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Allen & Overy LLP Allen & Overy (A&O) is a pioneering legal practice operating around the world, with 43 offices in 29 countries. A&O is at the frontline of developing business. By helping companies, institutions and governments tackle ever more complex issues and transactions on a global stage, it is leading the way and extending what is possible in law. www.aograduate.com Ashfords LLP Ashfords is recognised nationally as a leading provider of legal and related professional services. We deliver commercially focussed advice to our clients across a range of industries and sectors. Our aim is straightforward – to help our clients get the results that they want. www.ashfords.co.uk/trainees Ashurst LLP Ashurst offers its clients and trainees a clear alternative to other elite law firms. With 28 offices, we offer the scale to attract global mandates. We operate at the cutting edge of the market, with advice that is commercially acute and technically accurate. For our clients this means getting to the heart of issues with speed and clarity. For trainees, our strong culture of collegiality means you will be encouraged to make your presence felt right from the outset. www.ashurst.com/trainees Baker & McKenzie Baker & McKenzie is a leading global law firm based in over 70 locations across 46 countries. With a presence in virtually every important financial and commercial centre in the world, our strategy is to provide the best combination of local legal and commercial knowledge, international expertise and resources. Our trainee solicitors are a vital part of that strategy, exposed to the international scope of the firm from the moment they start. www.bakermckenzie.com/londongraduates Berwin Leighton Paisner Berwin Leighton Paisner is an international, full service firm with over 850 lawyers based across ten global offices. In addition to talented individuals with brilliant minds and bright attitudes, we are looking for people who can take complex, often pressurised, commercial situations in their stride. We run five vacation schemes each year and have 40-45 training contract vacancies per annum. www.blplaw.com/trainee Bird & Bird LLP Over the course of nearly 190 years, Bird & Bird has evolved into a respected global business, serving clients in 118 countries from 26 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We operate at the forefront of a range of sectors including: aviation and defence; automotive; communications; electronics; energy and utilities; financial services; food; healthcare; information technology; life sciences; media and sports. londongraduates.twobirds.com
Bond Dickinson Bond Dickinson is a full service law firm with a focus on seven major sectors: Energy, Waste and Natural Resources; Retail and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG); Real Estate; Financial Institutions; Chemicals and Manufacturing; Transport and Infrastructure; Private Wealth. The firm is looking for intellectually capable, motivated and enthusiastic individuals from any discipline. To be successful, you’ll understand the need to provide practical, commercial advice to clients. www.bonddickinson.com BPP Law School At BPP Law School we specialise in legal careers, not just qualifications. So as well as teaching theory we give you the practical experience you’ll need to help you secure your future training contract or pupillage. So if you’re thinking about studying the LLB, GDL, LPC or BPTC you’ll need to think about studying at BPP Law School. www.bpp.com Burges Salmon LLP Burges Salmon is consistently ranked among the UK’s most successful commercial law firms. We pride ourselves on delivering an excellent standard of legal business and advice to our clients, leading to many of our practice areas and sectors winning awards and recognition as best in class. We recruit future partners, not future trainees and look to attract, motivate and retain top quality people. www.burges-salmon.com/careers Clifford Chance Clifford Chance is a Times Graduate Employer of Choice and one of the world’s foremost law firms, with more tier one ranked practice areas than any other firm. Because the challenges of modern business rarely fall within a single jurisdiction or practice area, we’re used to tackling problems in international, multi-disciplinary teams. A career with Clifford Chance means the opportunity to develop your talents to their utmost potential in a refreshing and stimulating environment. www.cliffordchancegraduates.com Clyde & Co LLP Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a pioneering heritage and a resolute focus on its core sectors of aviation, energy, infrastructure, insurance, marine, and trade. With over 1,400 lawyers operating from 35 offices and associated offices in six continents, the firm advises corporates, financial institutions, private individuals, and governments. careers.clydeco.com/trainees CMS Cameron McKenna CMS Cameron McKenna forms part of a leading network of firms known as CMS. We have 56 offices across 31 countries, with the most extensive footprint in Europe of any other firm. Our lawyers provide advice across all types of commercial law, including banking, finance, corporate, dispute resolution, employment & pensions, energy, IP, private equity, public procurement, real estate and tax. www.cms-cmck.com/graduates
