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THECAREERSSERVICE

SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2012EXAM SCHOOLS, OXFORD

EXHIBITORS FROM 11.00-15.00

www.careers.ox.ac.uk

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2 Temple Gardens3 Verulam Buildings7 King’s Bench WalkThe Bar Council & Inns of CourtBlackstone ChambersCrown Office ChambersEssex Court ChambersHenderson ChambersKeating Chambers

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Monckton ChambersOne Essex CourtQuadrant ChambersSerle CourtSouth SquareSt John’s ChambersStone ChambersWilberforce Chambers

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BPP University College of Professional StudiesThe City Law SchoolThe College of LawFree Representation Unit (FRU)Government Legal Service (GLS)Kaplan Law School

Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG)Northumbria Law SchoolNottingham Law SchoolOxford Brookes UniversityYoung Legal Aid Lawyers

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Addleshaw Goddard LLPAllen & Overy LLPArnold & Porter (UK) LLPAshurst LLPBaker & McKenzie LLPBerwin Leighton Paisner LLPBircham Dyson BellBird & Bird LLPBristowsBurges Salmon LLPCharles Russell LLPCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPClifford Chance LLPClyde & Co LLPCMS Cameron McKenna LLPCobbetts LLPCovington & Burling LLPDavis Polk & Wardell London LLPDechert LLPDickinson Dees LLPDLA Piper UK LLPDWF LLPEdwards Wildman Palmer UK LLPFarrer & Co LLPFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPHerbert Smith Freehills LLPHogan Lovells International LLPHolman Fenwick Willan LLPInce & Co LLPJones DayKirkland & Ellis International LLPLatham & Watkins LLPLinklaters LLPMacfarlanes LLP

Mayer Brown International LLPMishcon de ReyaMorgan Cole LLPMorgan Lewis & Bockius LLPMorrison & Foerster (UK) LLPNabarro LLPNorton Rose LLPOlswang LLPOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLPOsborne Clarke Paul Hastings (Europe) LLPPenningtons Solicitors LLPPinsent Masons LLPPwC Legal Reed SmithRPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) LLPShearman & Sterling LLPSidley Austin LLPSimmons & Simmons LLPSJ Berwin LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (UK) LLPSlaughter and MaySNR Denton UK LLPStephenson Harwood LLPSullivan & Cromwell LLPTaylor Wessing LLPTLT LLPTravers Smith LLPWatson, Farley & Williams LLPWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLPWhite & Case LLPWithers LLPWithy King LLPWragge & Co LLP

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CHAMBERS

LEGAL ORGANISATIONS AND LAW SCHOOLS

SOLICITORS

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WHAT TO DO AT THE LAW FAIR

If you require any assistance at the fair, please find us at The Careers Service stand. Alternatively, please contact us in advance on 01865 274646, or email us at [email protected]

This fair has the aim of introducing you to a wide range of opportunities within the legal profession; in addition to representatives from Barristers’ Chambers, and Solicitors’ Practices (including International, City, and Regional firms), you will find The Govern-ment Legal Service (GLS),Free Representa-tion Unit (FRU), the Legal Aid Practitioners’ Group, the Young Legal Aid Lawyers’ Group and the Bar Council. The major institutions providing professional legal training are rep-resented too.

This is then a golden opportunity for you to meet and talk to a wide variety of lawyers, trainees, pupils, other legal professionals, recruitment managers, and course tutors.

They are coming because they want to talk to you about their organisations and what they offer in the way of training and legal work, and to encourage good applicants to apply.

There is a variety of personnel attending, many of whom are Oxford graduates, includ-ing legal professionals, trainees and pupils, recruitment managers, and representatives from professional bodies and specific sec-tors, eg Legal Aid. Establish to whom you’re talking (most will be wearing name badges), and direct your questions appropriately.

LOOK THROUGH THIS BOOKLET

This fair has more employers and organisa-tions that you are likely to be able to engage with even if you wanted to. Think first about who you want to talk to, and what topics you should raise.

We advise strongly that you read the pro-gramme entry for an organisation before you talk to its representatives.

As in all recruitment activities - discussion is a two-way process. You are assessing them, but employers are assessing you too, and may retain that information. Therefore do think about the impression you are creating by your approach, and questions, in particu-lar your opening one.

TALK TO A VARIETY OF EXHIBITORS

You may have some targets in mind already, but be open to new ideas, and explore. Make use of this opportunity to learn more about

different legal environments that may be unfamiliar to you, and what is involved. You may be surprised! Should you be at an early stage in your career thinking, some aspects and terms may be unfamiliar to you; but don’t be afraid to explore by asking for clari-fication in a sensible way.

ASK QUESTIONS

If you focus around some or all of these topics with recruiters, then your discussions should prove helpful:

• Nature of the work and its attractions• Particular strengths of the organisation• Likely developments for their kind of work• Their current & future recruitment targets • Selection criteria & methods of recruit-ment• Ongoing training and supervision • Opportunities for developing specialisa-tions, international movement, etc• Work experience (vacation schemes) op-portunities, and Open Days• Policies about choice of institutions for GDL, LPC or BPTC (BVC) courses• Grants towards training costs

But do please think about the questions you may have for the Course Providers too; it’s not often you have the chance to talk to so many in one place!

Where stands are busy, join in three way

conversations, and bring others into the discussion.

ATTEND CAREER TALKS

A series of 45-minute career talks will run during the fair at the Exam Schools. Entry will be on a “first come, first served” basis so there is no need to book.

PICK UP RECRUITMENT DIRECTORIES

Free copies of these and other useful legal publications will be available for you to pick up in the ‘Square’ too. Personnel from the publishers may be present also. They are useful people to talk to, and we suggest that you sign up to receive their weekly email services.

TALK TO A CAREERS ADVISER

Careers Advisers will be present throughout the day at the Careers Service stand (at the top of the stairs) to help you with any careers issues that you may wish to discuss.

We hope you will find your visit a stimulat-ing, interesting, useful, and - not least - an enjoyable one. We look forward to your feedback to plan the Law Fair next year.

Students with international legal qualifications and substantial legal work experience: The major-ity of the firms attending will be focused on promoting their training contract programmes for their London/UK offices and will consequently staff their stand with members of their UK based graduate recruitment teams and not their lateral hires recruitment teams. However, this fair is still a great opportunity to engage with these firms and to find out about them in more detail and possibly to discover the key contacts you would need to approach if you are considering working at an “experi-enced hire” level in a firm.

TOP TIPS

• Dress smartly – but you don’t have to wear a suit• Plan whom you want to see, but then expand and widen your contacts• Prepare some questions, and enter discussion• Take a breather between conversa-tions• Bring pen and paper to make notes after each discussion - including the names of anyone you speak to• Don’t just pick up brochures and freebies!

The Legal Industry, an Overview, 10.15

Moving on to Study Law (Solicitors), 11.30

Solicitor’s Panel - Alternatives to the Corporate Lawyer, 12.30

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3 Verulam Buildings is a leading set of commercial chambers. Its members are specialist advocates and acknowledged experts in various aspects of commercial work, including: banking; insurance and reinsurance; professional negligence; civil fraud; financial services; insolvency and company law. The set also has an es-tablished reputation in international and domestic arbitration.

Examples of 3VB’s current work include the Berezovsky/Abramovich dispute, Bel-mont Park Investments v BNY Corporate Trustees, The Rangers Football Club plc v Collyer Bristow LLP and Tom Hicks/George Gillett litigation.

Members of chambers undertake a com-bination of led and individual work and there is significant opportunity for junior members of chambers to act as advocate in their own right. DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: All

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: All year-round (save August) to final-year law graduates and GDL students

APPLICATION DETAILS: CV (including full breakdown of examination results) and covering letter addressed to Christopher Bond at [email protected]

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Up to 3

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: £60,000

DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? Yes

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Chambers complies with the BSB rules and guidelines on equality and diversity and ensures regu-lar training of its members. Chambers also supports several social mobility initiatives

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Adam Kramer, Christopher Bond, Teniola Onabanjo

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Char-lotte Eborall (pupillage); Christopher Bond (mini pupillage)

TEL: 020 7831 8441

E-MAIL: [email protected]; [email protected].

ADDRESS: Gray’s Inn, London, WC1R 5NT

WEBSITE: www.3vb.com

3 Verulam Buildings

2tg is one of the leading common law and commercial sets of barristers, known for being forward-looking, effective and friendly. We specialise in professional neg-ligence, insurance and personal injury and also have significant practises in banking, employment, technology and construction and clinical negligence, alongside strength in private international law.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Law & Non Law

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: We welcome ‘mini pupils’. Generally ap-plicants will only be considered after their first year of a law degree or during CPE. Mini-pupillages last from two days to a week. We aim to expose you to a wide range of work during your time with us. We offer an assessment at the completion of your mini-pupillage. We also offer help with reasonable expenses up to £50.

Mini-pupillages are usually unfunded but a few funded mini-pupillages (maximum £250 per person) are also available. Please see our website for deadlines and further details.

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: 2/3

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE: The award for pupillage commencing 2013 was £60,000. Please see our website for de-tails of the award for 2014.

DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? Yes, we are a member of Pupillage Portal summer season.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Katie Seingier

TEL: 020 7822 1200

E-MAIL: [email protected]

ADDRESS: Middle Temple Lane, London, EC4Y 9AY

WEBSITE: [email protected]

2 Temple Gardens

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TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Commercial, employment, European and public law and human rights. Commercial incorpo-rates financial and business law, financial services, international trade, intellectual property (including entertainment/media) and sports. Extensive experience of all aspects of employment/discrimination law. Public law includes representation both for/against central/local government agencies and regulatory authorities and all aspects of human rights.

An induction week introduces pupils to Chambers and includes legal and practical training. Pupils will see varied practices of members of Chambers both commercial/public, reflecting the increasing importance of European law. Pupils rotate amongst four or possibly five pupil supervisors in 12 months.

New tenants can expect busy and wide ranging practices with opportunities to specialise later. Chambers was a member of Pupillage Portal 2012.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: All disciplines

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: Assessed mini-pupillages for pupillage ap-plicants

PLEASE GIVE APPLICATION DETAILS: Online via our website: www.blackstone-chambers.com

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: 4 (exceptionally 5)

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: £60,000 for 2014


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Par-ticipants in Bar Council sponsored Social Mobility Foundation Placement Scheme, also in Middle Temple’s Access to the Bar Scheme, We also take one of Inner Tem-ple’s Pegasus Pupils.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Several; contact Julia Hornor for names

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Julia Hornor

TEL: 020 7583 1770


ADDRESS: Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9BW

WEBSITE: www.blackstonechambers.com

Blackstone Chambers

The General Council of the Bar, known as the Bar Council, was founded in 1894 and is the governing body for barristers in England and Wales. Its role is to promote and improve the services and functions of the Bar, and to represent the interests of the Bar on all matters relating to the pro-fession, whether trade union, disciplinary, public interest or in any way affecting the administration of justice.

Every prospective barrister in England and Wales must join one of the four Inns of Court. The Inns provide scholarships, edu-cational and collegiate opportunities and continuing professional development.

Representatives will be on hand to provide prospective barristers from any academic discipline with helpful information on pathways into the profession and careers at the Bar.

The Bar Council

TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Commercial. In practice, this can mean anything from small-scale contractual disputes to com-plex multi-jurisdictional insurance, ship-ping, banking and financial litigation. The core of our work is insurance, reinsurance, and shipping disputes. In addition, mem-bers of Chambers are regularly involved in a much wider variety of commercial disputes, such as professional negligence, commercial fraud, conflicts of law, EU, banking, international sale of goods, en-ergy, oil and gas and City work. Members appear regularly in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal, and also in the Su-preme Court and Privy Council. They also appear in arbitrations, and in other jurisdic-tions such as Singapore and Bermuda.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Both

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: 3 days mini-pupillages are availableApplications, marked for the attention of “The Secretary to the Mini-Pupillage Committee”, should be made by sending a CV and covering letter sent via email to [email protected], or via mail to 7 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London, EC4Y 7DS. Further details, including the dates to apply, are available on our website.

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Up to 4



OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Richard Sarll, Elizabeth Lindsay, Adam Turner

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): For pupillage Emma Hilliard or Michael Holmes ([email protected]); for mini-pupillage Richard Sarll or Sarah Martin ([email protected] )

TEL: 0207 910 8300


ADDRESS: 7 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London, EC4Y 7DS

WEBSITE: http://www.7kbw.co.uk

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TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: As one of London’s leading commercial sets, Essex Court Chambers and its members, is one of a very small number of sets, which are recognised as true specialists in the full spectrum of modern commercial practice, both in the UK and internation-ally. Annual market research and award ceremonies confirm that Essex Court’s members are consistently recognised as leading individuals by clients and peers in many areas but most notably: international commercial arbitration; commercial litiga-tion; energy; shipping; public international law; insurance/reinsurance; civil fraud; aviation; banking; employment; media and entertainment; professional negligence; civil liberties; agriculture; VAT; immigration; EU and competition; insolvency and sport. Members also practice in other areas, as listed on chambers’ website.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Both law and non-law

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: Chambers offers mini-pupillages during the months of June and July with a limited number offered during October. Each mini-pupillage lasts 1-3 days and mini-pupils are paid a fixed sum to cover travel-ling and other expenses. Applicants who have completed at least 1 year of a law degree or have passed or be in the course of studying for the Common Professional Examination should apply online at www.essexcourt.net or contact [email protected], the secretary to the pupillage committee, by fax or email for an applica-tion form.

Applications for mini pupillage are open from December to February each year. Applications for pupillage comply with the Pupillage Portal timetable.

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Up to 4, 12-month pupil-lages offered



CONTACT (FOR PUPILLAGE APPLICA-TIONS): Petra Bailey Secretary to the pupillage Committee

TEL: 020 7813 8000


ADDRESS: 24 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3EG

WEBSITE: www.essexcourt.net

Essex Court

TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: General common law/commercial; personal injury; construction; insurance and reinsurance; professional negligence; clinical negligence; health and safety and regulatory; product liability; property damage.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Law and non-law

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: We offer a limited number of mini-pupil-lages each year

Application forms may be downloaded from Chambers’ website. Please return to [email protected]

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Up to three

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: £42,500 plus second-six earnings

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): David Myhill

TEL: 0207 797 8100


ADDRESS: 2 Crown Office Row, Temple, London, EC4Y 7HJ

WEBSITE: www.crownofficechambers.com

Crown OfficeChambers Chambers

Henderson Chambers is a long-established leading commercial/common law set. It has acknowledged expertise in all of its princi-pal areas of practice, and members and pu-pils are frequently involved in high-profile commercial and common law litigation.

