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<blockquote data-quote="Anon08" data-source="post: 69699"><p>Thank you very much!</p><p></p><p>You receive feedback at the end of each of your seats, so I do have some. </p><p></p><p>In my first seat, I didn't get much in the way of feedback. I had completed a lot of work for a lot of different individuals who fed back to my supervisor, and our wash-up call was basically 'yep, completed everything well, everyone was really happy'. The only feedback was that one of the articles I was asked to write on 'soft opt-ins' (pertaining to data protection) was 'a little academic'. However, it was acknowledged that there wasn't really another way for me to do it considering the time frame and my position! Oh yes, I got feedback from a trainee on one piece of work who wanted slightly different information contained in the executive summary of the work I submitted to her - which was fair enough.</p><p></p><p>In my second seat, I got some thorough feedback - again, nigh all positive. One piece of feedback came from my trainee buddy who wanted an executive summary on the report he asked me to do, and wanted more detail on a certain section (to be honest, I had done executive summaries for all my other work, and I have no idea why I just didn't do it for this one - but it was a little wake-up call!). Nevertheless, my supervisor, in our wash-up meeting said the report was broadly fine and that there wasn't really a problem. 'Tomato-tomato' I guess. Otherwise, I was commended for my other work, asking appropriate, insightful questions at the right junctures, and generally just producing high-quality work, being (appropriately) curious, and, I guess, being nice to work with!</p><p></p><p>If I remember correctly, in my second seat, my supervisor also commented on my motivation and general competencies, saying that both areas were really strong. So do be aware that you aren't <em>just</em> assessed on your written work, it is about you as a whole!</p><p></p><p>As a side note - really engage with feedback, whether positive or negative. Don't take it personally (even if you don't think you did anything wrong!) and roll with it. Law firms are looking for trainees who will absorb feedback and quickly turn it into tangible improvement!</p><p></p><p>I hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anon08, post: 69699"] Thank you very much! You receive feedback at the end of each of your seats, so I do have some. In my first seat, I didn't get much in the way of feedback. I had completed a lot of work for a lot of different individuals who fed back to my supervisor, and our wash-up call was basically 'yep, completed everything well, everyone was really happy'. The only feedback was that one of the articles I was asked to write on 'soft opt-ins' (pertaining to data protection) was 'a little academic'. However, it was acknowledged that there wasn't really another way for me to do it considering the time frame and my position! Oh yes, I got feedback from a trainee on one piece of work who wanted slightly different information contained in the executive summary of the work I submitted to her - which was fair enough. In my second seat, I got some thorough feedback - again, nigh all positive. One piece of feedback came from my trainee buddy who wanted an executive summary on the report he asked me to do, and wanted more detail on a certain section (to be honest, I had done executive summaries for all my other work, and I have no idea why I just didn't do it for this one - but it was a little wake-up call!). Nevertheless, my supervisor, in our wash-up meeting said the report was broadly fine and that there wasn't really a problem. 'Tomato-tomato' I guess. Otherwise, I was commended for my other work, asking appropriate, insightful questions at the right junctures, and generally just producing high-quality work, being (appropriately) curious, and, I guess, being nice to work with! If I remember correctly, in my second seat, my supervisor also commented on my motivation and general competencies, saying that both areas were really strong. So do be aware that you aren't [I]just[/I] assessed on your written work, it is about you as a whole! As a side note - really engage with feedback, whether positive or negative. Don't take it personally (even if you don't think you did anything wrong!) and roll with it. Law firms are looking for trainees who will absorb feedback and quickly turn it into tangible improvement! I hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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