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Dechert www.dlapipergraduates.co.uk Dechert is a global specialist law firm focused on sectors with the greatest complexities and highest regulatory demands. We deliver practical commercial DWF LLP insight and judgement to our clients’ most important matters. For information on the opportunities we can offer you, including our insight days, summer vacation scheme and training contracts, please visit our website. www.dechert.com/careers Dentons Dentons is a client-focused global legal practice delivering quality and value, with lawyers and professionals in 79 locations worldwide. We have disciplined focus on meeting the evolving needs of our clients, in 24 sectors. www.dentons.com/uk-graduates Devon Chambers Devon Chambers is a friendly and efficient set of barristers based in the South West. Always keen to recruit the best barristers we believe in the system of pupillage and generally recruit one pupil per year. Devon Chambers also offers week long mini-pupillages to those considering a career at the bar. Applicants wishing to be considered should write to Scott Horner enclosing a curriculum vitae. www.devonchambers.co.uk DLA Piper DLA Piper is a global law firm with 4,200 lawyers located in more than 30 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, positioning us to help companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We have approximately 80 training contracts on offer for 2016 and approximately 130 summer schemes for 2015. www.dlapipergraduates.co.uk DWF LLP DWF is a business law firm with a distinctive approach. We’re attentive listeners and problem solvers, and we always tell it like it is – but never without providing useful, practical advice that cuts through to the results you need. Our people are our most valuable asset, so to attract and retain the best, DWF provides a friendly, professional and supportive environment. www.dwf.co.uk Freshfields Freshfields is one of a handful of leading international law firms, with offices across the world. Our clients are mainly big commercial businesses whose names are well-known. The type of work we do divides into helping clients achieve what they want through doing deals, advising them on real and potential problems, and helping them sort out their disputes. www.freshfields.com/uktrainees
Herbert Smith Freehills As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the biggest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. Our clients trust us with their most important transactions, disputes and projects. We are a global force with a market leading position in Asia Pacific and 2,800 lawyers in offices spanning Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the US. www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/careers/london/graduates Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells is a leading global law firm, with 2,500 lawyers working in over 40 offices in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Our scale and capability positions us amongst the global elite of law firms, and provides our trainees with an international stage on which to develop their legal career. graduates.hoganlovells.com Kaplan Law School Kaplan Law School offer highly regarded GDL, LPC and BPTC courses, with excellent law exam pass rates each year. Our tutors are all qualified solicitors or barristers with a proven record in practice and legal education. Teaching is designed to be student-centred, and our careers service is bespoke and geared towards giving you the best possible chance of gaining a training contract or pupillage. www.kaplanlawschool.org.uk LawCareers.Net Launching a career in the legal profession is no simple matter; it requires knowledge, insight and dedication. If you do not follow the rules of the game, you are seriously diminishing your chances of success. L.C.N & The Training Contract & Pupillage handbook are expressly designed to support and inform you as you work towards a legal career. www.lawcareers.net Linklaters LLP Join Linklaters, one of the world’s most prestigious law firms – a global network of exceptional lawyers working and learning from one another to fulfil our ambition of becoming the leading global law firm. Linklaters is the only law firm to have market-leading global teams across corporate, finance and commercial practice areas. www.linklatersgraduates.co.uk Macfarlanes Macfarlanes is a leading City law firm. We are recognised for the quality of our work, not just in dealing with the full range of corporate and commercial matters, but in advising our clients on their private affairs. They trust our judgement and we are in a unique position to advise on their most complex matters, whilst at the same time remaining smaller than our competitors. www.macfarlanes.com
Mayer Brown Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe. The firm is known for its client-focused approach to providing creative solutions to complex problems on behalf of businesses, governments and individuals. Presence in the world’s leading markets enables Mayer Brown to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach. www.mayerbrowngraduates.com Michelmores LLP As a top 100 law firm, Michelmores is a dynamic, full-service practice with a total complement of nearly 400 staff. From its Exeter, Bristol and London offices, the firm provides a first-class service to a wide range of local, national and international clients (including several central government departments). Our teams include corporate and commercial, real estate and private client. www.michelmores.com Morrison & Foerster Innovation is what drives our people. Ask our lawyers what keeps them engaged and excited. They say it is the excitement of tackling our clients’ complex problems and the satisfaction of finding practical, winning and efficient solutions. And just because our work is important, doesn’t mean it can’t also be fun. www.mofo.com Nabarro LLP We are one of the UK’s leading commercial law firms with offices in London, Sheffield, Brussels, Dubai and Singapore. We offer extensive legal services to national and international clients. The working culture at Nabarro is open and friendly, yet highly professional. We recruit up to 25 trainees per year across our UK offices. Each trainee undertakes six four month seats. graduates.nabarro.com Norton Rose Fulbright Norton Rose Fulbright is a top ten leading global legal practice. We provide the world’s pre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. www.nortonrosefulbrightgraduates.com Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP Orrick is a leading international law firm with over 1,100 lawyers in 25 offices across North America, Europe and Asia with a particular focus on serving companies in the technology, energy and financial sectors. If you set your standards high, have a strong work ethic and are a bright, talented graduate of any discipline looking for a broad-based contract, then Orrick could be for you. www.orrick.com/Careers/London/Graduate-Recruitment
