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Australia
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Poland
Qatar
Spain
UAE
UK
Aligned with our strategic business purpose, DWF 5 STAR Futures is our community education programme with a purpose to enable aspirational young people to unlock their potential by developing their confidence and employability skills to become more work ready.
Our programme has won awards from Business in the Community, Liverpool Law Society and Manchester Law Society.
The purpose of the scheme is to enable aspirational young people to unlock their potential by developing their confidence and employability skills to become more work ready.
The world of work workshops are delivered by volunteers to help students develop the essential skills needed in the workplace of listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership and teamwork.
The main part of the programme involves a group of volunteer coaches from DWF going into local secondary schools as well as visits to our offices for workshops each month.
Through activities and discussion groups on topics such as workplace behaviours, effective communication and resilience, with our final session an Awards Evening where the pupils each give a speech in front of their guests from home, their classmates and their teachers about their 5 STAR Futures experience.
The legal sector should be open to talent from all economic backgrounds – and there’s still more work to do to put things right. DWF are committed to social mobility and as a member of PRIME an alliance of law firms across the UK, committed to improving access to the legal profession through work experience.
As a member, we have made a commitment to nine key principles that encourage providing work experience opportunities that provide a practical improvement in social mobility for young people from low-income backgrounds.
This session provides an introduction to innovation and creative problem solving.
