Law Internships and Work Experience Overseas in China

Our Law placements in China are based in the busy, vibrant city of Shanghai. In this ever-changing destination there are many new western companies taking advantage of an increasingly open Chinese economy to set up a Chinese division. Most of these firms need legal assistance to satisfy local business requirements and your law project in China will undoubtedly reflect corporate life in this modern, evolving and fast-moving society.

Shanghai City

Companies arriving in China need to adapt to the new environment and a different legal system. Day-to-day you'll work alongside English speaking local lawyers, one of whom will also act as your supervisor. Your language abilities and understanding of western culture and law will be interesting and useful to Chinese law firms.

Law Work Experience Opportunities with Projects Abroad

Projects Abroad will find you a placement that fits with your own areas of interest. Volunteers have worked in areas including banking law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate intellectual property, taxation and insolvency. Please let us know of any preferences you may have.

Volunteering on a Law Internship Placement in China

Shanghai at night

To apply for one of our Law in China placements you must have some legal experience. Most of our volunteers are part way through a law course or have completed their studies and are interested in gaining practical work experience in a law firm abroad.

A voluntary placement with a well-respected law firm in Shanghai could be a valuable addition to your résumé in this notoriously competitive profession, and might just secure you that lucrative first job once you graduate.

All law volunteers live in shared apartments in the city with other Projects Abroad volunteers.

This project is available for two weeks if you don't have time to join us for a month or more. This project has been selected by our local colleagues as being suitable for short term volunteering for both the host community and the volunteer. Although you will gain a valuable cultural insight and work intensely within the law firm please be aware that you may not be able to make the same impact as someone volunteering for a longer period. Volunteers joining a law project for just two weeks should arrive at a weekend.