Chambers has unrivalled expertise in product liability (which covers a wide range of commercial work including sale of goods and insurance disputes, multi-party phar-maceutical and medical device claims and regulatory and enforcement proceedings) and is consistently rated as the leading set in this area. Henderson Chambers is also widely recognised for its health and safety work, which covers all aspects of health and safety litigation and advice, including prosecutions for corporate manslaughter and infringements of health and safety legislation.

In addition members are also noted for their expertise in areas including: personal injury, property law, employment law, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, public law and judicial review, and technol-ogy and construction.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Law and non-Law

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: Yes

APPLICATION DETAILS: Applications for mini-pupillage can be made by completing the form available at http://www.hender-sonchambers.co.uk/join-us/mini-pupillage

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: 2



OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Adam Hep-pinstall

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Han-nah Wilson

TEL: 020 7583 9020


ADDRESS: 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London, EC4Y 9DB

WEBSITE: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk

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TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Much of what we do is concerned with the rela-tionship between business and govern-ment, with, for example, a commercial party looking to challenge the exercise of state power. Very often that challenge will have a European law element.

We are also dealing with a growing number of cases concerning human rights, often in a commercial context. Our work provides scope for both specialisation and variety. Whatever the case, our work is intellectu-ally challenging and rewarding. As a result, members of Chambers can expect to receive a diet of high quality instructions from their early days of practice. As a pu-pil and then as a junior tenant, you would be working on some of the leading cases in the domestic courts and European Court of Justice, and, to an increasing extent, the European Court of Human Rights.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Any

AVAILABILITY OF MIN-PUPILLAGES: Please visit our website for details

APPLICATION DETAILS: If you would like to undertake a mini-pupillage with us, please send a copy of your CV, together with a covering letter setting out the dates when you would be available for a mini-pupillage, to: Claire Alderman at [email protected]




ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Bar Initia-tives, Legal Futures Conference

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Yes

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Claire Alderman

TEL: 020 7405 7211


ADDRESS: 1 & 2 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London, WC1R 5NR

WEBSITE: www.monckton.com

TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Our mem-bers are involved in disputes of all shapes and sizes: from residential building works to multi-million pound projects for the construction of airports, dams, power sta-tions and bridges. Members of Chambers have been instructed on projects such as the Olympic venues, Wembley Stadium, the “Pinnacle”, the “Shard”, the “Gherkin”, the Millennium Bridge, the London Eye and the Channel Tunnel. Much of Chambers’ work now also includes rapidly develop-ing areas such as information technology, telecommunications and energy along with EU law. Members of Chambers act as advocates in litigation and arbitration throughout the UK.

We are often instructed to act in interna-tional hearings elsewhere in Europe and throughout Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. A number of our members specialise in international arbitration.

New and alternative methods of dispute resolution are often used and several of our members are frequently appointed as mediators, arbitrators, and adjudicators.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Construction, Engineering, EU Procurement, Professional Negligence and Technology and associated areas of expertise.

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: Yes

PLEASE GIVE APPLICATION DETAILS: Details on our website: www.keatingchambers.co.uk

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Three

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: Up to £50,000


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Social Mobility Programme

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Simon Hughes QC, Adam Constable QC and Richard Coplin

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Elaine Browne

TEL: 020 7544 2600


ADDRESS: 15 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3AA

WEBSITE: www.keatingchambers.co.uk

Keating Chambers Monckton Chambers

One Essex Court is a pre-eminent com-mercial set of barristers’ chambers in Lon-don. Our members provide specialist legal advice, support and advocacy services worldwide, and our expertise covers all areas of arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution.

Our work embraces all aspects of domestic and international trade, business, com-merce and finance. Members of One Essex Court are recognised specialist counsel in the many diverse fields characterised as commercial disputes, also regularly accept-ing nominations as arbitrators, mediators and experts.

Our principle areas of practice are arbitra-tion, banking and financial services, com-mercial litigation, civil fraud, company and insolvency, competition and EU, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, licensing, professional negligence and revenue law.

We have over 80 full-time practitioners, who regularly appear before the domestic courts and tribunals, from short County Court applications to major trials in the High Court and appeals before the Court of Appeal, the Privy Council and the Supreme Court. Members are also called to appear in a wide range of foreign jurisdictions, particularly in the Caribbean and the Far East and our international arbitrators are regularly appointed to panels with overseas arbitral seats.

Members of One Essex Court aim to offer practical and innovative advice, whilst bal-ancing all the commercial considerations. We appreciate the value of both prompt action and thoroughness, and are able to provide some of the most experienced, skilled and forceful advocacy available.

Members of One Essex Court are drawn from the very best candidates coming to the Commercial Bar each year. Indeed, our ability to continually attract the most tal-ented pupils year-on-year, is a fundamen-tal reason for chambers enduring position at the very top of the market.

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TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Serle Court is a “commercial powerhouse of the Chancery Bar” (Chambers & Partners) offering litigation, arbitration, mediation and advisory services across the full range of commercial and chancery practice areas including: banking, civil fraud, commercial litigation, company, financial services, in-solvency, insurance and reinsurance, intel-lectual property, partnership, professional negligence, property, sports, entertain-ment and media and trusts and probate.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: All

AVAILABILITY OF MINI PUPILLAGES: Approximately 30 one-day mini-pupillages throughout the year

APPLICATION DETAILS: The deadline for applications for pupillage commencing in October 2014 is 12 noon on 4th February 2013. Interviews will take place in Febru-ary and offers will be made as soon as possible and in any event by the middle of March 2013, although do check the Serle Court website in case this changes http://www.serlecourt.co.uk.

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: Two

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2013: Serle Court offers awards of £60,000 for 12 months, of which up to £20,000 can be drawn down during the BPTC year. It also provides an income guarantee worth up to £120,000 over the first two years of practice to assist with cash flow.

DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? No - Applications should be made on a Chambers application form (available from [email protected] or at http://www.serlecourt.co.uk)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Serle Court supports the Bar’s social mobility foundation and members are mentors in the Ladders2Law programme. Serle Court also supports the Pegasus Access Scheme


CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Kathryn Barry

TEL: 020 7242 6105


ADDRESS: 6 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3QS

WEBSITE: www.serlecourt.co.uk

Serle Court

Quadrant Chambers is a leading set of commercial barristers. We act as advo-cates in courts, arbitrations and inquiries, and provide specialist legal advice to clients from around the world, and from a wide range of industry areas.

We are the market leaders in shipping and aviation, two of the biggest commercial growth areas of recent years. We also have a strong and growing reputation in banking and finance, energy, insurance & reinsurance, shipbuilding, commodities & international trade, commercial Chancery, insolvency and restructuring, general com-mercial litigation & arbitration, and sport & media.

Based in London, our work has a strong international flavour, and many of us are qualified to practice in other jurisdictions (New York, California, Germany, Hong Kong, the BVI, South Africa, Australia).


AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: A limited number available each year in April, July and September. We also hold an open day in December of every year to allow a large number of people to visit Chambers. This year’s Open Day will be on Wednes-day 12th December 2012 and spaces are available.

APPLICATION DETAILS: Please see our website www.quadrantchambers.com for details of when and how to apply



DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? No - Applications should be made in February/March for Pupillage Commencing in October of the following year. Apply via application form available on our website www.quadrant-chambers.com

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Saira Paruk (St Hilda’s) and Gemma Morgan (Brase-nose)

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Natalie Wallis

TEL: 0207 583 4444


ADDRESS: Quadrant House,10 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AU

WEBSITE: www.quadrantchambers.com

Quadrant Chambers

TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: South Square has an enviable reputation in insolvency and restructuring law with specialist ex-pertise in related areas including banking, financial services, company law, trusts and asset tracing as well as general commercial litigation. We have been involved in some of the most important commercial cases in recent years including Lehman Brothers, Kaupthing, Landsbanki, Woolworths, Ma-doff Securities and Stanford International.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: All

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: 10 funded mini-pupillages of one week, each awarding £500. We also offer un-funded mini-pupillages of 2 days.

PLEASE GIVE APPLICATION DETAILS: Applicants should send a CV and covering letter to our Pupillage Secretary. Those interested in applying for a 12-month pu-pillage are strongly encouraged to apply for a mini-pupillage in the previous year.



DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? No - Applicants should send a CV and covering letter to our Pupil-lage Secretary, with details of two refer-ences, one of which should be academic. The minimum academic qualification is a 2:1 degree. South Square is offering two 12-month pupillages commencing in October 2014 - the closing date is 25th January 2013 with interviews scheduled for February 2013.

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Chambers has implemented the Bar Council Equality Code and invites applications from suitable candidates from all backgrounds.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Henry Phillips and Adam Al-Attar

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Pupil-lage Secretary

TEL: 020 7696 9900


ADDRESS: 3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London, WC1R 5HP

WEBSITE: www.southsquare.com

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We act as advocates in courts, arbitrations and inquiries, and provide specialist legal advice to clients from around the world, and from a wide range of industry areas.

We are the market leaders in shipping and aviation, two of the biggest growth areas of recent years. We also have a strong and growing reputation for banking and finance, energy, insurance & reinsurance, shipbuilding, commodities & international trade, general commercial litigation & arbitration, and sport & media.

Based in London, our work has a distinctly international flavour, and many of us are qualified to practice in other jurisdictions (New York, California, Germany, Hong Kong, the BVI, South Africa, Australia).

We are a friendly, modern and forward-thinking chambers, and this shapes our approach to pupillage. We believe that turning our pupils into successful commercial practitioners is essential to our success over the long term, so we invest time and effort to give them the best possible training and support.

For full details of our pupillage awards please visit our website, www.quadrantchambers.com

Quadrant House10 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1AUTel +44 (0)20 7583 4444, Fax +44 (0)20 7583 4455DX 292 London Chancery Lane

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TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Stone Cham-bers is a leading commercial and shipping set specialising in international commercial litigation and arbitration.

Our practice includes commercial law, shipping, maritime and transport, inter-national trade and commodities, insurance and reinsurance, banking and finance, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, employment, competition, professional negligence, company and insolvency.

We have long been recognised as a leading set for shipping and commodities law and in addition we have barristers recom-mended in the leading legal directories for commercial dispute resolution, interna-tional arbitration, insurance & reinsurance, civil fraud, employment.

DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Approx 50:50 law:non law

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: A limited number of mini pupillages are available by application. Further details are available on our website.

APPLICATION DETAILS: Please send in a covering letter and copy of your CV to ‘mini-pupillage’ at the address marked below.

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: One 12 month pupillage

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: £60,000. £20,000 of which may be avail-able to draw down during the bar school year, upon request by a forthcoming pupil and at the discretion of the Pupillage Committee.

DO YOU RECRUIT VIA THE PUPILLAGE PORTAL SYSTEM? No - Stone Chambers accepts pupillage applications directly. The next pupillage application deadline is 1 February 2013, for a pupillage commenc-ing October 2014. A copy of the applica-tion form can be found on our website www.stonechambers.com/recruitment/pupillage.asp

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We are part of the Pegasus Access Scheme – a coordinated work experience scheme pro-gramme that aims to support those from diverse backgrounds to consider a career at the Bar. www.pegasus.me

TEL: 020 7440 6900


ADDRESS: 4 Field Court, Gray’s Inn, Lon-don, WC1R 5EF

WEBSITE: www.stonechambers.com

St John’s Chambers is a leading multi dis-ciplinary set with a national reputation for providing first-class advocacy and advice. We have more than 80 respected barris-ters, including six QCs and many nation-ally renowned specialists. We organise ourselves into practice groups: commercial and chancery, family, personal injury, clini-cal negligence, employment, public and administrative law, and crime and regulato-ry. Our client base includes major regional and national law firms, representing and advising prominent businesses and private individuals. DISCIPLINES RECRUITED: Both

AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: Approx 45

APPLICATION DETAILS: The usual minimum degree requirement is a 2:1 and applications are invited for those with non-law degrees in addition to those with quali-fying law degrees. We welcome interest from suitably qualified professionals with a proven track record in industry, commerce and banking.

Each year, the Pupillage Committee, with the Head of Department in Chambers, defines their pupil recruitment needs for the coming year. As a pupil at St John’s Chambers your pupillage will cover most aspects of our work. A pupil supervisor is assigned to every pupil.


We do not accept applications outside of Pupillage Portal system unless there is a particular recruitment need in which case we will advertise. Information as to how to use the Pupillage Portal system can be obtained on the Pupillage Portal website.


VALUE OF PUPILLAGE IN 2012: £30,000 for 2013

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Abigail Bond, Christopher Sharp QC, Patrick West, Leslie Blohm QC, Matthew White, Oliver Wooding, Alex Troup, Kathryn Skellorn and George Rowell

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Isa-belle Mills or Niki Thomas

TEL: 0117 923 4700


ADDRESS: 101 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS16 6PU

WEBSITE: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk

St John’s Chambers Stone Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers is a set of 53 bar-risters, including 23 QCs, based in Lincoln’s Inn. We are well established as one of the pre-eminent Commercial Chancery sets but our expertise is by no means con-fined to cases which will be heard in the Chancery Division of the High Court. We pride ourselves on providing a compre-hensive service to our clients in relation to litigation and advisory work across the broad spectrum of cases within the Commercial Chancery field. Members of Chambers regularly appear in the Appellate Courts, the Chancery and Queen’s Bench Divisions of the High Court, the Commer-cial Court, the Administrative Court, the Lands Tribunal, various Pensions Tribunals, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and the County Courts.

TYPE OF WORK HANDLED: Wilberforce Chambers offer above all expertise in commercial work. Most of our work can be described as being of a commercial nature even if it also falls within a narrower practice area. We are leaders in the fields of property, pensions, private client, trusts & taxation and professional liability.


AVAILABILITY OF MINI-PUPILLAGES: 28 places

PLEASE GIVE APPLICATION DETAILS: Application form only

NUMBER OF FUNDED PUPILLAGES EACH YEAR: 2 x 12 months

VALUE OF PUPILLAGE AWARD IN 2012: £65,000 (up to £20,000 can be drawn down during BPTC year)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVER-SITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Social Mobility Foundation Bar Placement Scheme and Pegasus Access Scheme

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Jonathan Chew and Thomas Roscoe

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Danny Smillie

TEL: 020 7306 0102


ADDRESS: Wilberforce ChambersChambers of John Martin QC8 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3QP

WEBSITE: www.wilberforce.co.uk

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PRINCIPLE FEATURES OF INSTITUTION: Law School, Business School, Under-graduate, Postgraduate, Pro Bono centre, Professional Qualifications

COURSES AVAILABLE:• GDL – contact admissions for details ([email protected])• LPC – contact admissions for details ([email protected])• BPTC (BVC) – contact admissions for details ([email protected])• LLM/QLTT – contact admissions for details ([email protected])

PART TIME OR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: Part time and distance learning courses available.

