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Placement details

Overview

Location: Manchester

Start date: to be confirmed

Application criteria:

As a firm, DLA Piper do not have any academic requirements to apply for their solicitor apprenticeship, however the tuition providers they work with do have minimum academic requirements.

• You will need at least three C’s at A Level and five GCSEs, including Maths and English, or equivalent, at Grade C/4 or above.
• You need to have the right to work in the UK and have lived in the UK for the last three years.

Application deadline: February 2025

How to apply: applications will open in November 2024. Please register your interest by clicking 'Apply' at the top of this page!

 

About the DLA Piper Solicitor Apprenticeship

As a solicitor apprentice, you'll get the qualifications and experience you need to start a global career that transcends traditional boundaries. You'll be part of a firm that embraces new ideas and fosters progress. With a focus on shaping the future of law, you'll do work that's as diverse as the world we live in.

On the solicitor apprenticeship, you'll be earning while you learn, with no university fees or student debt. You'll spend one day a week with our training provider, the University of Law, studying towards:

• A government accredited Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship (equivalent to a master’s degree)
• A law degree (LLB) in Legal Practice and Skills
• The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)

You’ll have the freedom to discover your own path and make an extraordinary impact beyond the borders of traditional law. Tomorrow’s legal industry can’t hire yesterday’s skills.

Unlock your potential and start building a different kind of legal career.

 

About DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Their global reach ensures that they can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. They strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to their clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed.

Making business better. DLA Piper believe great businesses can make a better world. Forward-thinking, innovative organisations can find the answers to today’s most difficult questions. That’s why, every day, they help them succeed. Their bold and dynamic culture means they think big and act decisively. Because relationships are at the heart of everything they do for their clients and communities. Let’s make business better. Together.

Next steps

Click 'Apply' at the top of this page!