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Our strategy

What makes Dentons different?

Let our trainees tell you.

Because of the Firm’s bold strategy, I felt like I could be a part of something that’s different, new and growing. I liked that dynamism.

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Our innovative nature

Our strategy

Global and local market forces are rapidly changing the practice of law. Clients expect high-quality, seamless service delivered faster, cheaper and better everywhere. Globalization — and the corresponding desire to protect cultural identity — is creating challenges and opportunities for law firms around the world. In that environment we have created Dentons, the world’s only truly polycentric, global law firm, to meet these challenges.

All successful organizations have a clear vision of what they would like to be in the future, and a strategy for how to get there. The Dentons vision is to be the law firm of the future – right now. Our strategy is to grow, integrate and reinvent our business.

You have the opportunity to help build the law firm of the future and be a part of the strategy that gets us there.

Dentons. Our strategy makes us different.

Our innovative nature

Dentons is at the cutting edge of technology and the future of law, namely NextLaw and other initiatives.“

Our culture The Dentons vision is to be the law firm of the future — right now. We are working to reinvent the business of law, capitalizing on new technologies and talent management approaches to better serve our clients. The legal profession has not benefitted from technology like other professional services industries. We plan to change that. That’s why we created NextLaw Labs, a global collaborative innovation platform focused on developing, deploying, and investing in new technologies and processes to transform the practice of law around the world.

Through NextLaw Labs we are engaging strategic partners from the technology community to build and bring to market new products that will allow us to work better, smarter and provide more value for our clients. And with Dentons, you will have the unique opportunity to pilot and test new technology and innovation unavailable at any other firm.

Dentons. Our innovative nature makes us different.

Our culture

The forward-thinking culture of the Firm, the international opportunities and the people drew me to Dentons over other �irms.“

One of the things that makes Dentons unique is our polycentric approach: we have no one global headquarters and no dominant national culture.We offer clients talent from diverse backgrounds and countries, with deep experience across many geographies and every tradition of law, enabling us to get a deal done or dispute resolved in virtually every corner of the world.

That same polycentric approach that places a premium on the contributions of all of our lawyers, professionals and trainees, makes for a uniquely positive culture in which you can grow and expand your career.

Dentons. Our culture makes us different.

Our people

The lawyers I met during the recruiting process were very interesting and very welcoming. They inspired me.“

Our peopleDentons is home to top-tier talent that is found at the intersection of geography, industry knowledge and substantive legal experience. Following our combination with 大成, we will offer more lawyers and services in more places than any other firm in the world. That offering reflects how we see the practice of law changing. Offices used to be the principal places in which services were performed, and that is still the case in many large, more traditional law firms. At Dentons, we view our offices as portals that connect legal talent across regions. Working with Dentons, you will have the opportunity to work with the top legal talent around the corner and around the world.

Dentons. Our people make us different.

Our global reach

Dentons is an unprecedented international force in the legal industry with an exciting future ahead that I want to be a part of.“

Our global reach Clients want three things: extensive experience, deep industry knowledge and local cultural understanding wherever they operate. Dentons operates at the intersection of all three. Practice experience is a given – table stakes, as it were. In the Internet age, industry knowledge can be researched on the way to a client meeting. And, of course, clients expect firms to know the territory where they have offices.

Rather than sending lawyers from traditional legal markets to open an office in other markets, we favor whole firm combinations. Each of Dentons’ foundational firms was truly in and of the communities it served: firmly grounded with the leading corporate clients and industries in its regions. We continue that tradition today.

At Dentons you can be a part of a firm that offers more presence in more places. With 125+ locations in 50+ countries, we offer a world of opportunity for your career.

Dentons. Our global reach makes us different.

About Dentons ^Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide a competitive edge in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2014 Global Elite Brand Index, Dentons is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality in new and inventive ways. Dentons’ clients now benefit from 3,000 lawyers and professionals in more than 80 locations spanning 50-plus countries. With a legacy of legal experience that dates back to 1742 and builds on the strengths of our foundational firms—Salans, Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC), SNR Denton and McKenna Long & Aldridge—the Firm serves the local, regional and global needs of private and public clients. www.dentons.com.

In 2015, the Firm announced its intention to combine with Chinese firm 大成. Upon launch, the new firm will offer clients experience from more than 6,600 lawyers and professionals in more than 125 locations and 50-plus countries.