FEES: Visit our website at www.bpp.com or contact admissions for details ([email protected])

DATES OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Visit our website at www.bpp.com/events

CONTACT: Admissions team


ADDRESS: 5th Floor, Weston House, 246 High Holborn, London, WC17 7EX

WEBSITE: www.bpp.com

BPP University College

LEGALORGANISATIONS

ANDLAW SCHOOLS

of Professional Studies

The City Law School is one of London’s major law schools. Located in the heart of legal London, we offer courses for every-one interested in following a career in law, no matter what stage you are at in your education or career. Our exceptional legal courses are fully accredited by the relevant professional bodies and are developed and delivered by our team of highly respected practitioners and academics. We take a personalised approach to your learning ex-perience and aim to develop you into the professional, dynamic, highly motivated, “practice-ready” lawyers of the future.

COURSES AVAILABLE:• GDL• LPC• BPTC (BVC)• Any other course eg.LLM/QLTT

PART TIME OR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: Part-time routes are offered on the BPTC and LLMs

FEES: Information about course fees and scholarships can be found at www.city.ac.uk/law

DATES OF ANY OPEN DAYS: • Saturday 24 November – LPC/BPTC• Thursday 29 November – GDL/GE LLB Open Evening

For more information on the open days and events we hold for prospective students, and for full information on the application processes for each of our courses, please visit our website.www.city.ac.uk/law

CONTACT: The School Office

TEL: 020 7040 3309


ADDRESS: City University London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB

WEBSITE: www.city.ac.uk/law

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FRU’s work is done by volunteers, who are law students, law graduates or lawyers at the start of their career. They use their legal knowledge and skills to help FRU’s clients, while gaining valuable experience.

As a FRU Representative, you will be responsible for the entire conduct of the case: interviewing the client, taking instructions from the client, liaising with the other side, negotiating settlement, drafting witness statements and other submissions, and representing your client at Tribunal. FRU’s Legal Officers provide training, supervise the cases and give ad-vice and guidance. To make sure that our volunteers are ready to take on cases, FRU requires that they have reached a certain stage in their legal education.

The minimum criteria for volunteering are set out below.

Social SecurityTo qualify as a Social Security Representa-tive, you must be at least a 3rd year LLB student (or have reached May in your penultimate year) or a GDL student

EmploymentTo qualify as an Employment Representa-tive, you must be an LLB graduate (or have reached May in your final year), an LLM student or a GDL student

All VolunteersVolunteers must be able to visit our Lon-don office regularly (2-3 times per week) in order to deal with their cases. Volun-teers must be willing to comply with the Bar Code of Conduct

APPLICATION PROCEDURE/ TIMETABLE: You can find further infor-mation and details of how to volunteer for FRU via the website www.thefru.org.uk

SALARY: Voluntary

ADDRESS: Ground Floor, 60 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LU

WEBSITE: www.thefru.org.uk

Free RepresentationUnit (FRU)

The College of Law is the UK’s leading provider of legal education. Our innova-tive courses are designed and taught by lawyers, with a clear focus on building the practical skills, commercial awareness and independent thinking you’ll need to succeed in the modern world of law. Our unique Future Lawyers Network will give you the inside track on preparing for your career in law.

Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL): conver-sion course for non-law graduatesLL.M Legal Practice Course (LL.M LPC): vocational training for future solicitorsBar Professional Training Course (BPTC): vocational training for future barristers

1 year full-time, 7 month accelerated and part-time study. Centres in Birming-ham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, London, Manchester and York. Visit our website for more details and open day booking – www.college-of-law.co.uk

COURSES AVAILABLE:• GDL• LL.M LPC• BPTC

PART TIME OR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: We offer part-time modes on all our courses and distance learning for the GDL and LL.M LPC.

FEES:Fees vary depending on location of study. For a full list of fees please visit our web-site:GDL - www.college-of-law.co.uk/pro-spective-students/gdl-course-fees.htmlLL.M LPC - www.college-of-law.co.uk/prospective-students/lpc-course-fees.htmlBPTC - www.college-of-law.co.uk/Our-Courses/BPTC/BPTC-course-fees/

DATES OF OPEN DAYS: Open days take place at all our centres throughout the year. For a full list of dates please visit our website: http://www.college-of-law.co.uk/events/

CONTACT: Admissions Department

TEL: 0800 289997


ADDRESS: 2 Bunhill Row, Moorgate, Lon-don, EC1Y 8HQ

WEBSITE: www.college-of-law.co.uk

The College of Law

The GLS consists of 2000 lawyers in about 30 central Government Departments providing a comprehensive range of legal services to the Government of the day. Working for the GLS ultimately appeals to lawyers interested in the interaction of law and politics and their effect upon the com-munity as a whole.

The GLS offers around 25 training con-tracts and pupillages each year, all of which are based in London. Our next recruitment round, beginning in the summer of 2013, will be aimed at those who wish to start their training in September 2015.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE/TIMETABLE:• Online application form• GLS Legal Trainee Scheme opens in July 2013 and closes on 31 July 2013

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS/WORK EXPERIENCE: We stage an annual Open Day which will provide you with an oppor-tunity to experience for yourself the types of work in which GLS lawyers and trainees are involved. The Open Day is held in both London and Liverpool during the Easter vacation period.

SALARY: Between £23,250 to £25,575 (1st year) and £24,850 to £27,350 (2nd year)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We are committed to equality of opportunity in all of our employment practices, policies and procedures. All applicants and employ-ees are treated fairly, irrespective of age, ethnic origin, race, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or disability.

OXFORD GRADUATE WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACT:Paula Ruffell, HM Revenue & CustomsE-mail: [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): GLS Recruitment Team

TEL: 0845 300 0793


ADDRESS: GLS Recruitment Team, 11th Floor, Lower Castle Street, Castle Mead, Bristol, BS1 3AG

WEBSITE: www.gls.gov.uk

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Renowned for excellence in learning and teaching and offering an innovative portfolio of programmes at undergradu-ate, postgraduate and professional levels, Northumbria Law School really is at the forefront of legal education.

The School is a leading provider of the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) for non-law graduates looking to practice law and the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for those law graduates who are aspiring solicitors. We are also one of only six institutions outside of London to provide the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) and we offer an unrivalled range of Masters Programmes via a flexible distance learning mode of study, designed for busy profes-sionals or those with personal commit-ments. An MSc in Business with Legal Management is also available.

The Law School is home to the Student Law Office, which is our groundbreaking legal service run by students. All Exempt-ing Degree students and those LPC and BPTC students selecting the Student Law Office as an elective will be given the opportunity to work on real cases helping members of the public.

COURSES AVAILABLE:• GDL Full Time = 75, Distance Learning = 40• LPC Full-time = 100, Part-time = 70• BPTC (BVC) Full-time = 80, Part-time = 48

PART TIME/DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: GDL Distance Learning, BPTC Part-time, LPC Part-time, LLM distance learning

FEES: GDL; Full Time £6,500, Distance Learning/e-Learning £3,250 per year LPC; Full Time £9,000, Part time £4,500 per yearBPTC; Full Time £12,000, Part Time £6,000 per year

OPEN DAYS: A number of open days take place throughout the year, for further information and dates visit:www.northumbrialawschool.co.uk

CONTACT: Marketing Team

TEL: 0191 243 7035


ADDRESS: City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST

WEBSITE: www.northumbrialawschool.co.uk

Kaplan Law School provide Nottingham Law School’s market leading courses at our London Bridge campus and have also secured a number of exclusive training deals with leading law firms, reflecting the quality of training provided.

Kaplan delivers the GDL, LPC and BPTC. All of our courses have been designed by practitioners and leading academics to help you become the best lawyer you can be. You will gain legal knowledge and develop skills so as to be able to impress your future law firm or chambers.

COURSES AVAILABLE:

• GDL 100 places available for 2012/13• LPC 300 places available for 2012/13• BPTC 120 places available for 2012/13

FEES: 2013/14 Fees are TBC

For reference 2012/13 fees are:

• GDL £8,850• LPC £12,850• BPTC £15,800

DATES OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Sat 17th Nov 2012 & Weds 14th Nov 2012

CONTACT: Mark Wall

TEL: 0207 367 6455


ADDRESS: Palace House, 3 Cathedral Street, Southwark, SE1 9DE

WEBSITE: www.kaplanlawschool.org.uk

Kaplan Law School Northumbria LawSchool

The LAPG is an independent membership organisation representing firms and agen-cies that carry out legal aid work.

If you want to know more about criminal, family, immigration, housing, community care, mental health, education, employ-ment, welfare benefits, debt, personal injury, clinical negligence or prison law come and talk to LAPG. How will the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offend-ers Act affect legal aid firms and not-for-profit organisations?

LAPG can advise about what work in legal aid practice entails, how it differs from commercial practice and the different ways in which legal aid practices find trainees. Students will find out what employers will be looking for in them and what they should be looking for in an employer.

For more information see www.lapg.co.uk

Young Legal Aid Lawyers is a membership organisation and they have a very useful website: www.younglegalaidlawyers.org

Details of Training Contract, pupillage and other opportunities including number per year: We do not provide training contracts or pupillage.

ADDRESS: 242 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9UN

WEBSITE: www.lapg.co.uk

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Oxford Brookes is home to one of the UK’s leading Law Schools. We offer FT/PT academic courses and professional training. We are one of the few UK universities that have world-class academics teaching on research-informed programmes who work alongside experienced practitioners offer-ing top-quality training for lawyers.

COURSES AVAILABLE:• GDL• LPC• LLM• LLB

PART TIME OR DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES: The LPC offered at Oxford Brookes University can be taken Part-Time and is also offered in a variety of modes;

(Full-Time)Four Day AttendanceThree Day AttendanceTwo Day Attendance

(Part-Time)Weekend AttendanceWeekday Attendance

FEES: See brookes.ac.uk for latest infor-mation

CONTACT: Postgraduate Administrator

TEL: 01865 484931


ADDRESS: Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford

WEBSITE: www.law.brookes.ac.uk

Oxford Brookes

Nottingham Law School, one of the largest university law schools in the UK, enjoys a national and international reputation for delivering high-quality education and training across a broad range of academic and professional courses. We have devel-oped strong links with leading law firms, barristers’ chambers and the judiciary regionally, nationally and internationally. This ensures that our courses fully prepare you for modern legal practice.

Our Legal Practice Course (LPC) has a reputation that is second to none and has been continuously graded as ‘excellent’ by the Law Society/Solicitors Regulations Authority. Since 2006 a revised system of grading for the LPC has been in place and our LPC has received the highest possible grading of ‘commendable practice’ in every area of the course.

We are one of only nine educational estab-lishments validated by the Bar Council to deliver the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Our Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), the law conversion course, is taught in a realistic and relevant context, which ensures that it produces well-rounded law-yers who are attractive to the profession.

Our employment rates are consistently high and scholarships are available.

For further information please contact the Admissions Team.

TEL: 0115 848 4460

EMAIL: [email protected]

ADDRESS: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU

WEBSITE: www.ntu.ac.uk/nls

Nottingham LawSchool University

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is a group of lawyers who are committed to practis-ing in those areas of law, both criminal and civil, that have traditionally been publicly funded. YLAL members include students, paralegals, trainee solicitors, pupil bar-risters and qualified junior lawyers based throughout England and Wales. We believe that the provision of good quality publicly funded legal help is essential to protecting the interests of the vulnerable in society and upholding the rule of law.

YLAL’S OBJECTIVES ARE:• To campaign for a sustainable legal aid system which provides good quality legal help to those who could not other wise afford to pay for it. • To increase social mobility and diversity within the legal aid sector. • To promote the interests of new entrants and junior lawyers and provide a network for likeminded people beginning their careers in the legal aid sector.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: We do not offer employment directly, but do ad-vertise job opportunities (including training contracts, paralegal work and pupillages) on our website.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS/WORK EXPERIENCE: There are many interesting opportunities to get involved with cam-paigning and we hold monthly meetings in London, Sheffield and Manchester. We also try to pair new entrants with men-tors from our committee to give help and advice on careers in legal aid.

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? A lot of our campaigning work is involved with diversity issues


ADDRESS: c/o Philcox Gray & Co, 73-75 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BD

WEBSITE: www.younglegalaidlawyers.org

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SIZE OF FIRM: Approx Lawyers – 2977, Trainees - 217

LOCATIONS: Worldwide, 40 offices, 28 countries

AREAS OF WORK: Allen & Overy span a wide spectrum of areas; such as Finance, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Dispute Regulation, Real Estate, Regula-tory and Tax

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Allen & Overy offer numer-ous Vacation Schemes at different times throughout the year for both graduate/un-dergraduates and law/non-law students

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Applicants can apply for our open days in November 2012

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 90

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 55% law : 45 % non law (figures from 2012)

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: November 2012

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £38,000 for Trainees

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Allen & Overy LLP partakes in RARE recruitment for vacation schemes/training contracts

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Graduate Recruitment

TEL: 0203 088 3399


ADDRESS: 68 Donegall Quay, Belfast, BT1 3NL

WEBSITE: www.aograduate.com

Allen & Overy LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 1200 employees including 160 Partners and 70 trainees.

LOCATIONS: Leeds, London, Manchester, Singapore and Dubai

The firm has five main business divisions: finance and projects, litigation, commercial services, corporate and real estate. Within these divisions as well as the main practice areas it also has specialist areas such as intellectual property, employment and pri-vate client services such as trusts and tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We have placement scheme opportunities in Leeds, London and Man-chester. One week in Easter: March - AprilTwo weeks in Summer: June – AugustThe schemes are integral to our training contract recruitment. Applications should be submitted by 31 January 2013. Inter-views start early January.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Open evenings are held in November in Leeds, London and Manchester. An open day for first year students will be held in April in our London office.Further details can be found on our web-site.


APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 50:50

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: In line with law student application dates

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £37,000 in London. £25,000 in Leeds and Manchester

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Legal Ac-cess Scheme, Legal Access Week

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Andrew Grant: [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Chantel Johnson

TEL: 0113 209 2000


ADDRESS: Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4AG

WEBSITE: www.addleshawgoddard.com/graduates

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SIZE OF FIRM: 728 (including 84 partners and 75 trainees)

LOCATIONS: London

AREAS OF WORK: Baker & McKenzie is a leading global law firm with 71 offices in 44 countries.