Osborne Clarke At Osborne Clarke we turn our legal expertise into our clients’ commercial gain. With our experience and imagination we give our clients tailored, practical advice that makes a difference to their business. Our sector focus means that we know a range of industry sectors inside out, including: Digital Business; Energy and Natural Resources; Financial Services; and Real Estate and Infrastructure. www.osborneclarke.com/trainees Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons is a full service international law firm. We provide legal services to a wide variety of clients including FTSE 100 companies, government departments and public sector institutions. We need exceptional individuals with drive, ability and confidence. It is not about the school or university you attend but your unique qualities as an individual which will make you successful. www.pinsentmasons.com/graduate RateMyPlacement.co.uk RateMyPlacement.co.uk is the UK’s leading undergraduate resource to help students find their dream placement or internship. Read over 20,000 reviews on our website from students just like you. Come and grab a copy of A Students Guide to the Top Placement & Internships 2014-15 from our stand. www.ratemyplacement.co.uk RPC Leading lawyers, great clients and an unrivalled commercial approach to business. At RPC we offer a depth of knowledge and creativity that few firms can rival and combine this with high quality training programmes that are consistently lauded in the leading directories. www.rpc.co.uk/manifesto Shearman & Sterling LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP is recognised as one of the leading international corporate and commercial law firms in London. Our ability to offer integrated English and US legal advice across a broad range of practices has made us one of the most successful US-originated firms in the UK market. Globally we have approximately 900 attorneys, including over 150 in our London office. ukgraduates.shearman.com Sidley Austin LLP With more than 1,800 lawyers and other professionals working in a network of offices, Sidley is a leading international law firm. Practising on four continents (North America, Europe, Australasia and Asia), the firm provides a broad range of integrated services to meet the needs of its clients across a multitude of industries. www.sidley.com
Simmons & Simmons LLP Simmons & Simmons is a leading international law firm with fully integrated teams working through 22 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm’s strategy is designed to ensure it provides its clients with high-quality advice and delivers value through new ways of working. www.simmons-simmons.com/graduates Slaughter and May We are a leading international law firm with a multinational client portfolio of many of the world’s leading companies, organisations and governments. Our lawyers devise solutions for complex, often transnational, problems and advise some of the world’s brightest business minds. Our main areas of practice are Corporate, Commercial and Financing. www.slaughterandmay.com Stephens Scown LLP Stephens Scown LLP is an award-winning South West legal firm with offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell. It has over 40 partners and 230 staff and is one of the largest firms in the South West, offering a broad range of expert business and personal services, as well as enjoying a national reputation in a number of key market sectors. www.stephens-scown.co.uk Stephenson Harwood Invest your talents in a law firm that’s growing and regularly delivering ground-breaking deals. For our size, our international reach and client base are exceptional. Get right to the heart of the action alongside associates and partners in tight, focused teams. Add the chance to complete a six-month seat in Hong-Kong or Singapore, and it’s clear we’re a firm that can help you perform brilliantly. www.shlegal.com/graduate Stevens & Bolton LLP Stevens & Bolton LLP is a leading law firm based in Guildford, offering a full range of commercial legal services. We advise UK FTSE companies, international groups and SMEs. The work we carry out is challenging and equal to work handled by City firms. Our trainees get first class experience of the business world. We believe training in technical and business skills and exposure to stimulating work with a variety of clients is instrumental in providing a solid foundation. www.stevens-bolton.com/trainees Stones Solicitors LLP Our mission is to train solicitors who are passionate about quality, expertise and customer satisfaction. We are as committed to your career development as you are. Stones Solicitors LLP is a full service law firm that has built its success on the ability to listen to the requirements of our clients and to tailor services to meet their needs. We are committed to building long-term relationships – and that’s a great environment in which to grow as a professional. www.stones-solicitors.co.uk
TARGETjobs Law The best possible start to your career. How to get hired by top law firms and barristers’ chambers. Dedicated sector content and advice from your law recruitment specialist. The largest choice of training contracts, pupillages and vacation placements. Visit our stand to join us. www.targetjobslaw.co.uk Taylor Wessing Taylor Wessing is a leading international law firm where you can move your career forward faster. Our focus is on the industries of tomorrow: Technology, Media and Communications; Life sciences; Energy; and Private Wealth. Taylor Wessing has over 900 lawyers working across 23 offices in Europe, Middle East & Asia. The firm also has expertise in advising clients in North America. www.taylorwessing.com/graduate The Bar Council We represent the Bar community and promote its role at the heart of the justice system in England and Wales. Our range of services, member benefits, online advice and practical guidance for all types of barristers provides support to the profession. It’s our job to get the best and brightest minds across England and