas of restructuring and insolvency more. Thank you so much, this was an invaluable experience, i am very very grateful that I partook.