Vacation Placements and Mini-Pupilages

I got a weeks worth of experience at the biggest firm in my area by just sending them a letter. I also got a mini pupillage by doing the same. I just sent a letter and called them afterwards. However I think the larger firms have their own way of doing things.

That isn't a vacation placement though and I'm pretty sure that you haven't done a mini-pupillage. To the best of my understanding, these are the names given to the work experience that undergraduates do while they are in university, not just work experience which is organised beforehand on a relatively informal level.

the experience at the solicitors firm was 'work experience' not a vaction scheme as ur paid for those however the time I spent with a barrister WAS a mini pupillage.