Our areas of practice include Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, EU, Competition and Trade, Employment, IP, Pensions and Tax as well as cross-depart-mental ‘practice groups’, such as Ecom-merce & Communications & Environmental Law.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer 30 places on our London Vacation scheme each Summer plus places on our International Vacation Scheme. Deadline for application is 31st January 2013.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run a number of open days per year, further details can be found on our website.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING MARCH 2015 / SEPTEMBER 2015: 34


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 31st July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £38,000

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? SMF/Pure Potential/Target Chances/PRIME

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Jacqui Bernuzzi (Graduate Recruitment & Devel-opment Manager)

TEL: 020 7919 1000


ADDRESS: 100 New Bridge Street, Lon-don, EC4V 6JA

WEBSITE: www.bakermckenzie.com/londongraduates

Baker & McKenzie LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Over 400 partners and 1,700 lawyers globally and 100 trainees in London

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Adelaide, Bris-bane, Brussels, Canberra, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Jakarta (Associated Office), London, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Mu-nich, New York, Paris, Perth, Port Moresby, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington DC

AREAS OF WORK: Our main areas of practice are in competition and EU; corpo-rate; employment, incentives and pen-sions; energy, transport and infrastructure; international finance; dispute resolution; real estate; tax; and technology.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We do not hold open days as we feel you will find out more about us by coming to visit us on an individual basis. To organise a tour of our London office with one of our trainees please contact us at [email protected].



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: We will be accepting training contract applications, to start in September 2015/March 2016, from 1 November 2012. The deadline to submit an application is 31 July 2013. We will interview throughout the year so final year students and graduates are advised to apply early.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Various initiatives including, SEO, OPEN and Prime

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Please contact us at gradrec@ashurst and we will put you in touch with a relevant Oxford graduate.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Emma Young, Graduate Recruitment and Devel-opment Manager

TEL: 020 7859 2169


ADDRESS: Ashurst LLP, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HA

WEBSITE: www.ashurst.com/trainees

Ashurst LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 20 Partners, 25 Associ-ates, two Trainees

LOCATIONS: London, Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Northern Virginia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Brus-sels

AREAS OF WORK: The London office is home to the firm’s European regulatory, life sciences, IP, competition, corporate, white collar crime, international arbitration, employment and telecoms practices. The UK Legal 500 recently ranked its London office as recommended in administra-tive and public policy, EU competition, IP, M&A, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, product liability, publishing, rail, telecom-munications, and venture capital.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Summer vacation scheme in 2013

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: Two

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: Current trainees: one law, one non-law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 2 August 2013 (same as law students)

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £40,000 (although as the firm recruits every two years, there was no intake in 2012, and this is the salary for those starting in Sep-tember 2013)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? BSN; others in planning stages

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Tom Fox, Paul Abbott

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Graduate Recruitment Team

TEL: 020 7786 6100


ADDRESS: Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HQ

WEBSITE: www.arnoldporter.com

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SIZE OF FIRM: Bird & Bird is an interna-tional law firm with over 900 lawyers in 23 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We currently have 32 trainees in our London office.

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brati-slava, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, The Hague, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, London, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Warsaw.

AREAS OF WORK: Our sectors of ex-pertise include - aviation and defence, automotive, communications, electron-ics, energy and utilities, financial services, food, healthcare, information technology, life sciences, media and sport.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We take on 25 students for two three-week placements during June/July, for which a weekly salary of £275.00 is paid.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run an in-house presentation evening in January. Please see our website for more details.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 16-17

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: The ratio of our current intake of trainees is approximately 40:60 law to non-law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: Non-law students should apply in their final year

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £36,000, increasing to £59,000 upon qualification

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Bird & Bird is involved in many diversity initia-tives including PRIME, the Social Mobility Foundation, TARGETchances, the Citizen-ship Foundation, the Windsor Fellowship, the Discover Programme and the Bird & Bird Bursary Scheme.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Graduate and Trainee Management Team

TEL: 020 7415 6003


ADDRESS: 15 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP

WEBSITE: www.twobirds.com/graduates

Bird & Bird LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Over 850 lawyers

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Mos-cow and Singapore

AREAS OF WORK: An example of key areas of ranked expertise include: commer-cial contracts; corporate finance; defence and aerospace; dispute resolution; energy and natural resources; EU & competition; finance; healthcare and education; hotels, leisure and gaming; human resources; in-surance; intellectual property; outsourcing; public sector; real estate; retail; regulatory and compliance; restructuring & insolven-cy; tax; technology, media and telecoms; and transport and infrastructure.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run vacation schemes throughout the year, typically during Winter, Spring and Summer. Depending on the scheme you will spend either 1 or 2 weeks at the firm. We also offer Insight Programmes which are aimed at First Year Law students or Second Year Non-Law students and last for 3 days.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We hold open days throughout the year. Please check our website for further details.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 40- 45



ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Yes

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: We also have an established Campus Action Team which is made up of Oxford Alumni including Partners, Associates and Trainees.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Claire England, Graduate Recruitment and Trainee Manager

TEL: 0203 400 1000


ADDRESS: Adelaide House, London Bridge, London, EC4R 9HA

WEBSITE: www.blplaw.com/trainee

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 250

LOCATIONS: London

AREAS OF WORK: Bircham Dyson Bell is a leading London law firm. Our approach and track record has enabled the firm to attract and retain some of the most talented peo-ple in the profession. We are recognised as having leading practices in the charity, private wealth, parliamentary, planning and public law fields. The firm also has strong corporate, commercial, employment, litiga-tion and real estate teams.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our Summer Placement Scheme runs in July with 20 two-week placements available. We aim to give you as much practical experience as possible in two of our legal departments, as well as the opportunity to see first-hand how our solicitors and partners work. To apply, please see our website: www.bdb-law.co.uk/graduates

Closing date: 31 January 2013

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 6


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 31 July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £32,000 per annum

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVER-SITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We facilitate a series of employee workshops covering areas such as disability, age, belief, working parents and sexual orienta-tion in the workplace. We also work with a number of organisations, for example, the Black Solicitors Network, Career Acade-mies and Black Lawyer Directory by offer-ing mentors, work experience and careers advice to individuals from non-traditional backgrounds interested in a career in law.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): BDB Graduate Recruitment Team

TEL: 020 7227 7000


ADDRESS: 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BL

WEBSITE: www.bdb-law.co.uk/graduates

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SIZE OF FIRM: 248

LOCATIONS: London Only

AREAS OF WORK: Bristows might be known as one of the foremost intellectual property firms in the UK, but this only tells part of the story. Our lawyers are also recognised as leading authorities in a wide variety of other legal disciplines and as a firm we offer a true breadth of expertise.

These are our core practice areas:Intellectual property – including patent, trademarks and brand protection; Information technology; Privacy and data protection; Regulatory; EU & competition; Advertising, marketing & promotion; Corporate; Dispute resolution; Employment; Real estate; Product liability; Tax; Publishing & media

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run a number of two-day workshops throughout the year which of-fer the chance to find out more about Bris-tows and are a great opportunity to assess whether law as a career, and Bristows as a firm, are for you. The application deadline for our Winter Workshop is 16 November 2012 and 31 January 2013 for our Spring and Summer Workshop.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 8-10


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: As early in the application year as possible


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Bristows recognises its responsibilities to the society and environment within which it operates. Our CSR activities focus on the Environ-ment, Diversity, Charity, Community and Pro Bono

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS:[email protected]@bristows.com

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Miss Lara Machnicki

TEL: 020 7400 8000


ADDRESS: 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DH

WEBSITE: www.bristows.com/training-contracts

Bristows

SIZE OF FIRM: 613

LOCATIONS: London, Cheltenham, Guild-ford, Geneva and Bahrain

AREAS OF WORK: We provide a wide range of legal services to companies, institutions and individuals both nationally and internationally with a particular focus on certain sectors: Charities & Not-for-Profit, Energy & Natural Resources, Family, Healthcare, Private Wealth, Property, Re-tail, Design & Leisure, Sports & Media and Technology & Communications.

Unusually among major law firms is our of-fering to both individuals as well as corpo-rate clients. This is central to our strategy.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer three Summer Place-ment Programmes each lasting a week long. You will have the opportunity to engage in real work in one of the Services and a mentor will be assigned to support you. You will also gain exposure to the rest of the firm in a series of organised activi-ties which are designed to help you gain a better understanding of Charles Russell.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final year of their undergraduate studies.

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £32,500 (London)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We have a working party that focuses on initiatives addressing disability/age, ethnicity/religion, gender and flexible working, and LGBT.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: • Julia Stephenson ([email protected]) • Syma Spanjers ([email protected])

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Trainee Recruitment Team

TEL: 0207 203 5353


ADDRESS: 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD

WEBSITE: www.charlesrussell.co.uk

Charles Russell LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 650+

LOCATIONS: Bristol and London

AREAS OF WORK: Full service commercial law firm, departments include Corpo-rate & Financial Institutions; Commercial; Disputes, Environment & Planning; Private Client & Wealth Structuring; Real Estate

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 4 vacation placements, each lasting for 2 weeks running from June through to August

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: 2 selec-tion days in February for a place on the vacation scheme



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final year


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Prime, Stonewall, Employers Forum on Disability

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Holly Fey (Trainee Solicitor Resourcing Advisor)

TEL: 0117 307 6982


ADDRESS: One Glass Wharf, Bristol, BS2 0ZX

WEBSITE: www.burges-salmon.com/careers

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SIZE OF FIRM: Clyde & Co is a global law firm with over 1,350 lawyers, 280 partners and 2,350 total staff operat-ing worldwide. We currently have 75 UK trainees.

LOCATIONS:

• Offices: Abu Dhabi, Belgrade*, Caracas, Dar es Salaam, Doha, Dubai, Guildford, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Montre-al, Moscow, Mumbai*, Nantes, New Delhi*, New Jersey, New York, Oxford, Paris, Piraeus, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh*, San Fran-cisco, Shanghai, Singapore, St Petersburg*, Toronto. Tripoli, *associated offices

• Forthcoming offices: Sydney (1 October 2012); Perth (1 October 2012)

• Alliances: Mongolia - Khan Lex Advo-cates, Zimbabwe - Scanlen and Holderness

• Core Sectors: Aviation, Energy, Health-care, Industrials, Infrastructure, Insurance, Professional Practices, Shipping, Trade and Commodities

• Core practice areas: Commercial, Com-petition, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Finance, Global Governance, Insolvency and Reorganisation, Interna-tional Arbitration, Projects and Construc-tion, Real Estate

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 1 Easter Vacation Scheme and 2 Summer Vacation Schemes (Dates TBC)

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 35 - 40


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: During third year


OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Adam Tozzi, Rachel Morse, Jason Barnes


ADDRESS: The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR

WEBSITE: www.clydeco.com/graduate

Clyde & Co LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Partners: 195 (19 in Lon-don), Trainees: 19

LOCATIONS: London, New York, Washing-ton DC, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, Cologne, Rome, Milan, Moscow, Hong Kong, Beijing, Buenos Aires and Sáo Paolo

Cleary Gottlieb is one of the leading international law firms, with 14 closely integrated offices located in major financial and political centres around the world. For more than 60 years, the firm has been pre-eminent in shaping the internationali-sation of the legal profession.

Our core practice groups in London are mergers and acquisitions, financing, capital markets, international litigation and arbi-tration and competition. In addition, we have successful self-standing practices in tax, financial regulation, intellectual prop-erty and information technology.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: The London office offers 35 vacation places each year (5 in winter, 10 in spring and 10 in each of two summer schemes). Applications for winter vacation placements should be received by Novem-ber 15, 2012. The deadline for spring and summer vacation scheme applications is January 28, 2013.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016:13-15


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Candidates should submit a cover letter and full curriculum vitae via the firm’s website, including a breakdown by subject of all A-Level (or equivalent) results and degree results where known.

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: 1st year £40,000, 2nd year £45,000, Total com-pensation on qualification: £95,000

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Stonewall, Black Solicitors Network, Law Society Diversity and Inclusion Charter

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Alice Fraser ([email protected]) and Chrishan Raja ([email protected])


TEL: 0207 614 2200


ADDRESS: City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London

WEBSITE: www.cgsh.com/careers/london

Cleary Gottlieb Steen& Hamilton LLP

LOCATIONS: London and Global – eg. Paris, New York, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Hong Kong, Peru, Casablanca. We have 34 of-fices in 24 countries

AREAS OF WORK: Capital Markets, Corporate, Tax, Pensions and Employment, Finance and Banking, Real Estate, Litigation and Dispute Resolution

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run Vacation Schemes during the Spring and Summer of 2013. Please see our website for further details – www.cliffordchance.com/gradsuk

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run bespoke Open Days for Law Societies as well as Insight Workshops. See our website for further information

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 60 lawyers: 40 non-lawyers

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: 1st January – 31st January 2013


ADDRESS: 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ

WEBSITE: www.cliffordchance.com/gradsuk

Clifford Chance LLP

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SIZE OF FIRM: Firm wide: Over 800 Lawyers. London Office: 76 Lawyers, 13 Trainees

LOCATIONS: We have offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Washington

AREAS OF WORK: Our main practice areas are in corporate advisory (includ-ing capital markets, M&A, finance, private equity, venture and funds), commercial litigation, data privacy, employment, finan-cial services, insurance coverage disputes, intellectual property, internal investigations and compliance, international arbitration, life sciences, tax, technology and media. In addition, all our lawyers, including trainees are encouraged to undertake pro bono work.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer 3 x 1-week vacation schemes in June and July of each year



STARTING SALARY IN 2012: Starting salary for Trainees in 2012 is £40,000 per annum.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): The Graduate Recruitment Team

TEL: 0207 067 2000


ADDRESS: 265 Strand, London, WC2R 1BH

WEBSITE: www.cov.com

Covington & Burling

SIZE OF FIRM: 576 staff, 237 lawyers including 74 partners, 30 trainee solicitors

LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Leeds, London and Manchester

AREAS OF WORK: National practice areas include 3 business groups - Busi-ness Services, Dispute Resolution and Real Estate. Work undertaken in these groups incorporates banking and restructuring, commercial, corporate, dispute resolu-tion, employment, private capital and real estate. We are specialists in niche areas of law including planning, new media, tel-ecoms, intellectual property, state aid and low carbon.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Summer vacation schemes are available in our Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester Offices during July 2013. Visit www.cobbettsgraduate.com for more information and to apply online

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Visit www.cobbettsgraduate.com for more information and to register a place

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES: 13 training contracts com-mencing in October 2015


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final year of non-law degree

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £23,695 reviewed annually

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? • Founder signatory of the Law Society Diversity Charter• Our behavioural framework recognised for its diversity• Widening participation activities – eg. Pathways to Law

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Katherine Elam – Graduate Recruitment Manager

TEL: 0845 165 5053


ADDRESS: 58 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HZ

WEBSITE: www.cobbettsgraduate.com

Cobbetts LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 1,100 fee-earners; 120 trainees

LOCATIONS: London, Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Bratislava, Bucharest, Buda-pest, Kyiv, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Sofia and Warsaw, plus many more.

