Recognized as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 11, 2025)
Here are some of the reasons why DLA Piper (Canada) LLP was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP encourages employees to stay active with subsidized memberships to an on-site shared-use fitness facility, offering instructor-led classes and access to personal trainer services -- employees can also organize their own baseball, soccer and charitable running teams
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP offers a minimum of three weeks' starting vacation and provides employees with the unique option to carry forward or cash out up to 10 unused vacation days for the following year
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP invests in the education of current and future generations, covering tuition subsidies for job-related courses and offering academic scholarships for children of employees (to $1,000 per child annually)

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees participate in a softball league

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees participate in a softball league

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees participate in a softball league
Highlights
Industry | Law firms |
Established in Canada | 1892 |
Major Canadian locations | Vancouver BC, Toronto ON, Edmonton AB, Calgary AB, Montréal QC |
Full-time employees in Canada | 564 |
Part-time employees in Canada | 17 |
Average age of employees in Canada | 44 years |
Longest serving employee | 47 years |
Benefits note | DLA Piper (Canada) LLP has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position |
Flexible work options | hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), telecommuting |
Long-term savings | defined-contribution (DC) pension |
Health plan premium | as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums |
Mental health practitioner benefit | up to $3,000 each year |
Maternity top-up (mothers) | up to 100% of salary for 17 weeks |
Parental top-up (fathers) | up to 100% of salary for 5 weeks |
Adoption top-up | up to 100% of salary for 5 weeks |
Vacation allowance | new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job |
Employee performance reviews | employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months |
In-house training initiatives | in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships |
Related tuition subsidies | employer covers up to 50% of tuition per year |
Annual tuition maximum | employer pays up to $1,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year |
Recognized as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2025):
By Kristina Leung, Chantel Watkins, and Cypress Weston, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Jan 20, 2025)
Here are some of the reasons why DLA Piper (Canada) LLP was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2025):
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP invests in the development of their students by presenting a series of nationally coordinated weekly seminars for summer students between May and August and a separate series of seminars for articled students during the articling year -- the seminars are designed to assist in the transition from the study of law to the practice of law
- Articled students at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP also have the opportunity to engage in secondments with one of the organization's financial clients, where they participate in four- to six-week rotations learning more about the legal landscape in another province
- DLA Piper (Canada) LLP offers specialized, intensive training programs to fast-track skills development and prepare junior associates for a career as either a solicitor or litigator -- the programs provide participants with practical knowledge on topics such as dealing with clients, working with witnesses, preparing for trials, cross-examination, due diligence, and transaction agreements, to name a few

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees attend a summer event at the tea house in Stanley Park

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees attend a summer event at the tea house in Stanley Park

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP employees attend a summer event at the tea house in Stanley Park
Highlights
Industry | Law firms |
Major Canadian locations | Vancouver BC, Toronto ON, Edmonton AB, Calgary AB, Montréal QC |
Full-time employees in Canada | 564 |
Student opportunities | summer jobs, co-op opportunities, paid internships |
In-house training programs | orientation program, in-house training, online training, in-house career planning services, mentoring, leadership training |
Related tuition subsidies | employer covers up to 50% of tuition per year |
Annual tuition maximum | employer pays up to $1,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year |
Unique training and development opportunities | legal administrative assistant practicum placement students are mentored by a senior legal administrative assistant, secondments for articled students, academies and conservatories program (select associates visit an office in the United States for immersive classroom learning and share their learnings with their team at home), table talk sessions, 2 specialized and intensive programs intended to develop skillsets in junior associates that focus on training for either the solicitor or litigator tracks, live and webinar courses |
Additional highlights | multiple associate committee groups meet on a regular basis to discuss issues pertinent to all associates, escalating anything that the firm may be able to improve on or assist with to management, quarterly associate social events, Vancouver office hosts information technology practicum students from BCIT, hosts high school practicum students who are interested in pursuing a career in law |
Vacation allowance | new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job |