Training Contract
- Recruiter
- Shoosmiths Graduate Recruitment
- Location
- Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Northampton, Milton Keynes, London, Reading, Basingstoke, Solent
- Salary
- £ 24,000
- Posted
- 12 Aug 2015
- Closes
- 31 Aug 2016
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, Private Practice, Trainees & Graduate Positions, Training Contracts
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Banking/Finance, Clinical/Medical Negligence, Company/Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury, Private Client, Real Estate
- Experience Level
- Trainee
Shoosmiths Training Contract Offer & Advice
Shoosmiths profile September 2015
- Insight evening deadline 31st December 2015
- Spring placement deadline 31st January 2016
- Summer placement deadline 28th February 2016
- Training contract deadline 30th June 2016
- Placement salary £250+ per week
About Shoosmiths
We are an established top 30 national law firm with ten offices: Basingstoke, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nottingham, Reading, and Solent. (Please see our wesbite for locations we are currently recruiting to)
Shoosmiths is a national law firm with a difference. We’re not different in what we do, but in the way we do it.
Our approach to meeting clients' requirements is based on the simple premise that each client has a unique challenge and deserves to get the best service, expertise and attention, and the same applies to our people. Your colleagues will value your contribution and challenge you to succeed. A training contract at Shoosmiths will build you personally as well as professionally providing you with high quality work and responsibility early on.
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Meet Us
We think the best way for you to find out about training at Shoosmiths is to meet us face to face which is which is why we host a number of insight evenings throughout the year so that you can gain an insight into working as a solicitor at Shoosmiths.
This opportunity is open to candidates who are either currently at university or have graduated, in any degree discipline. If you would like to attend an insight evening please make an application online before the 31st December 2015.
Placements
It isn’t necessary to complete work experience at Shoosmiths to secure a training contract, but it is a great way of gaining an insight into the firm, and finding out if we are the right fit for you.
We run one week placements in April and June which you can apply for online by 31st January or 28th February.
Training
We offer a supportive open-plan office environment which means as a trainee you’ll be sitting with the entire team and you’ll most probably be sat next to your supervising Partner. You can also expect to have direct contact with clients and you will draft your own letters and documents from day one.
Over two years, you will receive a quality training contract and development programme, combining technical legal and business skills training. You will complete four six-month placements, one of which could be a secondment to a client’s in-house legal team, providing an invaluable insight from the client’s perspective.
Everyone in our firm makes a valuable contribution to the business, from attending client meetings, tribunals, to legal research, contract drafting and business development.
Shoosmiths is a full service law firm offering you experience in a variety of areas, including commercial, corporate, employment, real estate, intellectual property, banking, planning, and dispute resolution. Through our Access Legal consumer brand, we also offer private client, personal injury, medical negligence, and conveyancing.
Sponsorship
If you secure a training contract with us, we will be happy to offer you financial assistance in relation to your future GDL and/or LPC (or Scottish Diploma of Professional Legal Practice) and a living allowance. We don’t specify a particular LPC provider, and are keen for our trainees to bring a variety of experience to the firm.
Rewards & Benefits
As a trainee you will be paid £24,000 in your first year, rising to £25,000 in your second year. On qualification your salary will increase to £38,000.
Happy, balanced, healthy people not only enjoy their work more, they also do it better, which is why at Shoosmiths you will receive a number of benefits including 23 days’ holiday, a free day off for your birthday and a £50 voucher, dental and health cover, and more.
We encourage regular involvement in sporting, corporate responsibility, networking and social events. We will cover your membership costs for local young lawyer groups, and support you financially in the running of New Friday initiatives. We also place great importance on health and wellbeing, so every team in every office receives a free fruit delivery every week!
Apply now
We welcome applications from students in their penultimate year of a law degree, or final year of a non-law or law degree, and graduates for training contract and placement vacancies. You should be aiming to achieve a 2.1, and have strong academics.
Applications open in December each year. Submit your application online via our website by clicking on the Apply Now button.