AREAS OF WORK: At CMS our lawyers provide advice to our international client base across all types of commercial law including corporate, banking and finance, energy, intellectual property and real es-tate. We advise many of the world’s leading corporations, financial institutions and government organisations.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run paid, two-week vaca-tion schemes, in our London offices during spring and summer and in our Bristol, Ab-erdeen and Edinburgh offices over summer.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Our open days give you a flavour of the firm, an insight into our training and tips on how to apply for a training contract. To apply for an open day place, please email your CV to [email protected]

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 60 per year across our UK offices


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: In the final year of your non-law degree

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £37,500 (London); £32,000 (Bristol) and £22,500 (Scotland)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We sup-port numerous diversity initiatives includ-ing the industry’s PRIME work experience programme, our CMS Bursary Scheme, and our Christian, Hindu, Multicultural, LGBT and Women’s networks

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: [email protected]@cms-cmck.com

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Jess Heading, Graduate Recruitment Manager

TEL: 0845 300 0491


ADDRESS: 160 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4DD

WEBSITE: www.cms-cmck.com/graduates

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP LLP

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SIZE OF FIRM: 611 total - 60 Partners, 274 Fee earners, 277 Support Staff

LOCATIONS: Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Tees Valley, London

AREAS OF WORK: Dickinson Dees is one of the UK’s leading full-service law firms.

The firm is organised into four main de-partments; Company and Commercial, Liti-gation, Commercial Property and Wealth Management, with over 35 cross depart-mental units advising on a wide range of areas such as: Commercial Disputes Group, Employment, Environment, Public Services, Planning and Finance and Investment. Whilst many of the firm’s clients are based in the North, Dickinson Dees works on a national basis for national and internation-ally based businesses and organisations.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Work Placement Weeks take place during the Easter and summer breaks. The deadline for work placement week applications will be 31 January 2013.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: Up to 15


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: The Work placement weeks deadline for both law and non-law will be 31 January 2013, training contract application deadline for both law and non-law will be 31 July 2013.

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We have a duty to promote fairness and respect both internally and within the wider community. Please visit our website to see some of the programmes we are involved in

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: [email protected]@[email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Joanne Smallwood, Graduate Recruitment/HR Adviser

TEL: 0191 279 9046


ADDRESS: 112 Quayside, St Ann’s Wharf, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DX

WEBSITE: www.trainingcontract.com

Dickinson Dees LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 750+ lawyers firm wide, 40 in London

LOCATIONS: New York, Menlo Park, Washington DC, Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Sao Paulo

AREAS OF WORK: Business and Finance

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 3-4 weeks in summer 2013, applications accepted from November 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013 (please see website for more information)

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 2- 4

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: First trainee intake is 2014

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: May 1, 2013 to July 31, 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: First trainee intake is 2014 (starting salary for 1st year trainee is £50,000)

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Phillip Sharp, Joanna Valentine, Simon Evers, Simon Witty, David Wilson

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Mar-tha Jeacle

TEL: 020 7418 1353


ADDRESS: 99 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NG

WEBSITE: www.davispolk.com

Davis Polk &Wardell London LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 275 (London)

LOCATIONS: Almaty, Austin, Beijing, Bos-ton, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hartford, Hong Kong, LA, Lon-don, Luxembourg, Moscow, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Tblisi, Washington

AREAS OF WORK: Investment Funds, Private Equity, Banking, Corporate & Secu-rities, Employment, Litigation, IP, Finance & Real Estate, Tax

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Summer work placement schemes – see website for details

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: See web-site for details



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Ongoing – Appli-cants are encouraged to apply throughout the year.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? JUSTICE, LawWorks, Liberty, Amnesty International, The Princes Trust

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Robert Girvan, Graduate Recruitment Manager

TEL: 0207 184 7000


ADDRESS: 160 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4QQ

WEBSITE: www.dechert.com/careers

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SIZE OF FIRM: In London, mid-sized, con-sisting of 31 Partners, 44 Associates and 15 trainees and 87 other support staff

LOCATIONS: UK: London, US: Boston, Chicago, Ft Lauderdale, Hartford, Los An-geles, Madison, New York, Newport Beach, Providence, Stamford, Washington, West Palm Beach, Asia: Tokyo, Hong Kong

AREAS OF WORK: Our work in London broadly spans the following areas: Asset Recovery; Business Law, Commercial Litigation & Arbitration; Competition; Employment; Insurance & Reinsurance; IP; International Law; Product Liability and Restructuring & Insolvency.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 2-week summer scheme places available in June/July each year (8-10 places available). Each scheme gives candidates an opportunity to experience the firm, the work it does and the skills we value. Apply online from 1 November 2012.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: 4-5 open days per year, usually at Christmas, Easter and Summer. Check website for details, dates and how to apply: www.trainee.edwardswildman.com

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 7/8


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Same deadlines as for law students. The earliest a non-law-yer can apply is in their final year of their degree.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Careers workshops for The Brokerage, mentor-ing pre-university students from diverse backgrounds, work experience placements, Target - City Law for ethnic minorities event, Pathways to Law and PRIME Com-mitment.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Second-year trainees Ed Norman – (Classics – Queens College), Naseer Chia – (PPE – Somerville College). First-year trainee William Haig – (Experimental Psychology – New College)

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Sarah Warnes, Trainee Recruitment Manager

TEL: 020 7556 4414


ADDRESS: Dashwood, 69 Old Broad Street, London, EC2M 1QS

WEBSITE: www.trainee.edwardswildman.com

Edwards Wildman

SIZE OF FIRM: 1560 people, including 166 partners and over 786 fee earners, total trainees 45.

LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Leeds, Liv-erpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Preston, Teeside

AREAS OF WORK: Our legal teams are arranged under seven core practice groups, providing a broad range of expertise which enable us to meet the varied needs of our clients. These practice groups are corpo-rate and commercial, private client and family, banking and finance, insurance, litigation, employment and pensions and real estate.

We align ourselves with our clients through cross-practice sector groups which reflect the specific service needs of our clients in those sectors. These sector groups include financial services, energy and infrastruc-ture, food, healthcare, outsourcing and technology, public sector, education, retail, transport, insurance and real estate.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Each summer we offer week long vacation scheme placements. During the week you will become fully immersed in one of our many practice groups and also have the opportunity to complete training relating to various legal skills.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 24 per annum

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Closing date for 2014/2015 – undergraduates 31 July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: 1st Year (2012) up to £25,000 (Regional) £35,000 (London). Holiday entitlement 25 days p.a.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Alex-andra Sutcliffe

TEL: 0161 838 0144


ADDRESS: 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3AA

WEBSITE: www.dwf.co.uk

DWF LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 9000 employees world-wide

LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Man-chester and Sheffield

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate; Employ-ment, Pensions & Benefits; Finance & Projects; Intellectual Property & Technol-ogy; Litigation & Regulatory; Real Estate, Restructuring and Tax

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: DLA Piper runs summer schemes in all UK offices throughout the summer months, which are two weeks in length. These give candidates the opportu-nity to see the firm and in the second week of the scheme they attend an assessment day which is for a training contact.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Please check the website regularly

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEM-BER 2015: Approximately 90 training contracts available


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: The closing dates are the same for law and non-law students

STARTING SALARY IN 2012:London - £37,000,Regions - £25,000, Scotland - £22,000

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We are committed to BLD LLP Programme, Path-ways to Law and Target Events


ADDRESS: 3 Noble Street, London, EC2V 7EE

WEBSITE: www.dlapipergraduates.co.uk

DLA Piper UK LLP Palmer UK LLP

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SIZE OF FIRM: 2,800 lawyers, London trainees approximately 180

LOCATIONS: 20 offices worldwide

Alongside Herbert Smith’s outstanding reputation in dispute resolution and cor-porate work, the firm has leading practices in finance, real estate, competition and employment, pensions and incentives. It is also acknowledged as a leader in several industry sectors, including the energy and natural resources and financial institutions sectors.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 50 places on First Year Work-shop (both law and non-law) and 100 Va-cation Schemes including the opportunity to go on an International Vacation Scheme

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING MARCH/SEPTEMBER 2015: 85 per year


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Both law and non-law students can apply for training contracts as finalists and graduates from 1 October 2012 – 15 January 2013 and as penultimate year students between 1 June – 31 July 2013. Law and non-law students can apply for vacations schemes in their penultimate year and as finalists and graduates.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Employ-ability – we work with them to identify high calibre students with disabilities. SEO and RARE- we work with them to identify and target high calibre student from ethnic minorities. Pure Potential- we work with them to target and identify students from state schools.


TEL: 020 7374 8000


ADDRESS: Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2HS

WEBSITE: www.herbertsmithgraduates.com

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Over 380 staff, 77 part-ners, 148 lawyers, 20 trainees

LOCATIONS: London

AREAS OF WORK: Farrer & Co is a highly regarded mid-sized London law firm with over 380 lawyers and staff, some 77 of whom are partners. We provide a full service to our clients as well as having outstanding expertise in a number of niche sectors. Clients range from national insti-tutions, museums, galleries, schools and universities to high profile individuals and companies such as banks and media or-ganisations. Practice areas include: Charity & Community, Commercial Property, Cor-porate, Disputes, Employment, Estates & Private Property, Family, Financial Services, Heritage, IP & Commercial, International Private Client, Media Disputes, Sponsor-ship, Sport and Tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 1 x Easter vacation scheme (two weeks), 2 x summer vacation schemes (2 weeks each) with ten places on each scheme

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Three open days held in March each year

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: Ten


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: No preference

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £33,000pa

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? The firm has a diversity committee actively working on raising awareness around the firm and a number of initiatives that are open to all staff

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: • Jeremy Isaacson (e-mail: [email protected])• Robert Lewis (e-mail: [email protected])• Tom Rudkin (e-mail: [email protected])

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Donna Davies, Trainee Recruitment Manager

TEL: 020 3375 7000


ADDRESS: 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LH

WEBSITE: www.farrer.co.uk

Farrer & Co LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Total Partners: 430, other fee-earners: 2,256, total trainees: 187 (London)

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Bah-rain, Barcelona, Beijing, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vienna, Washington DC.

AREAS OF WORK: As an international law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ad-vises some of the world’s most well known businesses. For graduates keen to pursue a career in commercial law, we offer challenging work that demands a strong intellect and a desire to help ambitious businesses achieve long-term success.

Our lawyers work in one of eight depart-ments: antitrust, competition and trade; corporate; dispute resolution; employment, pensions and benefits; finance; intellectual property/information technology; real estate; tax

DETAILS OF WORKSHOPS: Law work-shop on 7 and 8 January 2013, Non-law workshop on 10 and 11 January 2013, In-ternational workshop on 25 and 26 March 2013 and First year focus programme on 4 and 5 April 2013

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING FEBRUARY/AUGUST 2015: 100

APPLICATION PROCESS: Online applica-tion form, online verbal reasoning test, two interviews and a written exercise.

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NON-LAW TRAINEES: 60:40

CLOSING DATE FOR LAW AND NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: 31 July 2013 for law candidates and 1 May 2013 for non-law candidates

STARTING SALARY 2012 FOR FIRST YEAR: £39,000

NUMBER OF VACATION SCHEME PLACEMENTS FOR 2013: 60

WHEN TO APPLY: Apply in your penul-timate year from 1 October 2012 to 13 January 2013

CONTACT: Email trainee recruitment at [email protected] or call on 020 7785 5554, or apply online at www.fresh-fields.com/trainees

ADDRESS: 65 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1HS

Freshfields BruckhausDeringer LLP

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SIZE OF FIRM: Over 5,000 worldwide

LOCATIONS: Over 40 offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States

AREAS OF WORK: Our global diversity and wide range of practice areas gives us a strong reputation for corporate finance, dispute resolution, government regulatory and intellectual property.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer up to 70 places over two highly regarded summer vacation schemes and one winter vacation scheme. If you join us, you will be working alongside partners, associates and trainees for up to three weeks in key practice areas such as corporate, finance and litigation. Your hands-on learning will be complemented with tailored workshops, discussions and social events.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We hold open days for first year law students. Information on the dates and application deadlines for these can be found on our website at:www.hoganlovells.com/graduates.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS:January – April of their final year of study (non-law application deadline is 30 April 2013)

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: 1st year: £38,000, 2nd year: £43,000

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We are involved in a number of initiatives to help promote wider access to the legal profes-sion, including Pathways to Law and The Brokerage Citylink.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Elisabeth Bennett – [email protected] Garrod – [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Cath-erine McGee

TEL: 020 7296 2000


ADDRESS: Atlantic House, Holborn Via-duct, London, EC1A 2FG

WEBSITE: www.hoganlovells.com/graduates

Hogan LovellsInternational LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 672

LOCATIONS: London, Le Havre, Paris, Mo-naco, Hamburg, Piraeus, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai

AREAS OF WORK: Aviation, energy and offshore, insurance and reinsurance, inter-national trade and shipping.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: Up to 15



CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Helen Salisbury TEL: 0207 481 0010


ADDRESS: International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1AY

WEBSITE: http://graduates.incelaw.com

Ince & Co LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Medium - 850

LOCATIONS: London, Paris, Rouen, Ge-neva, Piraeus, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singa-pore, Shanghai, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Sao Paulo.

