Rating

8.5/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of what your work experience involved:
  • Learning about what its like to work as a solicitor in a commercial law firm and learnt more about the options when it comes to the routes to get into law.

    9/10

  • 2. What training and skills development did you learn from your work experience?
  • Learnt to think more about how wider society and how events outside of law may indirectly affect the work of law firms and the solicitors that they employ.

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent did you enjoy your work experience?
  • I found it incredibly useful, insightful and all round enjoyable to participate in.

    10/10

  • 4. How well organised was your work experience?
  • It was fine. Everybody was on time and the timetable worked well and managed to fit everything into a few days very well.

    9/10

  • 5. How much did you learn about the company culture and what it would be like to work there?
  • Quite a lot, especially from the trainees and from the panel talk that we had. The panel talk was useful due to the breadth of different experiences in there due to the differing positions people on the panel had within the company.

    10/10

  • 6. How much did your work experience help you in deciding on your future career path?
  • A lot. It really educated me on what route I want to take into law and where I want to go with law in the future in regard to what type of law I would like to work in more specifically.

    10/10

  • 7. Were you paid or reimbursed for this experience?
  • 1/10

  • 8. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees?
  • Yes, plenty of them. Through a plethora of different sessions and tasks that we partook in.

    9/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend Pinsent Masons to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • Very friendly staff and they're very approachable and happy to help you. Which is vital when making decisions about your future.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Pinsent Masons?
  • Apply.


Details

Work Experience

Legal/Law

Birmingham

August 2023


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