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Training contractsAs a Dentons trainee you’ll be given all the responsibility you want, including running parts of cases and meeting with clients. The supportive team around you will include a dedicated supervisor, a trainee partner and our trainee representatives, who will ensure you can communicate your views and ideas.

London: One of your seats will be in Banking & Finance and one will be a contentious seat. You may also have the opportunity to work in one of our international offices or on secondment with one of our clients.

Milton Keynes: With seats available in Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Property Litigation, Construction and Employment, you’ll gain broad commercial law experience.

Middle East: We are keen to hear from nationals of Gulf Cooperation Council countries interested in training to become England and Wales qualified.

Pro bono & social activitiesAt Dentons, we give back to the communities in which we live and work. Success brings opportunities to help others, adding a rewarding new dimension to your career.

Our pro bono projects include the PopLaw Clinic, the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed), Fair Finance, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and UNICEF UK.

Join your non-legal colleagues and volunteer your time to valuable community projects, including Mosaic, City Gateway, the Inner City Reading Scheme, Suited & Booted and the Whitechapel Mission.

And, when you’re ready to relax, there are plenty of social activities to enjoy: our Social Committee organises everything from yoga to quiz nights, from bake-offs to masquerade balls, because well-rounded people with passions outside of the office are the ones with whom our clients want to work.

Diversity & inclusionDiversity and Inclusion (D&I) is about building a culture where we all respect, support and learn from our collective skills, talents and differences. By design, Dentons is a diverse community and it is important that we reflect the environments in which we live and work.

Essential to our success is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Our D&I values are reflected in our recruitment process: it is important that the legal profession is accessible to all, regardless of background.

We work with Aspiring Solicitors, Pure Potential and SEO London, which provide access to the profession to under-represented groups, and Enabling Enterprise and Worktree (Milton Keynes), which prepare young people for the world of work.

Dentons is a member of the Graduate Recruiters Disability Café Club; we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities.

We have a variety of internal network groups to help enable our staff to fulfil their potential, from our Women’s Network, our LGBT network group, GLOW, to internal “return to work” mentors who support those returning to work after extended leave.

We support the Black Solicitors Network (BSN), are a Diversity Champion member of Stonewall, and a signatory of the Law Society’s Diversity & Inclusion Charter.

Salary & benefits You’ll earn a competitive salary of £40,000 for first year London trainees, rising to £44,000 in the second year and £65,000 upon qualification. In Milton Keynes first year trainees earn £27,200, rising to £29,750 in the second year and £44,000 upon qualification.

We’ll also pay your GDL/LPC law school fees during actual years of study, as well as study maintenance grants of £6,000 per year of study (in London).

On top of that, during your training contract you’ll enjoy numerous benefits – and you’ll get to choose the ones that best fit your lifestyle.

Who we’re looking for There is no typical candidate for our training contract programme. The expertise within our firm is as diverse as the needs of our global clients—and we want to keep it that way. Being a team player is important, as is having the drive and ambition to succeed in a highly demanding work environment.

We need to see a strong record of academic and extra-curricular achievement. We accept degrees in any discipline (minimum 2:1 or equivalent) and we look for a minimum of AAB at ‘A’ level.

Our application process First, complete the online application. You may next be invited to take a critical thinking exercise, which tests your verbal reasoning and analytical skills.

Candidates who continue to advance will be invited to a video interview. This is your opportunity to bring your application to life in a quick and easy interview that you can complete from the comfort of your own home.

The next step is an in person competency-based interview with a member of our graduate recruitment team. You’ll also take an online questionnaire which looks at your preferences and style of work.

The final stage of our application process is an interview with two partners, which includes a case study exercise. Here you’ll be asked to analyse information in a commercial non-legal context and to prepare and deliver a presentation to the partners.

Applicants who successfully complete this stage will be offered a training contract.

Key datesTraining contract (non-law applicants)Starts: September 2018Open to: Final year non-law students and non-law graduatesWhen to apply: October 2015 - 31 March 2016

Training contract (law applicants)Starts: September 2018Open to: Penultimate and final year law sudents and law graduatesWhen to apply: October 2015 - 31 July 2016

Summer vacation schemes - LondonStarts: July 2016Open to: Penultimate and final year law students. When to apply: October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Summer vacation schemes - Milton KeynesStarts: July 2016Open to: Penultimate and final year law students, final year non-law

students, law & non-law graduates. When to apply: October 2015 - 31 January 2016

Winter open day (London)Starts: December 2015Open to: Final year non-law students and non-law graduatesWhen to apply: October 2015 - 13 November 2015

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