AREAS OF WORK: Admiralty & Crisis Management; Arbitration; Asset Finance; Aviation; Commercial Litigation; Competi-tion Law - EC & UK; Commodities – soft & hard; Construction; Corporate; Corporate Finance; Dispute Resolution & Media-tion; Employment; Energy; Environmental; Fraud; Information Technology; Insur-ance & Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Logistics; Marine Litigation & Claims; Personal Injury; Professional Negligence; Port Development; Real Estate; Restruc-turing & Insolvency; Space; Ship Finance; World Trade

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: In 2013 we will be running a one week spring vacation scheme and two summer schemes (two weeks in duration)• Spring scheme: 8 April – 12 April • Summer schemes: 24 June – 5 July and 15 July – 26 July

Applications for our 2013 schemes will open on 1 November 2012.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We will be running an insight day for first year law students and penultimate year non law students on Wednesday 27 March 2013. To apply please see www.hfw.com.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 15 - 20


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final Year


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Target Chances; Prime


CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Sarah Burson

TEL: 0207 264 28293


ADDRESS: 65 Crutched Friars, Friary Court, London, EC3N 2AE

WEBSITE: www.hfw.com

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SIZE OF FIRM: 2,000+ lawyers worldwide

LOCATIONS: 31 offices across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia

AREAS OF WORK: Latham & Watkins has strong capabilities in all areas, including banking and finance, corporate, litigation, real estate, employment and tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: The London office offers a two-week Easter vacation scheme for final year students and graduates, and a two-week summer scheme for penultimate year law students.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: Approximately 20


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Easter vacation scheme applications: apply between 1 October - 31 December 2012. Training Contract applications: apply before 31 July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £42,000 for trainees; £96,970 post-qualification

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Latham & Watkins are proud sponsors of SEO Scholars, PRIME and International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA)

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Lisa Baca

TEL: 0207 710 1000


ADDRESS: 99 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3XF

WEBSITE: www.lw.com

Latham & Watkins LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Jones Day, global law firm, has 2,500 lawyers in 37 offices. London is key with 200 lawyers, including around 50 partners and 30 trainees

LOCATIONS: London, Continental Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Middle East.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK: M&A, capital markets, private equity, banking/finance, business restructuring, invest-ment funds, litigation, intellectual property, tax, real estate. Teams also experienced in competition, energy, environmental, employment and pensions.

WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Two-week placement schemes available for law/non-law students, graduates/post-graduates in Winter, Spring and Summer holidays. If interested in our distinctive training, apply for a placement scheme first. We recruit nearly all our trainees from our placement candidates.

OPEN DAYS: Meet our lawyers - Ox-ford Question Time on Friday November 9, at 18.00 at the Grand Café Oxford High Street. At this panel discussion and networking event, ask our lawyers, in an informal setting, the questions you want answered and chat with them afterwards. Also learn how to apply for our placement schemes and what we look for in the can-didates we select. All welcome.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015:15

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW/ NON-LAW TRAINEES: 40:60

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final Year

PLACEMENT CLOSING DATES: 31 Oc-tober 2012 (Winter); 31 December 2012 (Spring); 31 January 2013 (Summer) unless spaces fill earlier. Applications open early on 1 September 2012. We recruit on a rolling basis. Don’t wait until final deadline to apply.

2012 STARTING SALARY: £41,000

DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PRO-GRAMMES? Career sponsor of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) London.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Shaun Palmer, Daisy Fox, Sarah Batley

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Diana Spoudeas


ADDRESS: 21 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0DJ

WEBSITE: www.jonesdaylondon.com

Jones Day

SIZE OF FIRM: 1500 worldwide

LOCATIONS: Chicago, Hong Kong, Lon-don, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington DC

AREAS OF WORK: Kirkland & Ellis is a 1500 attorney law firm representing global clients around the world. For 100 years, major national and international clients have called upon Kirkland & Ellis to provide superior legal advice and cli-ent services. The London office handles complex corporate, restructuring, funds, debt finance, capital markets, IP, competi-tion and international litigation / arbitration work. Applicants need to have an excellent academic record and have the initiative, the drive and the work ethic to thrive in the firm’s meritocratic culture.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 2 week vacation schemes in June and July each year. The 2013 applica-tion deadline is 31 January.


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Application dead-line is 31 July 2013


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVER-SITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Our commitment to diversity is reflected in our policies, programmes, committees, and in our efforts to build and maintain a culture that values and gathers strength from difference.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Kate Osborne, Graduate Recruitment Specialist

TEL: 020 7469 2000


ADDRESS: 30 St Mary Axe, London. EC3A 8AF

WEBSITE: www.kirkland.com/ukgraduate

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SIZE OF FIRM: 5000 (worldwide)

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw.

AREAS OF WORK: While many law firms are strong in particular areas, Linklaters is the only firm to have market-leading global teams across the full range of corporate, finance and commercial practice areas. This, partnered with our culture of in-novation, teamwork and entrepreneurship, means that we have built strong relation-ships with the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments and are asked to advise them on their most important and challenging transactions and assignments.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Linklaters offers vacation schemes for penultimate year students at UK universities (law and non-law), which take place over the Summer. We also offer first year law undergraduates structured work experience through a two-day insight programme called Pathfinder. All applica-tions begin with an online application form.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Linklaters offers open days in the Spring and Winter for final year undergraduate students and post-graduate students.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: Approximately 110

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: Around 60% studied a law degree

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: From October 2012


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Linklat-ers values difference and wants to make sure that it attracts talented people from the widest possible pool. Please visit our website for further details.


TEL: 0207 456 2000


ADDRESS: One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ

WEBSITE: www.linklaters.com/ukgrads

Linklaters LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 500 in London

LOCATIONS: Europe, Americas and Asia

AREAS OF WORK: Full service global law firm

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Spring and Summer

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: December and January






ADDRESS: 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AF

Mayer Brown

SIZE OF FIRM: Partners: 71, Solicitors: 159, Trainees: 59

LOCATION: London

AREAS OF WORK: Banking and finance; commercial; competition; corporate and M&A; employment, pensions and benefits; financial services regulatory; investment funds; IP and IT; litigation and dispute resolution; private equity; private client; commercial real estate; restructuring and insolvency; and tax and structuring.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our vacation schemes are designed to give you a two-week snap-shot of life as a trainee. You will be given as much hands-on experience as possible, enabling you to develop a real understand-ing of the firm’s culture and our work. You will be spending each of your two weeks with us in a different practice area, working alongside a partner, solicitor or trainee.

VACATION SCHEME VACANCIES: Up to 55 for our 2013 vacation schemes (Easter and summer)



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: The application deadline for both law and non-law stu-dents is 31 January 2013 for our vacation schemes and 31 July 2013 for training contracts. As we recruit on a rolling basis, it is advisable to complete the application as early as possible.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Men-tors for the Social Mobility Foundation programme and participants of the SEO scheme and Pathways to Law programme. We are also signatories of PRIME.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Vicki Wood, Graduate Recruitment Manager

TEL: 0207 831 9222


ADDRESS: 20 Cursitor Street, London, EC4A 1LT

WEBSITE: www.macfarlanes.com/careers/trainee-solicitors.aspx

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SIZE OF FIRM: 1,600 legal professionals worldwide, including 6 trainees in London

LOCATIONS: Almaty; Beijing; Boston; Brussels; Chicago; Dallas; Frankfurt; Harris-burg; Houston; Irvine; London; Los Angeles; Miami; Moscow; New York; Palo Alto; Paris; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Princeton; San Francisco; Tokyo; Washington DC; Wilm-ington.

AREAS OF WORK [IN LONDON OFFICE]:• Corporate• Debt and equity capital markets• Finance and restructuring• Labour and employment, including em-ployment litigation and immigration advice• Private investment fund formation and operation• UK and US tax planning and structuring• International commercial dispute, ar-bitration, insurance recovery, and white collar matters



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Through to the end of July 2013


OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Peter Sharp ([email protected]); Alex Leuba ([email protected]); Kate Haber-shon ([email protected])

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Geor-gia Shearman

TEL: 0203 201 5620


ADDRESS: Condor House, 5-10 St Paul’s Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AL

WEBSITE: www.morganlewis.co.uk

Morgan Lewis &Bockius LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 500 people, with over 300 lawyers and 18 trainees

LOCATIONS: London, New York

AREAS OF WORK: Founded in 1937, Mishcon de Reya is a London based law firm offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. Our expertise covers five areas: analysing risk, protec-tion of assets, managing wealth, resolving disputes and building business.

We’re structured into six departments: real estate, litigation, family, corporate, employment and private. The firm also has a growing number of specialist groups which include: art; betting and gaming; banking and finance; defamation; fraud; immigration; insolvency; IP; private client and public advocacy.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run 2 two-week vacation schemes during the summer. These place-ments have been designed to give you a comprehensive view of our business and life as a solicitor at the Firm.

Applications for our 2013 summer vaca-tion scheme are open from 1st October 2012 until 31st January 2013. Please visit our trainee recruitment website for access to our online application form: www.mish-congraduates.com

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We will be running open days for prospective trainees at our London office during autumn/win-ter. Please visit www.mishcongraduates.com for details.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 8 - 12


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT UNDERGRADUATE APPLICA-TIONS: Final year


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We’re involved in a number of diversity initia-tives including Pink Law, Interlaw Diversity Forum and Gay Women’s Network (GWN).

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Sisa Sibanda, HR Advisor

TEL: 020 7440 7000


ADDRESS: Summit House, 12 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4QD

WEBSITE: www.mishcongraduates.com

Mishcon de Reya

SIZE OF FIRM: 550+

LOCATIONS: Cardiff, Swansea, Oxford, Reading and Bristol

AREAS OF WORK: Employment, Corpo-rate, Commercial, Pensions, Property, Pri-vate Client, Dispute Resolution, Regulatory and Insurance


APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NON-LAW TRAINEES: 50:50

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATION: On completion of degree/GDL confirmed

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £25,000 (Thames Valley) £23,000 (Wales)


CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Abi Foxroberts

TEL: 02920 385 432


ADDRESS: Bradley Court, 11 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3DR

WEBSITE: www.morgan-cole.com

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SIZE OF FIRM: 100 in London: 50 lawyers, 6 trainees

LOCATIONS: Beijing, Brussels, Denver, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Palo Alto, Sacra-mento, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington D.C.

AREAS OF WORK: Firmwide practice areas include antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets, communica-tions and media, corporate, energy, enter-tainment, environmental, financial services, financial transactions, government con-tracts, IP, investment management, land use and natural resources, life-sciences, litigation, outsourcing, privacy, project finance, real estate, tax and technology transactions.

The London Office specialises in capital markets, corporate, employment, finan-cial transactions, life sciences, litigation, outsourcing, privacy, tax and technology transactions.

The Firm takes pride in promoting a diverse workplace and is looking for individuals with academic and other achievements that evidence their talent, motivation, energy and creativity. The firm welcomes applications from all degree backgrounds.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 2 sessions of 2 weeks in July

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2014/2015: 2 for September 2014, 3 for September 2015

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 5:1 non-law: law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: No different


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Thirty years ago, Morrison & Foerster made a strong commitment to the idea, and the ideals, of diversity.

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Tim Roughton, Of Counsel, (M.Eng.,1995): [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Margaret Mannell

TEL: 0207 920 4000

E-MAIL: [email protected] or [email protected]

ADDRESS: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9AW

WEBSITE: www.mofo.com

Morrison & Foerster(UK) LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 5885 total global head-count, including over 3000 legal staff. There are currently 107 trainees in the London office

LOCATIONS: We have over 2900 lawyers operating from offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Central Asia

AREAS OF WORK: We are strong in financial institutions; energy; infrastruc-ture, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and pharma-ceuticals and life sciences

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer two summer vacation schemes to penultimate-year law stu-dents. Securing a place on either scheme is subject to a successful application and interview. On both schemes students will have the opportunity to become immersed in our business and get a genuine feel for what it is like to work here.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run open days for both law and non-law students and graduates throughout the recruitment cycle. Please see the website for further details and to apply.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: Applications for 2015 training contracts open on 1 October 2012, with the deadline being 30 April 2013. Interviews will take place between January and May 2013.


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We work with Pure Potential, Target Chances and Prime amongst others on various diversity initiatives

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Natasha Oubridge

TEL: 0207 444 2113


ADDRESS: 3 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AQ

WEBSITE: www.nortonrosegraduates.com

SIZE OF FIRM: 879 staff of which, 113 Partners, 283 Lawyers, 48 trainees

LOCATIONS: London, Sheffield, Brussels, Singapore

AREAS OF WORK: Banking, Construction, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employ-ment, Environment, EU Competition, Financial regulation, Funds & Indirect Real Estate, IP, Insolvency, Pensions, Planning, Projects, Real Estate, Real Estate Dispute Resolution, Tax

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Vacation schemes held at Easter (one week) and in the summer (three weeks). Duration of the scheme spent in one department where you will be involved in real client work and treated as a trainee during your time with us.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 25 in London, 5 in Sheffield


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: 1 November 2012 – 31 January 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £37,000 (London), £25,000 (Sheffield)

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Jane Drew

TEL: 020 7524 6000


ADDRESS: Lacon Hose, 84 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8RW

WEBSITE: www.nabarro.com/graduates

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SIZE OF FIRM: We have over 400 lawyers and 32 trainees across our 3 UK offices

LOCATIONS: Bristol, London and Thames Valley

AREAS OF WORK: At Osborne Clarke we turn our legal expertise into our clients’ commercial gain by using our experience and imagination to give tailored, practical advice. Although we’re professionals, we don’t believe that means we have to be stuffy or over-complicate our solutions.

Our sector focus means that we know a range of industry sectors inside out. We have particular expertise in Digital Busi-ness, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Real Estate & Infrastructure. As you’d expect we’re also experts in the range of legal services, from business regulation to tax.

DETAILS OF WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our vacation scheme runs for two weeks over the summer. The place-ment follows a structured programme and allows candidates to spend time in two dif-ferent departments and get involved in real client work. Candidates should apply online before 31 January 2013.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAWSTUDENT APPLICATIONS: Candidates in their final year of a non-law degree should apply for vacation placements before 31 January 2013 and training contracts be-fore 31 July 2013.

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: Bristol = £32,000, London and Thames Valley = £36,500

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? ‘Pathways to Law’ and the ‘Sutton Trust Summer School’

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: • Aisling Pringleton - [email protected]• Joanne Loveridge - [email protected]

CONTACT: Zoe Reid

TEL: 0117 917 3484


ADDRESS: 2 Temple Back East, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6EG

WEBSITE: www.osborneclarke.com/trainees

Osborne Clarke

SIZE OF FIRM: 723

LOCATIONS: Berlin, Brussels, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Singapore, Thames Valley

AREAS OF WORK: Olswang is a passion-ate 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 and Life Sciences to Leisure. Our progressive culture gives us a definitive edge and has won us an un-paralleled reputation in industries such as Technology, Media and Telecoms.

