Student Review

My work experience had numerous Microsoft Team meetings with people from all over the UK coming and sharing their experiences, wisdom and knowledge to us with numerous solicitors and people in university also. There were also many interesting debates that I thought would not come up e.g. A jaffa cake debate where we discusses if it was a cake or a biscuit and was very fun in my opinion and so the work experience for me was a 10/10 (it was legally a cake!). There were also numerous forage tasks where we worked on contracts like a solicitor would and also put us into the practical part of the job.

I learnt a lot of skills from my work experience for example I now know how to scan through a contract efficiently and analyse it well looking for key details in the contract. I also now know the path to law and how many paths there actually are to the degree at university.

I enjoyed my work experience massively as it not only gave me an opportunity to feel like a solicitor but also gave me many skills and knowledge from other people with numerous/several Microsoft team meetings. It not only gave me insight on the job but also in the real life as well which was very interesting.

It was very organised in terms of Microsoft Teams as they were always on the time said and I felt it was very good. However, although the forage tasks were very interesting I could not access all the tasks on the given time and may be due to technical issues on that aspect.

I learnt alot as many people spoke about Pinsent Masons and showed how it has great values and morales for example they truly believe in the environment and helping clients and the people whereas other law firms may be more focused on increasing their profits whereas this firm does not.

It helped me alot as it gave me alot of insight on the work of law and helped me know more about the actual degree and the experience was great as it showed the lives of solicitors and how you get to that path which was very informative for me.

No I was not paid or reimbursed for this experience as it was only for 4 days however it was worth every minute as I feel that I have learnt a lot a lot of law and felt it was very enjoyable and nice for me and the money would have only been a bonus.

Yes there were numerous opportunities for networking and meeting other employees for example on Thursday we had a chance to network on Thursday lunch time with our peers which was very good as we had a chance to build a connection just like in a law firm which I felt very good.

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Yes I would however if they did not want to take law I still feel that they would and should do this as it was very informative on a career path and shows that even if you don't want to do law now you can do it later with a 1 year further course.

The tips and advice I would give to others applying to Pinsent Masons would be to just enjoy it and relax and have fun as it not only gave me a massive insight but also a great experience so don't stress and worry about it but just enjoy it.