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Training Contract, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Orrick is a leading international law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 23 offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Orrick has earned a global reputation advising both established and emerging companies, banks and international...
Closing deadline: 29 June 2012 / Salary: £38000. The first year salary is £38,000 rising to £42,500 in the second year (2011).
Training Contract, Field Seymour Parkes LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Field Seymour Parkes is a full service legal practice, offering a comprehensive range of expert commercial and private legal services to organisations and individuals alike throughout the UK. Training We normally offer four training contracts...
Closing deadline: 30 June 2012
Training Contract, Olswang LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Olswang is a passionate and pioneering firm with a business-minded approach to the law. Our decisive, connected and highly-commercial people are committed to changing the face of business, impacting sectors ranging from Real Estate to Retail...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £35000-£39000. Salary increases to £59,000 on qualification
Training Contract 2014, Walker Morris
Graduate job/scheme
What we are looking for We don't have a Walker Morris clone that we are looking for. We look for individuality in bright, commercially minded graduates who look forward to a challenge. Ideally we would like candidates with a minimum of 3 B's...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £24000
Training Contract, Ince & Co
Graduate job/scheme
Ince & Co is one of the oldest firms in the City – we've been around for 140 years – yet we are modern and innovative. We combine a friendly, welcoming ethos with the clout of a major international law firm. With over 220 lawyers in...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £36000-£39000
Training Contract, SJ Berwin LLP
Graduate job/scheme
About us SJ Berwin is an international corporate law firm. Clients range from major multinational business corporations and financial institutions to high net-worth individuals. As a result, the firm has established a strong reputation in...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37500-£41500
Training Contract, Kennedys
Graduate job/scheme
About us Kennedys is a specialist national and international legal firm with unrivalled expertise in litigation and dispute resolution. The firm has over 1000 people globally, across nine UK and nine international locations. Kennedys is a...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £32000. £32,000 in London office
Training contracts commencing in September 2014 and March 2015, Berwin Leighton Paisner
Graduate job/scheme
We are looking to recruit 45 trainees split across our September 2014 and March 2015 intakes. We recruit penultimate year law students, final year law and non-law students and graduates. When recruiting trainees, our focus is on quality rather...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37000. Salary is £37,000 increasing to £41,000 in the second year
Law Training Contracts, Linklaters LLP
Graduate job/scheme
You’ll get more from your training contract at Linklaters. Join Linklaters and you become part of one of the world’s most prestigious law firms – a global network of exceptionally talented, highly motivated lawyers working as a team...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37400
Training Contract, Bird & Bird LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Bird & Bird is an international law firm with a long-established reputation underpinned by deep client and industry knowledge, for providing advice to clients operating at the forefront of their sectors, including: aviation & defence,...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £35000
Trainee Solicitor, Baker & McKenzie LLP
Graduate job/scheme
At Baker & McKenzie, we strongly believe that the quality of our firm is defined by the quality of our people. We will provide you with the best possible training to give you the varied legal and business skills you need to develop your...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000
Law Training Contracts, Taylor Wessing
Graduate job/scheme
If you are looking for responsibility from the word go, plus a real breadth of legal training across specialist practice groups– a training contract at Taylor Wessing could help your career as a lawyer move forward faster. We are a medium-sized,...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £36000
Training Contract, Clyde & Co LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The training contract You will gain early responsibility and be supported through close personal supervision and day-to-day coaching, complemented by a wide range of training courses. You will undertake four six-month seats in London and Guildford,...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £35000
Training Contract 2014, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Graduate job/scheme
About us International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has over 1,200 lawyers, including 300 partners, in 20 cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia. The London office was established in 1996 and has grown to become the second largest...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £41000-£45000
Training Contract, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of a handful of leading international law firms, with offices across the world. Our clients are mainly big commercial businesses whose names are well-known. The type of work we do divides into helping...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £39000
Training Contract, Gateley LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Gateley LLP is a top 50 law firm with over 200 years of history. With offices in Birmingham, Dubai, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, London, Manchester, Leeds and Nottingham it has national and international reach which means a wide range of opportunties...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, K&L Gates LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Take your seat… A training contract is your opportunity to experience different practice areas and acquire first-class legal skills. Your two-year training contract will be split into four seats, and we do our best to provide experience...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC)
Graduate job/scheme
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC) is a forward thinking London-based law firm with a wide-ranging practice, some of the leading lawyers in their fields and great clients in both the UK and overseas. We offer a depth of knowledge and creativity...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: 1st year: £37,000 2nd year: £40,000 Post-qualification salary (2011) £58,000
Training Contract, Macfarlanes LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Macfarlanes Macfarlanes is a leading City law firm. We are recognised for the quality of our work, not just in dealing with the full range of corporate and commercial matters, but in advising our clients on their private affairs. They trust...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000
Training Contract, Martineau
Graduate job/scheme
Join a first-class law firm We are a full service corporate and commercial law firm. Providing national and international advice to our clients, we are recognised as market leader in a variety of growing and intellectually challenging markets....
