Pinsent Masons Work Experience Review

My role involves helping trainees with their day to day jobs. This varies massively from researching investment opportunities in different countries to looking at more complex legal issues.

I have become much more confident and developed my writing skills as well as independent research skills.

Enjoyable: very nice and welcoming ready to answer any questions I had

Time and effort has really gone into the scheme making me feel extremely valued.

There is a schedule of daily tasks accompanied by presentations every morning. This means I can easily plan my week.

I think they strike the perfect balance between help and leaving you on your own which is character building. It gives you a much more realistic view of what is involved as a trainee in a top legal firm.

Same as above.

Unpaid (work experience). Perhaps they could have contributed towards travel costs although I didn't expect that.

Yes - I was only there for a week so did not get involved but there were clearly opportunities to get involved in social nights as well as sporting events.

Yes

Ultimately, it is the best thing out there for any person of school age to gain experience of what working at a top legal firm is really like without any prior contacts.

Answer the applciaton form in your own words - they're only expecting a very basic understanding of commercial law at that stage.