DLA Piper

I was involved in various research tasks relevant to my department. Alongside the research tasks, I was involved in the day-to-day work of a trainee including joining client calls, contract reviews, and drafting documents. I also had the opportunity to in...

The first week in London consists of very interesting talks from different fee earners in the firm, giving you a real insight into DLA Piper and its strong values. The second and third weeks in the regional office consists of different tasks which refle...

We were given genuine tasks, such as drafting, contract review, and participation in client meetings.

Before we started the internship we were required to pick out top 3 prefrences for which seats we wanted to be sat at on week 2 and week 3 of the internship. During the 2 weeks we were given core objectives that we had to satisfy including: a legal resear...

Day-to-day work was never boring, the firm gives you an amazing opportunity to sit in 2 practice seats and activities set include drafting documents, attending client meeting and legal research. I sat in Lit and Reg in my first week and IPT in my second....

It was a three-week internship. I spent the first week on a global induction programme alongside fellow interns. The second week was spent in the Employment seat of the firm and the second week was in the Litigation & Regulatory seat. Day-to-day tasks inc...

First week was very social. The days were spent in the office getting to know the firm and the other interns; we were encouraged to socialise with each other outside of office hours. Second week - in litigation and regulatory group. My line manager mad...

The internship was 3 weeks in duration and involved a week induction in London followed by 2 weeks of work in a regional office. Each week you are sat in a different department and work is varied based on this. My seats were in Finance and Regulation, eac...

The internship was a fantastic opportunity to engage with DLA Piper's people and workstreams. Day-to-day, I attended insight sessions to learn more about the firm, networked with peers, and completed work for different practice areas. Each week, I was s...

The work given on a day-to-day basis covered a wide variety of topics within each seat, including legal research, drafting memos, and conducting due diligence. There were organised speakers throughout the entirety of the programme, which lasts for three...

Day-to-day we sat in numerous insightful presentations from international group heads of the firm, took part in a client pitch exercise and had two seat rotations in the firm

During the first, the firm flew over interns from all around the UK and Dubai to the London office. We week we had the opportunity to attend talks by many senior people and the firm and ask questions. During the other two weeks, all interns joined their d...

The first week consisted of numerous talks and networking events. I then interned in the restructuring and IPT departments, conducting research, attending meetings, studying documents and completing engagement letters. I completed a presentation as well a...

The internship started with a week-long induction with interns from global offices and talks about the firm. It was followed by two week-long placements in different seats.

In the induction we listened to several insightful talks from senior leadership of the firm on various topics. At the beginning of our time in each of our practice groups we were set a list of objectives that we had to complete. These objectives included...

One week in London, then two weeks in your office of choice. We had many insight sessions and then a true insight into the firm through working in different seats.

A three week internship, with one week as a Nationwide (+Dubai) office induction. The first week consisted with a Induction talks mostly from very senior partners of the firm to explain the values, practice and sectors that DLA work within. The 2nd/3rd w...

one-week induction: talks, learning sessions two weeks placement: real life trainee tasks

Daily tasks for interns are similar to the tasks that trainee solicitors are asked to do. Depending on which practice area of the firm you are in, you will be required to carry out legal research, legal drafting, due diligence and taking notes on client c...

The Summer Internship is split into 3 weeks. The first week was spent getting to know our fellow interns, attending talks from various senior partners and trainees, participating in workshops and networking throughout the firm. This week also allowed us t...