EARLY CAREERS
Discover DLA Piper
About this experience
If you’re curious about life at DLA Piper, attending this event is a great place to learn more. We're a world of opportunity, and the key to a global career.
At the event, you will:
- Learn about DLA Piper and discover how we’re redefining what a global law firm can be.
- See how we're focused more on shaping the future than protecting the past, as you learn about our practice groups and sectors and our approach to legal tech, responsible business and sustainability.
- Experience what it's like to work at the firm by meeting our people – the trusted advisors, innovators and game-changers who go above and beyond the challenge the status quo.
- Network with colleagues from each of our practice groups, helping you decide if a career in law is right for you.
- Find out about our early careers programmes and get practical guidance on how to succeed in our application process.
By joining a Discover DLA Piper event, you'll be taking a step towards shaping your career.
We look forward to welcoming you and exploring how we can unlock your potential, together.
Accessibility
At DLA Piper, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments and removing disability-related barriers. This is so everyone, irrespective of a visible or non-visible disability, neurodivergence, a long-term health condition or injury, has an equitable opportunity to succeed in our recruitment process.
If you think you may need adjustments or additional support to enable you to participate in our recruitment process, please get in touch with our Early Careers team and we will be happy to support you.
We understand that sharing your needs with us may feel daunting. We will have an open discussion with you about what will work best for you in the recruitment process, and you only need to share what you feel comfortable with. Our team will ensure that the information you provide will be treated confidentially. The information will only be shared with others involved in the process, on your approval, and where necessary.
We will use the information you share to put adjustments in place for you at any stage, or at multiple stages, of the recruitment process. This is to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, and to have an equitable opportunity to perform and thrive.
Recruitment roadmap
What to expect
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Application form
Our application form will capture some key information regarding yourself and your studies.
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Motivational question
We will also ask you to submit an answer to an application question regarding your motivations to apply to DLA Piper and in particular our Discover DLA Piper event.
Alexis Brenssell, Solicitor, Perth
A highlight of my experience at DLA Piper is the relationships I have built with my class of graduates. There aren’t many days that we don’t eat lunch together, get morning coffees from the barista bar or play a game of table tennis!
Cassian Ho, Senior Associate, Sydney
No matter how excellent any individual is, success is achieved through working as a team. In my view, DLA Piper’s team culture is great, and there is a real emphasis on ensuring that we’re friends as well as colleagues.
Joanne Wang, Graduate, Melbourne
I joined DLA Piper as a paralegal, then completed a clerkship, and now I am a graduate. The firm’s mentoring culture really stands out! Mentoring happens every day.
Tom Borland, Solicitor, Melbourne
Through its agile approach called WorkSmart, DLA Piper prioritises flexible working and understands the benefits that flow from providing its people with the tools needed to easily work in new and different ways every day.
Riley Arthur, Solicitor, Brisbane
My experience is that DLA Piper is full of wonderful people, and I have worked under great mentors throughout the graduate programme who value my career development just as much as I do.
Tom Keyser, Solicitor, Brisbane
You hear a lot about the international aspects of a firm like DLA Piper. It was not until I joined the firm that I appreciated how broad and active the international network was. In my first year working in Corporate, I was regularly in contact with clients and colleagues from all around the globe.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your questions,
answered
Our events are designed to give you a look into what a career at DLA Piper is really like.
The days will provide a great introduction to the legal sector and our practice groups. They will also help build your confidence and your professional skills and workplace capability.
Our Discovery Days are open to both law and non-law students and we do not have academic entry requirements for this event.
You can apply if you're a current law student in your penultimate or final year of undergraduate study at an Australian university.
We are looking for individuals who can collaborate, be bold, supportive, and exceptional and are committed learning more and pursuing a career with DLA Piper.
We do not have minimum academic requirements at undergraduate level. If you do have any mitigating circumstances that you would like to be taken into consideration alongside your application, please contact us to discuss further.
Yes, all reasonable travel costs will be covered.
Yes, whilst you will discover the global reach of our work, the Discover DLA Piper event is a chance to find out more about the office, people etc. where you would want to undertake your clerkship.
No, we don't have a specific application deadline as we recruit on a rolling basis. This means once we have enough applications for a role, we will close the role for any further applications. We therefore recommend you apply early for any event you're interested in.
If you have any mitigating circumstances that you'd like to be taken into consideration alongside your application, please contact us to discuss further.
If you are successful in gaining a place on one of our Discover DLA Piper events, the graduate recruitment team will be in touch prior to the day to check for any reasonable adjustments you might require to attend.
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