Trainee Solicitor Surgery brings you up to date careers advice specifically targeted to help you with the search for a training contract, paralegal position, vacation scheme or other legal work experience – best of luck!

The number of training contracts registered in 2009/10, according to the Law Society’s latest statistics, was down by 16% to 4,874, whilst for the same year 7,064 law students enrolled on the LPC. Added to this number of students are all the graduates from previous years who have still yet to secure a training contract. The market for vacation schemes and training contracts, therefore, is the toughest it has been in years.

Some people who miss out on becoming a trainee solicitor deserve to because they have not met the grades or do not have enough of a passion for being a solicitor. However, it is a tragedy that many candidates who would make excellent trainee solicitors will miss out each year because they do not know how to produce winning applications, how to carry out the research needed or how to succeed at training contract interviews.

The aim of Trainee Solicitor Surgery is to provide much needed advice and support for applicants for training contracts, paralegal positions, vacation schemes and other legal work experience.