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Careers with Travers Smith

Travers Smith recruit for both training contracts and vacation schemes. If the firm is accepting applications for any position, these will be listed below. 

Training Programme

The firm’s comprehensive training programme ensures that trainees experience a broad range of work. All trainees sit with partners and associates, which ensures a refreshing lack of hierarchy and unparalleled opportunities to learn by osmosis from some of the most senior people at the firm. It also means that trainees receive individual and extensive training from experienced lawyers and can look forward to client contact, and the responsibility that goes with it, from day one. 

During the two-year training contract, you will rotate through four different legal departments. Trainees spend six months in one of our corporate departments, with the rest of their training contract spread across the other departments. A large proportion of our trainees also spend one of these rotations in our Dispute Resolution or Employment teams. For the other two rotations trainees are asked to indicate a department of interest, which includes the opportunity to spend six months in the firm’s Paris office.

Travers Smith is a collaborative firm – we treat each other with respect and encourage our people to be themselves. We are very proud of the close-knit, supportive and non-hierarchical culture this creates. 

When and how to apply

Apply online via our website at www.traverssmith.com for a vacation scheme this summer or winter to gain a training contract commencing in either September 2027 or March 2028.

This year we will largely recruit for training contract 2027 from our vacation schemes, however we are also running a direct training contract application process. Candidates will be asked to apply directly for a training contract or our summer vacation scheme directly via our website. Any updates will be available on our website and social media channels.

Vacation Schemes

Our Vacation Schemes take place twice in the year in the form two 2-week schemes in the Summer.

Vacation Scheme students will be paid £750 for completing each week. 

The scheme will follow our internal programme, which includes a number of talks, workshops, and a negotiating exercise. There will also be department insights and close contact with trainees. The week is designed specifically for students to be given an authentic taste of a City lawyer's work. There are also working lunches and informal evening events. 

The exact dates of each scheme are: 23 June to 4 July 2025, and 7 July to 17 July 2025

Applications will be opened on the below dates: 

Summer Vacation Scheme: 1 November 2024 and will close on 16 January 2025. 

Interviews will only be allocated once all applications have been processed.

Please note our interview process will be held virtually and run by a senior member of our Graduate Recruitment Panel. For more information on the panel please visit out recruitment team webpage.

Apprenticeships

Our Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship provides a rigorous and comprehensive learning journey, the perfect launchpad for a rewarding legal career. Our work environment is designed to provide our apprentices with the perfect climate for growth and development, supplemented with ample learning opportunities, one-on-one mentorship, and meaningful guidance. Our passion remains in cultivating talent, accompanying every individual in their journey to reach their utmost potential.

The solicitor apprenticeship is a six-year programme. For four days a week, you will be based within one of our core fee-earning teams, sitting with our lawyers and supervised by one of our senior lawyers. Throughout the six years, you will rotate around different departments and by the end of the programme, will have experienced eight of our different market leading teams. You'll be a key member of each of these teams, involved in various projects and cases with an eclectic mix of clients. By the end of the six-years, you will have qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and will therefore be eligible to apply for a newly qualified associate role with the firm. You will also earn a salary alongside working.

You'll spend one day a week studying your apprenticeship with BPP University. The study will be varied between tutor led collaborative discussions, independent preparative study and a mixture of assessments and portfolio. The six-year study period includes an LLB in Law as well as your Solicitors Qualifying Exam. All course fees are covered by Travers Smith.

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