| What kind of work will I do? |
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| Our
aim is to give you a varied and comprehensive
training involving 6 month seats in commercial
property, construction and two of property
litigation, company commercial and residential
conveyancing, depending on workflows
at the time. By way of example your litigation
seat could involve a work load as varied
as a property dispute through to employment
law. |
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| We
are a relatively small firm and, as such,
your work experience will not be concentrated
in one specialist area for each of the
seats. This should give you the chance
to broaden your knowledge and practise
a wide variety of law. |
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| In
each of the departments you will be encouraged
to work for all of the partners and assistants,
not just who you are sitting with, giving
you the chance to see first hand a number
of ways of working so that you can develop
your own style and confidence. |
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| How will my training be organised? |
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| There
will be an induction course when you
join the firm, introducing you to the
various departments and support facilities.
This will include an introduction to
the firm’s business plan and strategy
so that you are familiar with our aims
and objectives. |
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| In
each of the departments where you work
you will be assigned to and sit with
a partner or senior assistant in that
department. This partner will be responsible
for ensuring that you receive a varied
supply of work and, where possible, that
you actually manage your own case load
with their support. |
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| As
well as training on the job as you move
around the departments, you will also
be encouraged to attend the internal
training videos and lectures offered
by each department and external courses.
The compulsory Professional Skills Course
is managed by the College of Law, and
you will of course need to attend and
pass this during your time as a trainee. |
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| There
is a formal assessment process at the
end of your time in each department.
You will be given feedback on your performance
in that department and also you will
be given the opportunity to give your
own comments on the experience you have
had. Ewen Cameron has overall responsibility
for your training. |
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| How much will I be paid? |
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| The
current starting salary for a first year
trainee is £24,250 pa rising to £25,500
pa in the final six months. We also have
a benefits package including: |
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• 25
days annual leave
• pension scheme
• life assurance
• season ticket loan
• part funding of £3,500 is also offered towards the LPC |
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| How
and when should I apply? |
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| Ideally you should apply two years in advance of when you would like to start your training contract. We receive most applications in March-July, 2 years ahead of the September start date and these are looked at between July and October. We have no preference for law or non law graduates and will always look at high quality applications outside of this timescale. We have two trainee contracts a year. Due to the number of applications which we receive we are only able to consider applications with at least a 2(1) at degree level and ABB at A level. |
| In accordance with the SRA’s voluntary code to good practice in the recruitment of trainee solicitors we have set the final date for receipt of applications as being at the start of August in each year, so that this will be at the end of a student's penultimate year of undergraduate study where the applicant has been studying for an undergraduate degree and is making the application at the usual time. We will not make offers of employment as a trainee solicitor before 1 September in the relevant student's final year of under graduate study. We appreciate that many applicants will have completed their period of undergraduate study, in order to comply with the code we will now respond to all applications which have been received in any year after the closing date for applications for that year. |
| In accordance with the voluntary code we will not be able to make any offer of employment as a trainee solicitor to any applicant who has not yet commenced their final year of under graduate study. |
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| You
should apply by sending your CV together
with a covering letter to Ewen Cameron. The selection process normally involves one interview with Ewen Cameron and
another partner. |
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