HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS
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AbrahamWhitworth Vacation Scheme Student
Bristol University, studiedHistory I spoke to a lot of people and I was treated like a real colleague. I was expecting the scheme to be hard work, and it was, but we didn’t work ridiculous hours. We just made sure to get there nice and early and stayed as late as there was work for us to do. I got a real taste of what the actual job would be like. There’s a real mixture of work. I did a lot of research tasks but I know from speaking to other vacation scheme students that they were given a lot of drafting. I was given quite open tasks to do – like digging out contextual information to inform the work of a whole team. I was surprised how relevant academic law is to real work. There were lots of times when you had to look into case law when you were dealing with a client’s problem. It manifested itself in lots of different ways. You get out what you put in. This is the best opportunity you get tomake an impression on the firm, so getting involved is important. My advice is to keep saying yes to everything – whether it’s going to a meeting or going for lunch.
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