One of London’s leading claimant Human Rights, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury law firms, Leigh Day & Co, is seeking trainee solicitors to commence their training contract with the firm in September 2011.
Applications are to be made via the firm’s own application form – for more information about the firm, the trainee solicitor positions and to download the application form visit the Leigh & Day website at:
Sometimes it can feel that all the attention of the legal world and the legal careers services is focussed on the biggest firms, and particularly the London firms or the biggest firms in the other major cities.
However, there are many regional firms away from the major cities that offer great opportunities for trainee solicitors. A good example of this is Lanyon Bowdler in Shropshire which won the Lawcareers.net’s trainee solicitor award for “Best Recruiter – Small Firm” in 2009 for a second time. LB takes on two trainees a year who spend time in four different departments within the firm during their training contracts.
One of their trainees wrote a blog post about life as a trainee at LB which makes for interesting reading and gives a good insight into what its like to work in a more provincial firm. To read the blog post click here: Life as a Trainee Solicitor
Lanyone Bowdler – life of a TS – regional firm in Shropshire – recent blog entry
Lanyon Bowdler have four trainees training with the firm at any one time, with two trainees joining us in September each year. Trainees usually spend 6 months in a department so that they have experience of four areas of work. We have filled our positions for our 2010 contracts and applications for September 2011 are now closed. We will contact all applicants who have applied for a training contract with us for September 2011, (whether they are successful at getting an interview or not), by the end of March 2010.
Applications for September 2012 will need to be submitted by the end of January 2011.
This is the first in a new series of blog posts that will introduce a range of videos and podcasts from the four corners of the web (and beyond).
In this video Sonal Shah talks about life as a trainee solicitor. In particular Sonal is living proof of the benefits of participating in vacation schemes and she also gives her outlook on work/life balance as a solicitor.
