Graduates & Summer Clerks
DLA Phillips Fox is a powerhouse of legal talent, serving some of the most significant organisations on the planet.
We are a Kiwi group member firm of the largest business law firm in the world – DLA Piper. Through our close ties with DLA Piper, you will become a lawyer in a brilliant legal alliance offering you boundless legal opportunities.
Through DLA Piper, our New Zealand office’s work for global clients is exacting and exciting. These organisations are on the pulse of the world’s most important legislative, regulatory and commercial developments. You will be exposed to their issues. Your experience will help inform your work for our large portfolio of Kiwi clients, as well as help define your legal career.
At DLA Phillips Fox you’ll also work for New Zealand entities and companies that are amongst the cream of organisations in this country. We have been the major provider of legal services for many of these clients for years, such are the relationships we build and sustain.
Because of our size and the work we do, you will be in the engine room of legal advice from the start of your employment, even as a summer clerk or a new graduate. Your experience will be real, the work fast paced, and challenging. You’ll be asked to meet with clients, prepare cases for trial, appear in court and get involved in commercial transactions, all with our support.
What a great start to your career journey!