Diageo Legal Summer Internship 2026

About the Internship

Fixed dates: Monday 1st June - Thursday 11th June 2026

Location: Diageo Offices - 16 Great Marlborough St, London W1F 7HS

Salary: London Living Wage

Expenses: up to £50 per week

Eligibility criteria

Please review the eligibility criteria before applying

• Interested in learning more about and/or pursuing an in-house legal career - please use your cover letter as an opportunity to highlight your career goals.

• A penultimate or final year university Law student who is on track to obtain a 2.1

• A socially mobile candidate – the internship is designed to bring socially mobile and diverse aspiring solicitors into the legal profession. As part of your application, you will be asked to provide more details of your background and upbringing, particularly related to your education and social background.

• Someone who is currently not in full-time legal employment or who has already secured a training contract.

• Available and eligible to work full-time from Monday 1st June - Thursday 11th June 2026.

About Diageo

Diageo PLC, a global leader in beverage alcohol and Flex Legal are delighted to be running their in-house legal summer internship again after the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural programme.

The two-week paid internship will provide an insight into a career as an in-house lawyer, with training sessions from and work shadowing with Diageo’s lawyers. Diageo’s Legal team work on a diverse range of legal and regulatory matters relating to Diageo’s portfolio of over 200 of the world’s premium drinks brands, sold in more than 180 countries.

With support from Flex Legal, the Diageo Legal team will provide insight into how its in-house Legal team enables and accelerates Diageo’s business performance whilst also protecting its reputation. The internship will give students the opportunity to learn more about a variety of issues including commercial law, employment law, digital, data and intellectual property, alongside soft skills training that will help them develop the skills needed to flourish in their future legal careers.

Here’s what recent interns said about their experience:

“The lawyers at Diageo were fantastic. They taught us a variety of different topics from intellectual property to how the business is structured, and did it in a really engaging, understandable manner.”

“Everybody at Diageo was so unbelievably welcoming and made me feel comfortable from day one. They were also incredibly generous with their time and expertise, answered every single question I had and were more than happy to stay in contact after the internship too.”

“The internship was truly incredible from start to finish. I didn’t realise how much I could learn in such a short space of time, and it was surprising how quickly the two weeks flew by - I would have been more than happy to stay for longer!”

Application Process

To apply, submit a CV (no more than 2 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 400 words). We’re particularly interested in candidates who have not been able to secure any legal work experience or training and will not consider candidates in full time legal employment or anyone who has already secured a training contract.

Applications will remain open until 9am on Monday 13 April 2026. We review applications as they come in, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible rather than waiting until the deadline.

Eligible candidates will be asked to:

• Complete an online assessment via our 3rd party testing provider, Test Gorilla, during the w/c Monday 13th April.

• Complete a short Zoom interview with a member of the Flex Trainee team (dates TBC). Timelines will be tight, so we appreciate your flexibility.

• If shortlisted from there, candidates will meet with the legal team at Diageo for a short Zoom interview in early May.

Please note that timelines for assessment will not be flexible.

For any questions about the internship, please email trainee@f-lex.co.uk.

To be eligible to apply, you should be:

• Interested in learning more about and/or pursuing an in-house legal career - please use your cover letter as an opportunity to highlight your career goals.

• A penultimate or final year university Law student who is on track to obtain a 2.1

• A socially mobile candidate – the internship is designed to bring socially mobile and diverse aspiring solicitors into the legal profession. As part of your application, you will be asked to provide more details of your background and upbringing, particularly related to your education and social background.

• Someone who is currently not in full-time legal employment or who has already secured a training contract.

• Available and eligible to work full-time from Monday 1st June - Thursday 11th June 2026