Could anyone shed some light on the working environment at Arnold & Porter? I've been offered a role as a trainee lawyer but wanted to know if its a safe environment in the sense that I could ask for support if I ever needed it.

Many thanks in advance!

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It’s a training contract. There are only a few hundred in the City now which will pay a proper wage. Just take it. If you hate it, in two years you can skip to another firm and it’ll be easy to when you trained at A&P

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Thank you both for your advice it's definitely being taken on and I think you're both right regarding the training and having such a opportunity in itself is such a hard thing to come by nowadays too. Really appreciate both of your inputs thank you!

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