Wales, regardless of background or ethnicity, to help secure the future of the Bar. www.barcouncil.org.uk The Bristol Law School at UWE The Bristol Law School at UWE is widely recognised as one of the leading providers of professional legal education in the UK. We have a reputation for excellence in delivering professional vocational courses of the highest quality, providing you with a foundation for a career in law which is hard to match. www1.uwe.ac.uk/bl/bls/courses/professionalandshortcourses.aspx The Lex 100 Now in its 10th year, the Lex 100 is the market-leading guide for law students at every stage of their legal education. Based on the findings of a questionnaire filled in by over 3,500 current trainees, The Lex 100 is the only major law student guide which contains 100% independent editorial coverage. Go to our website to keep up with legal developments and compare firms. www.lex100.co.uk The University of Law The University of Law is the world’s leading professional law school. Our innovative courses are designed and taught by lawyers, with a clear focus on building the practical skills, commercial awareness and independent thinking you need to succeed in legal practice. www.law.ac.uk
TLT LLP TLT is a full-service commercial law firm with the capability to deliver seamless legal advice across all three UK legal jurisdictions – England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We are a new wave of law firms that is built around the needs of clients. Our services are delivered by talented people with a passion for client service. trainee.tltcareers.co.uk Travers Smith LLP A leading City law firm with a major corporate and commercial practice. The firm handles high profile and top quality work, much of which has an international dimension. Trainee solicitors sit in rooms with partners and associates and enjoy client contact and the responsibility that goes with it, from day one. Details on how to apply can be found on our website. www.traverssmith.com Trowers & Hamlins LLP Trowers & Hamlins is a City, national and international full-service firm with a unique mixture of practice areas. We are the number one firm in the UK for housing and public sector work, and are consistently ranked as one of the leading firms in the Middle East. www.trowers.com/careers/students
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University of Exeter – Career Zone Your first port of call; come and see us and ask us anything career related and we will help you work out your next steps from getting started with your career planning to applying for jobs. When you contact us, you’re probably going to have plenty of questions (we like questions), but don’t be surprised when we ask you just as many. We just want to find the right events, the right careers information, and the right appointments for you. www.exeter.ac.uk/careers My Career Zone For when you are looking for: • Casual, part time or vacation work • Graduate jobs or opportunities • Internships or work experience • Global opportunities • Volunteering and other opportunities You can also view careers resources and book events. Log in to My Career Zone and set your job search preferences. www.exeter.ac.uk/mycareerzone
University of Exeter – Law School Exeter Law School offers an academically excellent postgraduate experience which allows you to explore a specific area of law in detail. Our LLM programme will increase your knowledge, experience, skills and confidence – all necessary attributes for building a successful career! We also offer a two-year accelerated conversion programme for graduates which leads to a qualifying LLP law degree. www.exeter.ac.uk/law/postgraduate
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Watson, Farley & Williams LLP Watson, Farley & Williams was founded in 1982 in the City of London. It has since grown rapidly to over 120 partners and a total staff of over 700. Our twelve international offices work together, a structure of particular benefit to our international clients. We have leading market positions in international finance and investment, maritime and energy. www.wfw.com/trainees Weil, Gotshal & Manges With approximately 1,200 lawyers across 20 offices in 9 countries, including full-services capabilities in the UK, our lawyers are known for giving clear and effective advice. We provide “one-stop shopping” on highly complex matters, true international execution, and local law advice in many of the world’s key jurisdictions, including New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris, and Frankfurt. www.weil.com/ukrecruiting White & Case LLP White & Case is a global law firm with 39 offices in 27 countries. We work with international businesses, financial institutions and governments on corporate and financial transactions and dispute resolution proceedings. We’re looking to recruit 30 ambitious trainees who have an interest in working on big-ticket, cross-border work. We look for enthusiastic team players who are commercially aware. We offer early responsibility and a guaranteed overseas seat. www.whitecasetrainee.com
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Wilsons Solicitors LLP Wilsons is one of the top private client and charity law firms in the country. Known for providing a combination of experience and quality advice to wealthy individuals, entrepreneurs, companies, landowners, trust companies and charities, our lawyers are dedicated to ensuring a detailed understanding of their clients’ interests and a seamless working relationship across the different specialties of the practice. www.wilsonslaw.com Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co is a UK-headquartered international law firm providing a full service to clients worldwide. The merger between Lawrence Graham and Wragge & Co has created a great new firm with a bright future. For our clients, it means an enhanced, broader service with deeper sector expertise, delivered the way they want it. For trainees, it means working as part of one team with incredible depth and breadth of legal and commercial expertise. graduate.wragge-law.com
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