Our summer internship is a three-week programme hosted in our Dubai office which is aimed specifically at individuals interested in a career in the Middle East. Our placement is an exciting opportunity to find out more about life at Pinsent Masons. We design, structure and develop the placement programme to give you an experience which helps to develop your legal and commercial skills. Working alongside trainees and qualified solicitors on real client projects, you’ll enjoy structured work-based learning, skills training and presentations.
To be eligible for this programme, you must :
You are also expected to meet the following criteria but not essential:
All candidates must have full right to work in the UAE.
If you have any questions regarding the eligibility of this programme, please contact us.
If you don’t meet the above minimum academic criteria but you have mitigating circumstances, there’s an opportunity for you to include this information in your registration form.
You will be given an allowance to cover your expenses during the placement which is 2000 dirhams per week.
Please ensure you hold the relevant right to work to participate in our summer internship. If you require any further information or are not sure about your individual circumstances, please contact us.
The below shows the typical recruitment process for our Early Talent programmes in our UK, Dublin, Johannesburg and Dubai offices.
Tell us about yourself, your academic history and your employment history where applicable. We also gather information about you to support our contextualized recruitment approach.
The next stage of the recruitment process will involve completing our online blended assessment. This blended assessment incorporates situational judgment questions, a written case study and a short recorded video interview allowing us to see how well you would perform in different scenarios.
If you pass the online blended assessment, we’ll ask you to book a place at one of our in-person assessment centres. You will complete three exercises over the day – This will include a one-to-one interview, a business simulation exercise and a case study.
Whatever the outcome, we’ll let you know as soon as we can after the assessment centre. If you display the key attributes we are looking for and perform well throughout the assessment, we’ll send you an offer and talk you through the onboarding process.
To start your application, please click on apply now. Once you have registered an account, you will need to complete the following before the application closing date:
Once you have submitted all of the above, our recruitment team will review your application alongside your online blended assessment and will be in touch in due course regarding your outcome.
Legal work experience is not mandatory. Our application form allows you to provide up to 5 of your most relevant experiences. This can be anything you've done, such as employment, work experience, placement, volunteering, sports activities, positions of responsibility etc.
As part of the internship, interns will rotate around different teams. If you are offered a position, we’ll ask you to tell us your top three practice group preferences and we’ll do our best to place you in one of these. However, this is subject to business requirements at the time of the placement.
Candidates should have existing connections to the Middle East with an interest in building a career in the region.
