OP's takehome from this thread might very well be; there are two perfectly reasonable courses of action both of which will require you to get work experience in later years anyway. Furthermore that later experience might be slightly easier to come by with some experience now. However, vacation schemes in later years are not the only reason to do it, it's quite good fun to be in a firm! Maybe you'll even be allowed to update the loose leafs or put old files in new boxes! Do a couple of weeks if you can. It's not always photocopying or admin work if you're lucky. I enjoyed the couple of non-formal work experience placements I did. It's only a couple of weeks usually too, so you still have plenty of your 'summer' left to enjoy. The most important thing I think you can gain from it is making contacts with people. It will help in the future, it's definitely worth checking it out. In fact, any kind of work experience is good. It will also help you find out what kind of law you might enjoy for when you look for a training contract etc. The networking aspect of the work experience didn't even cross my mind. What kind of things did you do during your time there? And how did you get the place? Any tips. Did you apply online, or drop in the law firm and ask? ( Originally Posted by Norton1 ) I think the OP's takehome from