Our principal practice areas include: corpo-rate; data protection; employment; EU & competition; finance; intellectual property; litigation & arbitration; media transactions; outsourcing; real estate; restructuring; tax; and technology transactions.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run two Work Placement Schemes in the spring and summer for penultimate and final year law undergradu-ates, final year non-law undergraduates and graduates. This is a good opportunity for those interested in commercial law and Olswang to gain an insight in to the firm’s work, culture and ethos and experience the life of a typical Olswang trainee solicitor. Interns are normally supervised by an as-sociate and trainee, who ensure that they are given work from a variety of fee-earn-ers in the group.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 31 July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: 1st year: £37,000 and 2nd year: £41,500

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PRO-GRAMMES? The Black Lawyers Direc-tory Legal Launchpad Scheme, The Black Solicitors Network, BPP-Olswang Diversity Access Scheme, Diversity Role Models and the Prime Initiative

CONTACT: Sarmini Ghosh, Graduate Recruiter

TEL: 020 7067 3082


ADDRESS: 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX

WEBSITE: www.olswangtrainees.com

Olswang LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 130 (figure for the London office)

LOCATIONS: Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Portland, Rome, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seat-tle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Taipei, Tokyo, Washington DC

AREAS OF WORK: Orrick has earned a global reputation advising both estab-lished and emerging companies, banks and international financial institutions. Much of Orrick’s client work involves cross-border transactions which have increased substantially in recent years with the de-velopment of the firm’s network of global offices.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: 2 Open Days are held in the spring. Details and ap-plications can be found online.



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: During the final year of University

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £38,000 p.a. (For a first year trainee)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Since 1990, Orrick’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, one of the first in a major law firm, has advised management on a broad range of initiatives to ensure that Orrick is successful in hiring, retaining and promot-ing diverse lawyers.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Halina Kasprowiak, Recruitment Manager

TEL: 020 7862 4600


ADDRESS: 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN

WEBSITE: www.orrick.com/london/gradrecruitment

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SIZE OF FIRM: 89 (London)

LOCATIONS: Atlanta, Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washing-ton DC

AREAS OF WORK: With lawyers serving clients from 19 worldwide offices, Paul Hastings provides a wide range of services across Europe, America and Asia. Through a collaborative approach, entrepreneurial spirit and firm commitment to client ser-vice, the legal professional of Paul Hastings deliver innovative solutions to many of the world’s top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

Paul Hastings’ London office focuses on corporate and real estate finance transac-tions, M&A, restructuring, capital mar-kets, litigation, employment and tax. The London office has particular experience in multi-jurisdictional European transac-tions, working together with our offices in Frankfurt, Milan, Paris and Brussels.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer one week work placements during June/July.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2014 AND SEPTEMBER 2015: 3 - 4



ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We offer equal opportunity to all. The London office has established Diversity and Women’s Networks and participates in the Black Solicitors Network and The Brokerage Citylink.

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Yvette Croucher

TEL: 0203 023 5123


ADDRESS: Ten Bishops Square, London, E1 6EG

WEBSITE: www.paulhastings.com

Paul Hastings(Europe) LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 350 Partners, 1500 Law-yers, 180 Trainees

LOCATIONS: Leeds, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Scotland, Belfast, Falkland Islands

AREAS OF WORK: At Pinsent Masons you can expect to get involved in interest-ing, highly commercial, client-facing work from the earliest stage in your career. Our aim is to develop you as a fully-rounded commercial lawyer and business adviser. To achieve that, we work with you to develop your technical legal expertise, alongside your knowledge of the sectors in which our clients operate. The firm is organised into seven key practice areas: construction advisory and disputes; corporate; finan-cial institutions and human capital (which includes banking, employment, financial services and pensions); litigation and com-pliance (including competition and tax); projects; property; and strategic business services (which includes commercial, intel-lectual property, regulatory and technol-ogy, media and telecommunications).

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Formal Programmes run throughout the Summer (4 x Intakes). Applications online

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Open days will be advertised via the Graduate Website – www.pinsentmasons.com/graduate

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 80 Per annum

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 55 Law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Penultimate Year or Final Year

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: Varies by location


ADDRESS: 1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB

SIZE OF FIRM: Total staff 360, number of trainees 17, number of partners 71, num-ber of other qualified lawyers: 86

LOCATIONS: London, Basingstoke, Cam-bridge, Godalming, Guildford

AREAS OF WORK: Our main areas of practice are dispute resolution, corporate and commercial, real estate and private client, provided through our Business Services, Real Estate and Private Individu-als Divisions. We also have several cross divisional teams concentrating on a variety of industry sectors.

Penningtons is a member of Multilaw and the European Law Group, connections which ensure that, if our clients are under-taking a cross border transaction or want advice from a lawyer resident in a particu-lar country, we will be able to advise them.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Week-long placements in our London, Basingstoke and Godalming/Guild-ford offices during July

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Five open days during July in our London, Basingstoke and Godalming offices

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 7-10


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Before July 2013 for students in their final year

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £31,000 (London)

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? City So-licitors’ Educational Trust

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Keith Barber, trainee solicitor

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Rebecca Philpott or Lorna Hector

TEL: 020 7457 3000


ADDRESS: Abacus House, 33 Gutter Lane, London, EC2V 8AR

WEBSITE: www.penningtons.co.uk

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SIZE OF FIRM: 450

LOCATIONS: London, Bristol, Singapore, Hong Kong

AREAS OF WORK: RPC is a forward think-ing commercial law firm with a wide-rang-ing practice, some of the leading lawyers in their fields and great clients in both the UK and overseas. We have a balanced book of client business, between work for insurance clients on the one hand and corporates across a wide range of sectors including publishing and media, retail and construction on the other.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our summer vacation schemes enable prospective trainees to spend time with us, getting a feel for the work we do and the unique RPC atmosphere. Twelve students at a time spend two weeks with us and are integrated closely with the real working life of RPC, giving you a good idea of whether a career here is right for you.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: The Open is packed full of activities, including han-dling work in two different departments, listening to presentations, taking part in skills workshops and attending networking events

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: We appoint 20 trainees each year from a law or non-law background. Although proven academic ability is important (we require a 2.1 degree or above) we also value energy, enthusiasm, business sense, commitment and the ability to communicate and relate well to others.


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: Final Year


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PRO-GRAMMES? BPP Diversity Scheme

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Kali Butler

TEL: 020 3060 6000


ADDRESS: RPC, Tower Bridge House, St Katharine’s Way, E1W 1AA

WEBSITE: www.rpc.co.uk/manifesto

RPC (Reynolds PorterChamberlain) LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 200

LOCATIONS: London

PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP (PwC Legal) is an independent member of the PwC international network of firms. We believe we combine the best of both worlds. A firm that’s not so large as to be impersonal, yet as part of the PwC net-work, we can and frequently do call upon professionals in PwC when our clients are looking for rounded solutions incorporating multi-disciplinary advice. Our solicitors of-ten work directly alongside PwC tax advis-ers, human capital consultants, corporate finance experts, actuaries, management consultants and, of course, accountants.

We offer domestic and international clients both project-based, specialist legal advice and on-going general counsel. Our practice areas include advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, intel-lectual property, information technology, litigation, immigration, pensions, employ-ment, banking, commercial contracts, real estate, wills and trusts, environment and sustainability.

Combined with our ambitious growth plans, it’s a working model that makes us an exciting place to launch your career.

www.pwclegal.co.uk

AREAS OF WORK: Immigration, Corpo-rate, Litigation, Employment, Pensions, Company Secretarial, Real Estate, IP/ IT, Private Client and Banking

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 3 week Summer Vacation Scheme

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016:12-15


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Flexible

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: Competi-tive

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? As part of the PwC network we are involved in a large number of diversity initiatives, please ask local recruiter for full details

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Anna Cooke

TEL: 0207 804 1831


WEBSITE: http://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/student/graduateopportunities/pwc-legal.jhtml

PwC Legal

SIZE OF FIRM: Around 500 employees in London, of which nearly 300 are lawyers

LOCATIONS: We have offices in Europe, Middle East, Asia and the United States:• United States: Century City, Chicago, Falls Church, Los Angeles, New York, Phila-delphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Richmond, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., Wilmington• Europe & Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Greece, London, Munich, Paris • Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai

AREAS OF WORK: We handle only com-mercial matters, both contentious and non-contentious and offer training in com-pany, commercial and finance, commercial litigation, employment, media, energy & natural resources, shipping and property law.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We offer Summer Vacation Schemes to penultimate year law and final year non-law students.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run three open days for first year law and second year non-law students

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/FEBRUARY 2016: We will have 22-24 vacancies for 2015/2016

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: The ratio varies from intake to intake, but we have good proportions of law and non-law students

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: The closing date for applications is 31st January for Sum-mer Vacation Schemes and 31st July for Training Contracts


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We have a range of market-leading initiatives de-signed to promote a diverse and engaged workforce. These are:

1. Target Chances – City Law2. BPP “Your Break in Law” Competition 3. Law Society’s Access to Law Scheme4. Law Society’s Careers Event 5. PRIME

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Ella Keefe

TEL: 0203 116 2684


ADDRESS: Reed Smith, The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2RS

WEBSITE: http://www.reedsmith.com/united_kingdom/graduates/

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SIZE OF FIRM: 250

LOCATIONS: London and 19 locations globally.

OUR MAIN AREAS OF WORK INCLUDE: Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Develop-ment & Finance, Banking & Structured Finance (including Capital Markets, Struc-tured Finance, Leveraged and Acquisition Finance), International Litigation & Arbitra-tion, Competition, Tax, Financial Institu-tions Advisory & Asset Management, Executive Compensation & Employee Ben-efits, Intellectual Property and Property

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run a two-week summer scheme designed to give participants a real insight into life at Shearman & Sterling

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Please visit our website for further details.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 12 – 15 trainees


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Deadline is 31 January 2013



CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Charlotte Hannan

TEL: 0207 655 5191


ADDRESS: Broadgate West, 9 Appold Street, EC2A 2AP

WEBSITE: www.shearman.com

Shearman & Sterling LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Simmons & Simmons has approximately 1,500 members of staff worldwide, this includes over 240 part-ners, 610 lawyers and 80 trainees

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Bristol, Brussels, Doha, Dubai, Düs-seldorf, Frankfurt, Funchal*, Hong Kong, Jeddah*, Lisbon*, London, Madrid, Milan*, Paris, Rome*, Shanghai, Tokyo. (*Associ-ated offices)

AREAS OF WORK: Simmons & Sim-mons provides a wide choice of service areas in which its lawyers can specialise. These include corporate and commercial; information, communications and technol-ogy; dispute resolution; employment and benefits; EU, competition and regulatory; financial markets; IP; projects; real estate; taxation and pensions.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our vacation schemes provide a unique insight into working life at Sim-mons & Simmons. The firm holds a three week summer vacation scheme, a one-week spring vacation scheme and a three-day winter insight workshop. For details of which scheme you can apply to and dates please visit our website.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: A series of open days, available to all undergradu-ates, mature and international students will be held throughout the year. Please visit our website for details



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final year for Training Contract or Summer Scheme, Penultimate year for Spring Scheme


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? SEO, Twist, Afro Caribbean Society Sponsorship, BigIssue, Citizenship foundation, Vision-Path, Access 2 Law

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Anna King, Graduate Recruitment & Develop-ment Manager

TEL: 020 7628 2020


ADDRESS: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 9UE

WEBSITE: www.simmons-simmons.com/graduates

SIZE OF FIRM: 230 in London

LOCATIONS: Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singa-pore, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington D.C.

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate, Com-petition, Corporate Reorganisation and Bankruptcy, Debt & Equity Capital Market, Debt Finance, including Structured Finance, Debt Restructuring, and Derivatives, Employment, Financial Services Regulatory, Hedge Funds, Insurance, IP/IT, Litigation, Real Estate and Real Estate Finance, Tax

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Summer Vacation Scheme – June/July 2013



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 1 January 2013 to 31 July 2013


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? • Local Diversity Steering Group• Windsor Fellowship Leadership Programme for Ethnic Minority Undergraduates• BPP Access to Practice Scheme• Black Solicitors Network• London Women’s Committee• Interlaw Diversity Forum for LGBT Lawyers• Association of Muslim Lawyers

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Available on request


TEL: 020 7360 3600


ADDRESS: Woolgate Exchange, 25 Basin-ghall Street, London, EC2V 5HA

WEBSITE: www.sidley.com

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SIZE OF FIRM: 1200 approx

LOCATIONS: London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Beijing, plus ‘best friend’ relationships worldwide.

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate, Commercial and Financing

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run two-week work expe-rience schemes in the summer and a one-week scheme at Easter for penultimate year law and non law students.

We also run two-day Christmas workshops for non law finalists and non law graduates.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run an open day for 1st year law students in April

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 90 approx


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: From October 1st 2012


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Pure Potential, Target Chances, Prime, Employ-ability

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: • Jonathan Murphy - Jonathan.Murphy@slaughterandmay. com• Srijanee Bhattacharyya; - Srijanee.Bhattacharyya@ slaughterandmay.com• Mark Gulliford - [email protected]

TEL: 0207 7600 1200


ADDRESS: One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

WEBSITE: www.slaughterandmay.com

Slaughter and May

SIZE OF FIRM: 500+

LOCATIONS: London, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Shanghai

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate/M&A, com-mercial, communications and technology, energy and natural resources, employment and pensions, EU and competition, finance, financial markets, intellectual property, investment funds, litigation and dispute resolution, pharmaceuticals and life sci-ences, private equity, real estate, recon-struction and insolvency, retail and tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Vacation Schemes 2013: Hands-on legal work experience in our London office. 90 vacancies One Easter Scheme: final year law and non-law undergraduates and all graduates

Two Summer Schemes: penultimate year law, final year non-law and all graduates

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Open Days in December and January. Please ap-ply on-line as soon as possible as places are filled quickly. 2nd year law, final year law/non-law undergraduates and all graduates.





ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We believe in recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from the widest pool in order to meet our clients’ needs

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Sharon Doberer

TEL: 020 7111 2268


ADDRESS: 10 Queen Street Place, Lon-don, EC4R 1BE

WEBSITE: www.sjberwin.com

SJ Berwin LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 4200 staff, with over 2000 lawyers across 23 Offices

LOCATIONS: Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, To-ronto, Vienna, Washington D.C., Wilming-ton

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate Transac-tions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, leveraged finance and banking, tax, corporate restructuring and energy and projects. We also advise on international arbitration and litigation.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 1 Easter vacation scheme and 3 Summer vacation schemes

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We hold 4 open days during February




ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? We have a diversity committee in London and a large initiative being led by our New York office. Please visit our website for details.

