Comments on: Paul Weiss to provide every vac schemer free accommodation, travel and even a new suit https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:06:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1200188 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:06:46 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1200188 The SMART Commitment being delivered by Eversheds and AG has been doing this and more since May 2024 via Aspiring Solicitors…

]]> By: confused https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1200055 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:45:34 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1200055 why only provide food Monday to Thursday – do vac schemers WFH on Fridays??

]]> By: James https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1200017 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:54:51 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1200017 All firms should offer this. This was the main barrier for me doing a vac scheme at a London firm. I simply could not afford it. I don’t know anybody in London I could shack up with, and the ~£400 a week payment wouldn’t cover the amount I would spend on a hotel.

]]> By: Good stuff https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199951 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:00:56 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199951 Fantastic decision.

Better to offer it across the board than require someone who may need assistance have to ask. A lot of vac schemers are naturally nervous and apprehensive and so it’s a nice gesture from the firm to ensure these people are covered without having to ask for help.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199948 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:30:37 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199948 In reply to Alan.

Okay Alan.

]]> By: lol https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199947 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:27:09 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199947 I’m sure their working hrs are very reasonable 🙂

]]> By: No diddy come to death row (PW) https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199946 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:26:18 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199946 Paul is doing what it should

]]> By: Optimistic Student https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199944 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:45:47 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199944 Honestly more bigger firms should do this. Unless you already live in London, the money you have to put into attending a vach scheme is insane. Good on you, Paul Weiss.

]]> By: Paul Sceptic https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199939 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:08:25 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199939 Lots of imagining. We’ll have to quadruple their London headcount before that becomes a relevant assessment…

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199938 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:05:15 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199938 Their HQ is also in a great location, close to all the west end parks and amenities. What a shame other firms insist on being based around the incredibly dull and grey Liverpool Street area.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199937 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:03:00 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199937 In reply to Steven.

Agreed. The PW package is very generous especially as I understand it covers accommodation, meals and clothing allowance on top of paying £1500 which is very juicy. I think I must have received a couple hundred to cover everything and was also left massively out of pocket on travel and acom which is ridiculous considering the top firms are billion pound enterprises.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199936 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:59:59 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199936 In reply to Anon.

The culture is working every evening and weekend and holiday. The reward is market leading remuneration on every front. Don’t get it confused.

]]> By: Alan https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199932 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:25:54 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199932 In reply to Surprisingly well thought out….

Who cares where your lawyer comes from as long as they give you good legal advice.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199929 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:47:19 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199929 In reply to Anonymous.

Yes. They are. Paul, Weiss is genuinely the only firm in the UK right now actually trying to take on Kirkland.

Imagine if they create a culture better than Kirkland and pay exactly the same as them.

]]> By: Surprisingly well thought out... https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199928 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:40:27 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199928 An underappreciated aspect of improving social mobility is making the access to opportunities as process as pain-free as possible from a costs perspective for students without the means (e.g. not living in London or without an allowance to cover all the additional expenses). Other firms should think of similar support if they want to move the needle on attracting candidates from all backgrounds.

]]> By: The new death row - come join the money team! https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199924 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:09:36 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199924 Money Weise!

]]> By: Kirkland NQ https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199922 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:58:55 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199922 £250? That won’t get you a replacement set of laces in the sort of shops I go to.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199921 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:35:16 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199921 Really trying to give Kirkland a run for its money?

]]> By: Fair play https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199920 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:18:59 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199920 No notes.

]]> By: Steven https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/09/paul-weiss-to-provide-every-vac-schemer-free-accommodation-travel-and-even-a-new-suit/#comment-1199919 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:03:10 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=209706#comment-1199919 I was fairly out of pocket doing vac schemes and open days despite the reimbursement provided by the firms, primarily due to travelling from Scotland. The 2 weeks accommodation and travel costs on one vac scheme meant I lost money despite the generous reimbursement. The real kicker was that several firms had a policy of max reimbursement of £80 for attending an open day (this was in 2017). Fine if you’re in the South East, but even with a railcard it didn’t cover the return fare and associated costs. Initiatives like this are a great way of widening participation. I was very fortunate to be able to cover the costs but imagine many would be put off from attending due to this.

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