Durham Law Society provides prospective solicitors and barristers with focused careers advice and opportunities from a wide variety of sources. We have strong relationships with a range of law firms, with whom we provide events such as skills and interview workshops, open days and addresses.
Everything we have to offer you as an employer is influenced by our determination to be the leading premium global law firm. This ambition defines the quality of the work we do as a firm, but it also shapes the way we train and develop you as a lawyer. We look for ability, dedication and a global outlook in all our graduates because we know what it takes to succeed here. And the rewards are exceptional for those that do.
We are a truly global law firm. Our 5,000 people worldwide work on challenging transactions and assignments for many of the world’s leading companies and financial institutions. Every one of our people shares our ambition to produce innovative and often groundbreaking solutions. From the depth of our client relationships to the entrepreneurial freedom that drives our strategy, we work together to deliver amazing results for our clients.
Find out more about Linklaters at http://www.linklaters.com/ukgradsJoining Allen & Overy means starting your career in the very top tier of international law. We are one of the largest and most successful legal practices in the world, with approximately 5,000 staff, including over 450 partners, working in 31 major centres worldwide.
If you are looking for a career in a premier international legal practice that will give you the opportunity to participate in a first-class training programme, gain global experience, work on cutting-edge deals and learn from lawyers who are leaders in their field of practice, then Allen & Overy offers the ideal environment for realising your ambitions.
Our lawyers advise the world's leading businesses, financial institutions, governments and private individuals. We regularly work on complex cross-border transactions, ground breaking new legal solutions and products, and help Allen & Overy's clients resolve their most difficult disputes.
Find out more about Allen & Overy at http://www.allenovery.com/AOWEB/GraduateCareers/GraduateCountryHub.aspx?countryID=18693&prefLangID=410With more than 2,500 lawyers working across 27 offices worldwide, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer combines a depth of local knowledge with an unrivalled breadth of expertise across practice areas and borders.
We recruit and develop an extremely wide range of talents within the firm. Our ability to offer these diverse skills across international borders ensures we provide our clients with the very best advice possible.
We believe in people bringing something different to the firm, so we don’t look for any set type. Trainees come to us from all kinds of backgrounds, with varying skills and experiences. What all our trainees have in common is their potential to be great lawyers.
There are certain qualities we’re looking for. We want people with energy and drive, who think creatively about their work. We need achievers who relish new challenges and complex problems; people who are intellectually strong, remain calm under pressure and, of course, have a real interest in the commercial world.
It’s also vital that we enjoy working with each other – so openness, enthusiasm and consideration for others are essential qualities.
Find out more about Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at http://www.freshfields.com/uktraineesNever ones for fanfare, we have spent the past 150 years quietly building a reputation for excellence. The key to our reputation is an uncompromising focus and iron grip on quality control. This, when allied to one of the highest retention rates in the City, means we are able to present clients with consistent teams of uniformly excellent lawyers.
We are currently around 250 lawyers. We have grown steadily over the years and continue to grow; but it has been a carefully controlled organic growth rather than expansion by merger which could, we believe, lead to a dilution of both our culture and the quality of our service.
Over the years we have placed great emphasis on creating an environment where people enjoy working, whether as a lawyer or one of our support team. We like to think the fact that our staff stay so long – we have one of the lowest attrition rates in the City – is proof of how successful we are.
Slaughter and May is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied client list which ranges from private equity boutiques to investment banks, from wealthy individuals to governments, from retailers to entertainment companies, and from diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs.
We recruit approximately 95 people each year to start as trainee solicitors and also offer work experience schemes at Easter, Christmas and during the summer. The responsibility that we give our trainees, and our expectation that they be as meticulous and thoughtful as any partner, ingrains a professionalism that they carry with them for the rest of their careers.
At Slaughter and May you will work at the highest level with the brightest legal minds in a non-competitive environment. We will provide you with all the training you need to develop your skills and expertise to their full potential; you will be highly valued as an integral member of our team.
Find out more about Slaughter & May at http://www.slaughterandmay.com/careers.aspxAshurst LLP is an elite law firm advising corporates and financial institutions, with core businesses in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and finance. Our strong and growing presence around the world is built on extensive experience in working with our clients on complex international legal and regulatory issues relating to cross-border transactions. We have 223 partners, around 780 solicitors and a total staff of over 1900 operating from 16 international offices; Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New Delhi, New York, Paris, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo and Washington DC. Our main areas of practice are in Competition and EU Law; Corporate; International Finance; Litigation; Real Estate; Tax; and Technology and Commercial. It is only by selective recruitment that we can maintain the Ashurst culture and the high quality and consistency of our service. And our vision? To be the legal adviser of choice to the world's most ambitious organisations.
We have 55 vacancies for Training Contracts to commence in September 2012/March 2013. We also run a two week placement scheme at Easter and two three-week placement schemes across the summer months.
If you want to find out a bit more about us before you apply, let us know and we will arrange an individual guided tour of our offices for you. We do not hold formal open days. We think you will get a better feel for who we are if you visit on a one-to-one basis.
You should apply to Stephen Trowbridge, graduate recruitment and development manager, using our online form.
Find out more about Ashurst at http://www.ashurst.com/gradrec