TEL: 0207 519 7424


ADDRESS: 40 Bank Street, London, E14 5DS

WEBSITE: www.skadden.com

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SIZE OF FIRM: 1,103 for the UK LLP

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Bah-rain, Brussels, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, London, Milton Keynes, Moscow, Muscat, Paris, Singapore, Tashkent

AREAS OF WORK: Energy Transport and Infrastructure, Financial Institutions and Funds, Government, Health and Life Sci-ences, Insurance, Manufacturing, Real Es-tate, Retail and Hotels, Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Summer Schemes in Lon-don and Milton Keynes. The scheme in London is for second, penultimate year law students and those who have completed their undergraduate law degree. The same applies for Milton Keynes, however, third year non-law students and those who have completed their non-law degree can apply. The application deadline for both schemes is 31 January 2013.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Winter open day in our London office for final year non-law students and non-law graduates. The application deadline is 16 November 2012.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 15 to 20 in total for both London and Milton Keynes

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 70% Law and 30% Non-Law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: 29 March 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £37,000 in London and £25,500 in Milton Keynes

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Pure Potential, Social Mobility Foundation, Birk-beck and Mosaic

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: •Kristine Kozicki - [email protected]• Sarika Pathak - [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Hemlata Shamji

TEL: 020 7320 6775


ADDRESS: One Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7WS

WEBSITE: www.snrdenton.com/graduates

SNR Denton UK LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: Approximately 750 law-yers worldwide

LOCATIONS: Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington D.C.

AREAS OF WORK: General Practice, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Capital Markets and Project Fi-nance; Competition Law; Criminal Defence and Investigations; and Tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: The Firm offers a two-week summer vacation scheme in 2013. During the two weeks with Sullivan & Cromwell you will shadow a partner or senior lawyer to help you get a feel for our work and culture. There will also be opportunities to meet socially the people who work at Sullivan & Cromwell, and we aim to make this an interesting, rewarding and enjoyable introduction to the Firm.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Open Days currently under consideration

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 4 – 6 training contract vacancies

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: Not applicable. The firm’s first trainee solicitors join the office in September 2013

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: The application deadline for the 2013 summer vacation scheme is 31 January 2013. We will be accepting applications from 1 November 2012

We will be accepting applications for our 2015 trainee intake from 1 May through 31 July 2013

STARTING SALARY IN 2013: The start-ing salary for trainee solicitors joining the firm in September 2013 is £50,000pa

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Kirsten Davies, Trainee Solicitor Recruitment Manager

TEL: +44 (0)207 959 8900


ADDRESS: 1 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AN

WEBSITE: www.sullcrom.com/careers/opps/trainee/

SIZE OF FIRM: Staff: 600+, Trainees: 32, Partners: 110+

LOCATIONS: London

Overseas offices:Paris, Piraeus, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, GuangzhouAssociated officesAthens, Bucharest, Kuwait, Jakarta

AREAS OF WORK: Commercial litigation; corporate; employment and pensions; finance; marine and international trade; and real estate.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run winter, spring and summer placement schemes each year. Typically you’d spend one or two weeks in our offices, spending time in one or two of our practice groups. Sitting with qualified lawyers, meeting clients and tackling some case work as well as attending court, you’ll get a real taste of life at our firm. Please visit www.shlegal.com/graduate for more information.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: 16 January 2013, 13 February 2013, 3 April 2013, 24 April 2013

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VA-CANCIES COMMENCING MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 2015: 16




CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): The graduate recruitment team

TEL: 0207 809 2812


ADDRESS: 1 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7SH

WEBSITE: www.shlegal.com/graduate

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SIZE OF FIRM: 453

LOCATIONS: London and Paris

AREAS OF WORK: Corporate (including takeovers and mergers, private equity and funds), commercial, intellectual property and technology law, litigation, banking and corporate recovery, restructuring, financial services and markets, competition, tax, employment, pensions and real estate.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: • Christmas vacation scheme 2012 (10-21 December) primarily for final year non-law students. • Summer vacation scheme 2013 com-mencing 24 June, 8 July and 22 July pri-marily for penultimate year law students. Students spend two weeks with the firm; each week in a different department, shar-ing an office with a partner, associate and trainee. The workload includes attending meetings, drafting documents and letters and carrying out research. There are a number of talks, case studies and negoti-ating exercises specifically for students to give an authentic taste of a City lawyer’s work. Also included are tours to selected City institutions, sporting and social activi-ties, ‘working’ lunches and informal evening events.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEM-BER 2015/MARCH 2016: 25 Training contracts

APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: 29% law to 71% non-law

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: Applications for 2015 open from 1 October 2012 for all students – deadline is 31 July 2013


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Rare Recruitment, Target Chances

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: James Champness ([email protected])Alex Southby ([email protected])

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Ger-maine VanGeyzel, Graduate Recruitment Manager

TEL: 020 7295 3000


WEBSITE: www.traverssmith.com

Travers Smith LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 868 worldwide / 49 London

LOCATIONS: Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiev, London, Munich, Paris, Prague, Singapore, Vienna, Warsaw. Representative offices: Beijing, Brno, Kla-genfurt, Shanghai

AREAS OF WORK: Our focus is on the sectors that we believe are the industries of tomorrow: Technology, Communications and Brands; Life Sciences and Healthcare; Energy and Environment; Real Estate & Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Services.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Two-week vacation scheme in the summer. Applications will open on 1 November 2012 and close 31 January 2013.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Oxford open day – 4 December 2012, held at our London office. If you are in your penul-timate year of a law degree and would like to join us for the day, please visit our Events page to register: www.taylorwessing.com/graduate.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015: 22-24


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Final year non-law students are encouraged to apply between 1 November 2012 – 31 July 2013


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? PRIME initiative

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Jonathan Hamill ([email protected]) and Camille Sage ([email protected])

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Rebecca McEwan

TEL: 0207 300 4123


ADDRESS: 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW

WEBSITE: www.taylorwessing.com/graduate

Taylor Wessing LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 700 staff including 23 trainees

LOCATIONS: Bristol, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast

AREAS OF WORK: Full service commercial law firm.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Vacation scheme placements available in Bristol and London

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Details of open evenings are on the website



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: The same for all applicants.

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? Single Equality Forum

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Sarah Rees-Leonard and Edward Wells

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Bee Lawson

TEL: 0117 917 7586


ADDRESS: One Redcliff St, Bristol, BS1 6TP

WEBSITE: www.TLTcareers.com/trainee

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SIZE OF FIRM: 700+

LOCATIONS: London, New York, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Athens, Piraeus, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong

AREAS OF WORK: WFW has leading market positions in international finance and investment, maritime and energy. We also specialise in natural resources, trans-port, real estate and technology. The firm is divided into five international practice groups: Corporate, Asset Finance, Project, Commodities & Export Finance, Litigation and Tax.

We emphasise gaining practical experience and as a trainee with us you will be offered a high level of involvement and responsibil-ity.

We offer a six seat programme allowing you to experience the variety of working in a broad number of practice groups with one seat in an overseas office.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: We run three vacation schemes during the year and they are open to pe-nultimate year law students and final year non-law students. 2013’s schemes will take place as follows:• Easter – 11 - 22 March 2013, • Summer – 17- 28 June & 15 - 26 July



DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: Ideally non-law students will make an application for a vacation scheme before the deadline - 31st January 2013


CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Louise Turgoose, Graduate Manager and Natalie Hannan, Graduate Officer

TEL: 020 7814 8000


ADDRESS: 15 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HB

WEBSITE: www.wfw.com/trainee

Watson, Farley & Williams LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 511 (Employees) 57 (Trainees)

LOCATIONS: London

AREAS OF WORK: Banking and capital markets; construction and engineering; corporate (including mergers and acquis-tions and private equity); dispute resolu-tion (including litigation, arbitration and mediation); employment and benefits; energy, infrastructure, project and asset finance; intellectual property; public private partnership/private finance initiative; real estate; tax; and telecommunications.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Candidates should apply for a training contract by completing the firm’s online application form available at ww.whitecasetrainee.com. We are cur-rently recruiting for training contracts to start in August 2015 and February 2016. The closing date is 31 July 2013.

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: Open days will be held after Easter 2013 and in Au-gust 2013. Applications must be submit-ted by 31 January 2013.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING AUGUST 2015/FEBRUARY 2016: 25 spaces available in total


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Please apply in the last year of non-law degree

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £41,000 p/a


TEL: 0207 532 1000


ADDRESS: 5 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1DW

WEBSITE: www.whitecasetrainee.com

SIZE OF FIRM: 250 / 20 trainees

LOCATIONS: Weil, Gotshal & Manges is a leading international law firm with over 1,200 lawyers in 21 locations worldwide, including: Beijing, Boston, Budapest, Dal-las, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong King, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Prague, Princeton, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington DC, and Wilmington.

AREAS OF WORK: Our key practice areas in London are: private equity, M&A, finance and banking, funds, complex commercial litigation and arbitration, business finance and restructuring, capital markets and tax.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Our two week schemes are available over the spring and the sum-mer, each being two weeks in length. For further details on dates and how to apply please visit www.weil.com/ukrecruiting

DETAILS OF ANY OPEN DAYS: We run two Open Days in June each year. For dates and details on how to apply please visit www.weil.com/ukrecruiting

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: We will be recruit-ing up to 14 trainees to commence their Training Contract September 2015. For details on how to apply please visit www.weil.com/ukrecruiting


STARTING SALARY IN 2012: £41,000 p.a

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? •SEO London – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity• Stonewall – Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Charity•NAS Prospects – The National Autistic Charity• BSN – Black Solicitors Network

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Caro Heather, Ellie Marques, Tim Goldfarb, Chris Evans and Hayley Lund

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Victoria Wisson, Graduate Recruitment

TEL: 020 7903 1413


ADDRESS: 110 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AY

WEBSITE: www.weil.com/ukrecruiting

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SIZE OF FIRM: 1000 +

LOCATIONS: Abu Dhabi, Birmingham, Brussels, Dubai, Guangzhou, London, Mu-nich and Paris

AREAS OF WORK: Full service commercial law firm

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Easter and Summer Vacation Schemes


APPROXIMATE RATIO OF LAW AND NOW-LAW TRAINEES: Changes yearly

DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STUDENT APPLICATIONS: We do not separate out law and non-law applications, the closing date for the vacation scheme is 31 January 2013 and the closing date of the training contract applications is 31 July 2013.

STARTING SALARY IN 2012: Birming-ham: £26,250: London: £35,750

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES?• Launching a LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) network• Sponsoring Black History Month, an event that acknowledges and celebrates the contribution that black communities have made to the UK’s culture, economy and history• Introducing Disability Champions across the firm to provide practical and emotional support to disabled colleagues• An annual ‘day in the life of a commer-cial lawyer’ open day which focuses on 16-18 year old students from inner city schools and gives them valuable hands-on experience of interviews, negotiations and presentations

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Mark Henley, Director: [email protected]

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Naomi Warner

TEL: 0121 629 1982


ADDRESS: 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2AS

WEBSITE: www.wragge-graduates.co.uk

Wragge & Co LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 730 worldwide. 301 law-yers, 39 trainees

LOCATIONS: London, Milan, Geneva, Zu-rich, New York, New Haven (Connecticut) Greenwich (US), Hong Kong, Singapore and BVI

AREAS OF WORK: The wealth of today’s private client has increased in multiples and many are institutions in their own right. With our merger in 2002 we have been able to respond to these changing legal needs and offer integrated solutions to the international legal and tax needs of our cli-ents. Our main areas of practice are wealth planning, family, real estate, litigation and commercial. Work is often international due to the complexity of our client base which includes some of the wealthiest global citizens.

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: Two-week Easter and Summer vacation placements in the London office. Students spend 2 weeks in 2 departments sitting with a fee-earner or partner. They will undertake a group exercise, take part in social events and meet people from across the firm to gain an insight into working at Withers.

NUMBER OF TRAINING CONTRACT VACANCIES COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 2015/MARCH 2016: 11 for September 2015


DESIRED TIMING OF NON-LAW STU-DENT APPLICATIONS: Deadline of 31 July 2013


ARE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY DIVERSITY INITIATIVES/PROGRAMMES? - Partner led Diversity Steering Group- We are involved in the African Caribbean Diversity’s mentoring scheme, the PRIME scheme and the Law Society’s Diversity Access scheme

OXFORD GRADUATES WILLING TO ACT AS INFORMAL CONTACTS: Tom Hughes, Trainee Solicitor

CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): Jaya Louvre, Recruitment Manager

TEL: 020 7597 6244


ADDRESS: 16 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7EG

WEBSITE: www.withersworldwide.com

Withers LLP

SIZE OF FIRM: 250

LOCATIONS: Main offices are; Bath, Ox-ford, Swindon. Other offices are: Abingdon, Thame and Marlborough.

AREAS OF WORK: Employment, Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Family, Private Client, Commercial, Corporate

DETAILS OF ANY WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEMES: 3 Day placements – applica-tions close Feb 2013


STARTING SALARY IN 2012: For Trainees 1st year the salary is currently £19,000 in line with market rate and NQ starting salary is £31,000 CONTACT (FOR APPLICATIONS): [email protected], Susi Manns or Emily Carter

ADDRESS: 5-6, Northumberland Buildings, Queen Square, Bath, BA2 1JE

WEBSITE: www.withyking.co.uk

Withy King LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world.

www.sullcrom.com

london . paris . frankfurtnew york . washington, d.c. . los angeles . palo altotokyo . hong kong . beijing . melbourne . sydney

Please send a copy of your CV (including a full classifi cation and percentage breakdown of all academic results) and a covering letter to: [email protected]. We will be accepting applications for the 2013 summer vacation scheme from 1st November 2012 through 31st January 2013, and applications for our 2015 trainee intake from 1st May 2013 through 31st July 2013.

The results we achieve have set us apart for nearly 130 years and become a model for the modern practice of law.

If you are considering a career as a solicitor, interested in working with the world’s leading companies on their most challenging matters, and feel that you have the qualities we are looking for, we encourage you to apply for a place on the 2013 summer vacation scheme or for a training contract in our London offi ce, to commence September 2015.

One Essex Court Temple London EC4Y 9AR Tel 020 7583 2000 Fax 020 7583 0118 DX 430 Email [email protected] www.oeclaw.co.uk

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