Work experience student Review
at Pinsent Masons LLP
Work Experience
Legal/Law
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.4 /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!
4.2/5
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Overview of the Experience
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Company Culture
Overview of the Experience
Please give an overview of what your work experience involved:
5/5
My work experience involved live seminars about lots of different aspects of law, for example, contract and street law. We also did some tasks, for example, the Jaffa cake task which included formulating and presenting a well balanced and structured argument. We also did a task on drafting and statutory interpretation.
To what extent did you enjoy your work experience?
5/5
I really enjoyed my work experience it was highly informative and all the supervisors and trainees were really supportive.
How well organised was your work experience?
5/5
I found it was highly organised and things ran really smoothly - forage really made things easy to access
How much did your work experience help you in deciding on your future career path?
5/5
I think it has really helped me to finalise my decision to do law in the future and to study it.
Were you paid or reimbursed for this experience?
1/5
no
Skills Development
What training and skills development did you learn from your work experience?
5/5
I learnt a lot more critical thinking skills related to how to handle a task that is completely new to me. I also learnt how I could use my transferable skills that I already had to tackle new things and tasks. i also learnt a lot more analytical skills especially in the drafting task.
Company Culture
How much did you learn about the company culture and what it would be like to work there?
5/5
I learnt quite a lot about how things work especially from supervisors that are trainees and experience this first hand
Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees?
5/5
Yes there was a networking lunch for us to meet other work experience students
Recommendations and Advice
Would you recommend Pinsent Masons LLP to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Pinsent Masons is a really welcoming and encouraging law firm that really sleeked to make us feel comfortable but also to teach us lots of new things and broaden our horizons
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Pinsent Masons LLP?
Go for it! it is so worth it and you will learn lots of new things. One tip is just do your research, just be yourself and don't sell yourself short.
