More About DLA Piper


DLA Piper is one of the world’s largest full service commercial law firms with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield.
We now have more than 8,000 employees working from over 60 offices across Europe,
Asia, the Middle East and the US. Our current vision is to be the leading global business
law firm. Our clients include some of the world’s leading businesses, governments,
banks and financial institutions. DLA Piper offers trainees the opportunity to apply for a
range of international and client secondments.

In 2008 DLA Piper won the prestigious National Graduate Recruitment Awards’ ‘Diversity
Recruitment Award’ proving our commitment to recruiting people from a wide variety of backgrounds and ages. Our progressive approach to recruitment creates a mix of talents that contributes to our success.

TYPES OF WORK
DLA Piper has the following main areas of work:
Corporate; Employment, Pensions & Benefits; Finance & Projects; Intellectual Property & Technology; Litigation & Regulatory; and Real Estate.

SUMMER SCHEME
The firm operates a formal summer scheme, which runs between June and August each year. The schemes run for two weeks and allow a thorough insight into DLA Piper. There are approximately 170 places available nationwide. Applications should be made via the firm’s online application form and the closing date for summer 2010 is 31 January 2010.

SPONSORSHIP
Full fees plus a maintenance grant of up to £7,000pa for the GDL and the LPC.

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