DLA Piper ranked 8th in 2022-23 Rate My Placement’s Best 100 Student Employers ranking

DLA Piper has ranked 8th in the 2022-23 Rate My Placement’s Best 100 Student Employers ranking. The ranking celebrates employers across all industries and sectors who offer the best paid work experience opportunities to UK university students, as voted by students. Notably, DLA Piper has been listed as the top law firm within the ranking.

The firm has also been recognised for its early careers opportunities at The AllAboutLaw Awards 2022.

The AllAboutLaw Awards showcases the best law firms in the UK. The awards recognise the quality of career opportunities for aspiring solicitors, and are based on the opinions of current aspiring solicitors in the UK, who were asked to select which firms they thought were the best.

Competing against other International law firms, the firm won ‘Best Law Firm’ and ‘Best First Year Opportunities’.

Liam Cowell, UK Country Managing Partner at DLA Piper, said:

“Achieving this external recognition for our early careers programmes is a fantastic achievement for the firm. As part of our core values, we’ve been working to make positive strides in improving access for students to the legal profession. We seek to bridge the gap between academic institutions and the world of work, and are proud of our insight programme, internship, graduate programme and apprenticeship opportunities for university students and school leavers.”