Graduate Recruitment

Application overview 

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Summer scheme 

  • We will have approximately 170 vacancies across our eight UK offices for our summer scheme.
  • Please apply for a summer scheme in the office where you wish to be complete your training contract.
  • Please note that the deadline for summer scheme applications for 2012 has now passed.  We will begin recruiting for summer schemes in 2013 from November 2012.

Training contracts

  • The deadline for training contract applications for 2013 has now passed.  We will open the 2014 training contract application form in April 2012. 
  • We do not have a March intake of trainees.
  • We will have approximately 90 training contract vacancies for 2014.

Requirements

  • Applicants must have a minimum of ABB from three A Levels, excluding General Studies; a minimum of five Scottish Highers within the A/B band; or equivalent examinations.  Candidates must have achieved, or be on course to achieve, a 2.i degree in any subject.  In Scotland, if you are studying a non-law degree, you will need to complete the accelerated two year LLB course post-graduation. 
  • There are certain criteria that we look for throughout the recruitment process - you need to be an excellent communicator and team player with a demonstrably keen interest in the corporate world. We also look for evidence of organisational skills, motivation, commerciality, analytical ability and an appetite for life.

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people with law and non-law degrees and from mature applicants dedicated to a career change. We seek willing and able individuals who are enthusiastic and committed. Each trainee is valued, each intake is diverse. We do not want clones and therefore consider every application on its own merits. It is up to you to show us what makes you a well rounded individual.

Law Society

We adhere to the Law Society's Voluntary Code to Good Practice in the Recruitment of Trainee Solicitors. Ask your careers adviser or speak to the Law Society for more information.

Applying online

  • Please apply to one office only for both summer scheme and training contract applications.
  • If you are applying for a summer scheme, please make your application to the office within which you wish to complete your training contract.
  • We do not accept CV applications. If you have a specific reason why you are unable to complete an online application please contact us.
  • If applicable, please apply for a summer scheme in the office where you would like your training contract to be based.
  • If you have not met our academic standards and do not have any mitigating circumstances, your application will not be considered.
  • We recommend you save your information regularly as you navigate through the application form. Read the form through carefully before submitting it.
  • We do not screen applications until after the specified closing dates. We will contact all applicants after the deadline to inform them of the outcome of their application.

Providing your academic history

  • For the secondary education section, please provide full details of ALL subjects studied and examinations taken at GCSE/A Level/AS/A2/Standard/Highers; or equivalent qualifications.
  • For the college/university education section, please provide a full breakdown of all modules studied (as a percentage), and individual grades achieved at degree level or equivalent; and where applicable for GDL and LPC for each module. Please indicate where any resits have been necessary, giving both sets of results.
  • If you fail to provide a full breakdown of your marks for all courses your application will not be considered.
  • It is imperative that, when completing the 'Education' section of the application form, you refer to your official examination results and degree transcript(s). Where academic results have been provided from memory, we will not accept this as an excuse for any errors made.
  • You will be asked to provide ALLcopies of GCSE/A Level/AS/A2/Standard/ Highers transcripts; or equivalent results and ALL copies of any degree, GDL and LPC transcripts, at any stage of the recruitment process. Failure to do so will prevent your application from being taken any further.
  • Any misrepresentation of academic grades, or omission to disclose any academic grades may result in the cancellation of your application.

References

Please note that we will not approach referees until an offer of a training contract has been made.

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If you require any additional support in completing the application form then please contact recruitment.graduate@dlapiper.com.