Summer Vacation Scheme 2025

Each year, we recruit around 25 trainees split between March and September intakes – based at our offices in Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester. All trainees work across a range of commercial seats and have the opportunity to spend time in one of our offices in the Middle East.  

We recruit the majority of our trainees through our paid summer vacation scheme. We offer around 50 places on this scheme in our UK offices each year. During your time with us, you’ll sit within a couple of departments and be involved in real work, collaborating closely with your colleagues at all levels and getting a feel for the Trowers & Hamlins culture. You will be teamed with a trainee mentor who will introduce you to each department and be on hand to offer you all the guidance you need. And you will be allocated a supervisor to offer you advice on the work that you will undertake.

All kinds of individuals build careers, connections, and flourish at Trowers & Hamlins, but there are a few things that they all have in common:

•        Enthusiasm, a positive attitude and a drive to succeed

•        A growth mindset

•        Collaboration skills 

•        Resilience and strength of character

•        Initiative and a sense of responsibility

•        An innovative approach and versatility

•        An analytical and logical mind with sound judgement

•        Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt them to your audience

•        Strong academics*

*We look for candidates with a minimum of 128 UCAS points (ABB) from their top three A-Levels or equivalent, and a consistently strong predicted or achieved 2:1 degree. We take into account mitigating circumstances and do not automatically reject candidates who do not reach this minimum criteria.

You are eligible to apply for our schemes if you are a:

•        Penultimate or final year law student

•        Final year non-law student

•        Graduate or career changer

To apply, you will need to complete an online application form. Please note that we do not consider any other form of submission. To find out more details about our application process, please visit our website: https://www.trowers.com/careers/students-and-graduates