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Howard Kennedy recruit aspiring solicitors for their training contract on an annual basis. If there are open vacancies at the firm, they will be listed below.

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Training Contract

Howard Kennedy is a law firm that simplifies what others complicate, giving useful advice in language that clients understand. All Howard Kennedy clients share something important: ambition. Whatever their aim, Howard Kennedy is here to help them achieve it. The firm is organised around a number of industry sectors and legal specialisms, with particular strengths in real estate, retail and leisure, and private wealth.

Howard Kennedy's clients are typically growing entrepreneurial businesses, and often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. The firm also advises major corporates who find Howard Kennedy's straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms. Much of Howard Kennedy's work has an international component, and the firm works alongside a network of international firms to enable a strong international offering. This breadth of expertise means that the work that trainees are involved in is wide-ranging, engaging, and provides lots of variety.

No two days are the same for Howard Kennedy trainees, and there is the opportunity to have client contact from the start. As well as being driven to deliver the very best client experience, trainees also need to be someone who lives the firm's values. Howard Kennedy wants its trainees to help shape the firm's future.

Howard Kennedy offers four seats, each six months long, in different departments. The firm tries to match individuals' interests to the seats that they complete, while knowing from experience that a variety of opportunities makes for an interesting training contract and a well-rounded lawyer.

Howard Kennedy offers a range of different support and development opportunities during the two years of the training contract, including providing a junior and senior mentor, legal training sessions, and skills development sessions such as networking and giving presentations.

Howard Kennedy encourages its trainees to be themselves. The firm knows that people perform better if they feel welcomed, included, and valued. Coupled with a supportive culture, Howard Kennedy helps its trainees grow through development and skills building so that they can become the lawyers they want to be.

Howard Kennedy trainees also have access to interesting work, impressive clients, the opportunity to work directly and collaboratively with people at all levels, and they play an active part in the social impact committees, from charity and pro bono, to sport and social.

Howard Kennedy believes that the more diverse its people are, the more successful the firm will be as a business. This starts with the firm's future lawyers - its trainees. Howard Kennedy knows that there isn't just one path into the law. This is why the firm considers applications from those with previous experience, both in and out of the legal world. Howard Kennedy strives to hire people from a diversity of backgrounds based on merit and attitude.

Howard Kennedy believes that the potential to become an excellent lawyer is about much more than the school you attended or university you studied at. This is why throughout the process, from application form to assessment centre, Howard Kennedy encourages its trainees to be themselves. The firm's assessment process is designed to allow trainees to highlight their strengths, whilst finding out more about what they can expect from a training contract with Howard Kennedy.