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract 2014, Manches LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Manches values highly the contribution our trainees make and offers many opportunities for early responsibility, high levels of client contact and a vibrant, close-knit working environment. We can offer an excellent variety of practice areas...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £30000. Increases on 2nd year and on qualification
Training Contract, Nabarro LLP
Graduate job/scheme
We are recruiting 25-30 future trainee solicitors for the firm. We have vacancies in our London office to start in September 2014/ January 2015. We recruit penultimate year law students, final year law and non-law students and graduates. If...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37000-£40000. Salary increases on qualification to £59,000
Training Contract, Wragge & Co LLP
Graduate job/scheme
"Trainees are the lifeblood of the firm. We invest considerable time, energy and experience into each of our trainees, ensuring they become the lawyer they want to be." Ian Metcalfe, managing partner The Training contract At...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: London: £35,750; Birmingham: £26,250
Training Contract, Bond Pearce LLP
Graduate job/scheme
It's your training contract! Our approach to trainee recruitment is one of long-term investment, both in terms of your career and the future of our business. We are looking for future associates and partners who will contribute to the growth...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Ashurst LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Ashurst LLP is an elite law firm advising corporates and financial institutions, with core businesses in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and structured finance. Our strong and growing presence around the world is built on extensive experience...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Trainee Solicitor, Shoosmiths
Graduate job/scheme
The Firm Growing steadily with offices across the UK, Shoosmiths is a progressive, forward thinking law firm with a real spirit of enterprise. We really value our people by giving them the freedom, recognition and support to succeed, and our...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £24000-£25000
Training Contract, DLA Piper UK LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The firm DLA Piper is one of the world’s largest law firms, supporting businesses across the globe with their commercial legal needs. We now have 4,200 lawyers working in over 70 offices in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the US....
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: Competitive
Training Contract, Simmons & Simmons
Graduate job/scheme
We are looking for ambitious, focused individuals with law or non-law degrees and look for a strong track record of achievements from our candidates. We are interested in finding out about your academic successes but we will also explore your...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Allen & Overy LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Allen & Overy LLP is a leading international legal practice with over 4,750 people in 39 locations worldwide. Our deals often make headline business news and we work with a large number of the top financial institutions and governments. World-renowned...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000
Training Contract, Bircham Dyson Bell LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The firm’s training is designed to produce its future partners. To achieve this we aim to provide a balance of both formal and practical training and will give early responsibility to those who show promise. Should you choose to build your...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contracts for 2014, Travers Smith LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Travers Smith has earned a phenomenal reputation in relation to its size. The work undertaken is exciting, intellectually demanding and top quality involving blue-chip clients and big numbers which means trainees gain great experience right...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000. The first year salary is £38,000 rising to £42,000 in the second year.
Training Contract, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Graduate job/scheme
CMS is the leading organisation of European law firms, which includes CMS Cameron McKenna. Being part of this network allows us to offer our clients access to the same high level of service and attention throughout Europe and beyond. We’ve...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Graduate job/scheme
About us On 1 October 2011, the partnerships of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon will merge. The new firm will be known as Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. We are an international commercial law firm...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000
Training Contract, Kirkland and Ellis International LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers representing global clients in complex corporate, restructuring, finance, litigation, intellectual property and competition matters. Training...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £40000
Training Contract, Mayer Brown International LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Mayer Brown in London From its trendy city location, the London office provides a full service presence; working together with its US, European and Asian counterparts to provide clients with complete representation on local and multijurisdictional...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Osborne Clarke
Graduate job/scheme
At Osborne Clarke we turn our legal expertise into our clients’ commercial gain. We do that by using our experience, expertise and imagination to give them tailored, practical advice that makes a difference to their business. Although we’re...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: Competitive. Bristol – £32,000 London and Thames Valley – £36,500
Training Contracts August 2014/February 2015, Reed Smith
Graduate job/scheme
Key to Reed Smith’s success is our ability to build lasting relationships with clients and each other. United through a culture committed to professional development, teamwork, diversity, pro bono and community support, we have grown to become...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37000
Training Contract, Sidley Austin LLP
Graduate job/scheme
With approximately 1,700 lawyers and other professionals working in a network of offices around the world, Sidley is a leading international law firm. Globally, we work for many different businesses, financial institutions, governments and individuals....
