If you do an internship with us, you will be considered for a graduate position. However, you can also apply for a graduate position independently. Applications for our Internships and graduate positions can be made through our graduate website.

You should apply for the internship two years before you’re eligible to start your graduate programme. If you're studying a law degree, this means applying in your penultimate year (year 2 of a three-year degree, or year 3 of a four-year degree).

If you're studying a non-law degree, you should apply in your final year (as it will take two years for you to complete the GDL and LPC).

No, you can only apply to one position in one office.

You should apply for an internship in the office where you would like your graduate position to be based.

Yes. Please note your mitigating circumstances on your application and these will be taken into consideration (you may be asked to produce documentary evidence).

Please complete the 'Other Education' section on the application form for all examinations completed outside of the UK. There is no need to attempt to convert your grades into the UK equivalent.

You will need to provide evidence of your academic achievements (e.g. exam certificates/transcripts) if you are offered a position at DLA Piper.

The verbal reasoning test will assess how well you can make sense of verbal information and apply logic and reasoning to answer questions. In this test, you will be presented with a paragraph of text and then asked multiple choice questions about the content. This is a timed test so once you start you’ll need to move quickly and carefully through the questions.

A Personality assessment looks at peoples' preferred behaviours and tendencies and makes inferences as to how they might act in a given situation. In a work context, understanding personality helps look at how well a person is likely to fit with the conditions and requirements of different organisations and jobs and is very common across a range of industries and employers. You’ll complete an untimed questionnaire where you’ll answer a series of questions by ranking types of behaviours as most and least like you. There are no right or wrong answers – you just answer the way that best reflects yourself.

Yes, you can. Our testing partner has a practice website where you can do practice questions that are similar to what you’ll see in the real assessments. We highly recommend that you spend a few minutes doing so. That way, you’ll know what to expect and nothing about the format or process will come as a surprise. The test site is here.

Yes, we accept applications from those who have already completed their law degree – as well as from non-law graduates currently undertaking the GDL or LPC.

Your application will be considered if there are mitigating circumstances or if you have significant experience from a previous career. If the former applies, please note the mitigating circumstances on your application. You may be asked to produce documentary evidence.

Yes, we accept applications from students and graduates requiring a work permit. If we offer you a graduate position, we will support your application to obtain a work permit or visa. However, please note that it is your responsibility to provide all the necessary information and documentation to the UK Border Agency. Furthermore, any offer we make will be conditional upon your work permit/visa application being approved.

The majority of DLA Piper's offices in the UK have all eight practice groups.

We require a minimum of 35 points, with consistency in grades across the six chosen subjects.

If you are applying to our Edinburgh office, you should apply in your penultimate year. If you are applying to one of our offices in England, you should apply in the final year of your degree. This is because you will need to complete either the full GDL or selected modules of the course.

We run a number of open days each year. Keep an eye on your careers centre notice board and our website for details.

Yes.

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