Legal assistant - foundation programme

The Freeths Group is one of the UK's leading regional law practices. We offer services to both the commercial and private client across the entire legal spectrum.

We operate from offices in Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Stoke. The firm has a wide range of clients throughout the UK with many clients having strong international connections.

We have 130 partners and over 600 members of staff in total. Our annual revenues reached over £50 million for the financial year ending 31 March 2014.

Our client base reflects our nationwide strength and our nationwide service delivery.

We are committed to continuous improvement and our increasing success as a business is built on achieving success for our clients. We work in close partnership with clients, providing positive, practical solutions and clear, comprehensive advice.

Our aim is to attract and retain the most talented people, and part of this is providing a great place to work. So, to support fairness and equality and to encourage a healthy work-life balance, we continually monitor and improve our benefits. We are proud that what we have achieved has been recognised over the past few years: Achieving Best Companies Status and featured in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for 2008, 2009, 2010 and Best Companies for 2013.

We are also a silver standard accredited Investor in People Company, which means we are recognised for our efforts to improve work place engagement, leadership, personal growth, wellbeing, team working, and our impact on society and employee engagement.

Our legal assistant programme
This programme provides opportunities for graduates to join the firm at a grass roots level, carrying out a range of duties. The vacancies are initially for a six-month fixed term with the opportunity for this to be extended for a further six months. This programme is potentially a route for candidates looking to secure a place on one of our training contract programmes.

Who should apply?
Applications are considered from those about to graduate, those who have recently graduated or from candidates who have completed either their GDL or LPC. You must have a 2.1 degree (not necessarily in law) and three A levels at grades A B B and above. We have numerous vacancies in a variety of areas and locations and are always interested to hear from candidates who meet these criteria.

How to apply
To apply please visit out online portal and complete the application form.

Information about the firm and what our trainees say about us can also be found on our website and in our graduate brochure.