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Trainee Solicitor, SNR Denton
Graduate job/scheme
About us SNR Denton is a top 25 legal services provider worldwide, with a network spanning four continents, in 18 countries and 33 locations. We work hard to maintain a friendly and open environment where ideas are shared and people work...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37,000 for first year London trainees (rising to £40,000 in the second year), or £24,500 for first year Milton Keynes trainees (£26,500 in the second year).
Training Contract, White & Case LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The training contract consists of four six-month seats. We guarantee that one of the four seats can be spent in America, Africa, Asia or Europe. Importantly, personal preferences will be considered when agreeing which seats the trainees will...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Trainee Solicitor, Hogan Lovells
Graduate job/scheme
Hogan Lovells is a leading global law firm, with over 2,500 lawyers working in over 40 offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Our scale and capability positions us amongst the global elite of law firms,...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £38000
Training contract, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Graduate job/scheme
During the two-year training contract, trainees have four seat rotations, with six months spent in each seat. At least two of these seats will be completed in our core practice areas: European Corporate Global Finance Project...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Burges Salmon LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Firm profile Burges Salmon is proof that becoming a top lawyer doesn’t have to mean living in London. Working for clients throughout the UK and abroad, we continue to act for prestigious clients such as Virgin, Lloyds Banking Group and...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £31000
Training Contract, Norton Rose LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Norton Rose LLP is a constituent part of Norton Rose Group, a leading international legal practice. With more than 2,600 lawyers, we offer a full business law service to many of the world’s pre-eminent financial institutions and corporations...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £37000. Salary increases to £41,500 at the beginning of the second year of the training contract
Training Programme, Mills & Reeve LLP
Graduate job/scheme
Mills & Reeve is a major UK law firm with 97 partners and approximately 800 staff, operating from offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich. Who should apply? We welcome applications from penultimate year...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Contract, Jones Day
Graduate job/scheme
Jones Day operates as one firm worldwide with 2,500 lawyers in 34 offices. Jones Day in London is a key part of this international partnership and has around 200 lawyers, including around 50 partners and 35 trainees. This means that we can offer...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £41000
Training Contract, Field Fisher Waterhouse
Graduate job/scheme
The training contract is split into four seats of six months' duration and our range of practice areas enable us to offer outstanding opportunities for training. Before the commencement of the training contract, the firm will sponsor studies...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012 / Salary: £35000. Increasing to £38,500 in the second year
The GLS Legal Trainee Scheme, Government Legal Service
Graduate job/scheme
The GLS Legal Trainee Scheme offers you the chance to conduct your training contract or pupillage in the legal team of a participating Government department. The broad structure of a GLS training contract or pupillage is similar to that found...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Training Programme, Covington & Burling LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The Firm Covington & Burling LLP is a leading international law firm founded in Washington DC and has more than 800 lawyers in offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington. Covington...
Closing deadline: 31 July 2012
Pupillage, 3 Paper Buildings
Graduate job/scheme
The qualities we look for in our pupils are intellectual excellence, clarity of expression, a capacity for legal reasoning and rational arguments and potential as an advocate. We also look for personal qualities such as sensitivity and capacity...
Closing deadline: 31 August 2012 / Salary: Award of £25,000 per annum (grant and guarantee)
2014 Training Contract, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Graduate job/scheme
The Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world. The results we achieve have set us apart for nearly 130 years and become a model for the modern practice of law. Since...
Closing deadline: 3 November 2012 / Salary: Competitive
Pupillage, Francis Taylor Building
Graduate job/scheme
We are looking to recruit ambitious and able pupils with a 2.1 degree or higher. We will be offering a maximum of two 12-month pupillages commencing in October 2013. Each pupillage will carry remuneration of not less than £40,000. There...
Closing deadline: 31 January 2013 / Salary: pupillage awards of £40,000, including £5,000 guaranteed earnings
Training Contracts, Slaughter and May
Graduate job/scheme
Slaughter and May is one of the world’s leading international law firms with an extensive corporate, commercial and financing practice. The firm is organised into groups which undertake a general spread of work, encouraging lawyers to work...
Closing deadline: See organisation website
Pupillage, 4 New Square
Graduate job/scheme
Pupillage at 4 New Square A pupillage at 4 New Square will give you a real insight into what it is like to practise in a leading commercial set of chambers. Our 70+ barristers have a strong reputation for insurance work, professional negligence,...
Closing deadline: See organisation website / Salary: £60000. The total annual award is £60,000, comprising a £50,000 award (of which £5,000 is paid immediately upon acceptance of the offer and a further £15,000 can be drawn down during the BVC year) and guaranteed earnings in the second 6 months of £10,000. Pupils are allowed to keep any earnings from their second 6 months, including any earned in excess of the £10,000 guarantee.