Scotland Summer Placement Scheme 2027

Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard. We are a London headquartered, international, full-service law firm that consistently delivers high-quality outcomes for our clients globally. Our 1,800+ lawyers, including more than 480 partners, are based across 22 offices spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

We have been advising clients for 250 years, and today we support over 5000 of the world's most respected organisations. We help them in over 50 areas of business law, across more than 100 countries. And while the opportunities and challenges they bring us vary, we solve each in a uniquely AG way.

Our clients enjoy working with us, we deliver a high-quality experience across everything we do, and we are known for award-winning innovation - all of which we harness to bring impact to clients.

Culture and values shape how we treat our clients, each other, and our wider communities. AG is driven to consistently deliver the highest quality experiences and outcomes for everyone we support. Our clients and colleagues, past and present, tell us that we are ambitious, supportive, innovative, and good people to work with. They tell us that what makes us ‘uniquely AG’, is that we deliver excellence through true collaboration and by doing the right things in the right ways.

Scotland Summer placement scheme 2027

We recruit for our training contracts solely from our placement schemes.

We offer two-week summer placement scheme in Edinburgh and Glasgow. And because everyone is an individual, we make sure each placement is a valuable experience for each individual candidate.

While you are here, you will get to know the everyday life of an Addleshaw Goddard trainee. You will be allocated a department to sit in and, for the summer scheme, will swap into a new department in your second week. You will be supervised by an experienced solicitor, who will welcome you to the department and allocate work. A trainee buddy will be on hand to help throughout your placement.

This is a scheme as unique as you are. As well as informative sessions, group exercises, assessed work and plenty of time at your desk, you will attend social events with a range of people across the office. It’s a real chance to get to know our people and our culture. We offer training contracts to successful placement scheme candidates. We recruit for our trainees from our placement schemes and encourage anyone who is interested in a training contract at the firm apply for the placement scheme.

Who should apply

We require a 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent). But what will really open doors to an outstanding career here is the real you.

At Addleshaw Goddard, we’re looking for original minds and collaborative spirits alongside motivation, drive and commercial awareness. We’re constantly delighted by the diverse backgrounds of our best lawyers, and we’re open to law and non-law graduates alike, as well as those looking to change career.

When and how to apply

We recruit for our training contracts solely from our placement schemes.

The deadline to apply for our Scotland Summer work placement 2027 is 12pm/midday on 5 January 2027. For more information and to apply please visit our website.

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Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at Addleshaw Goddard

At Addleshaw Goddard, we recognise that an inclusive culture is essential to attracting, retaining and enabling our people to be the best they can be – whatever their background.

In 2020 we introduced a new, Board‑approved inclusion strategy, which is now embedded within our AG2030 Vision. Key features include:

• Clear senior leadership responsibility across five strands of inclusion: Disability, Ethnicity, Gender, LGBTQ+ and Social Mobility.

• Firm‑wide representation targets for gender and ethnicity.

• Short‑, medium‑ and long‑term goals to keep us accountable and ensure our strategy evolves with the needs of our people.

Our objectives are to:

• Improve the diversity of our workforce by attracting the best talent irrespective of background or protected characteristic.

• Nurture a culture centred on equity, inclusion and mutual respect so that everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

• Be recognised in the legal sector for flexibility, inclusivity and innovation in DE&I.