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Birmingham law firm Shakespeare Martineau LLP is supporting British Muslim charity Mercy Mission UK to launch a mentoring scheme, offering work experience placements to Muslim youth. 

National law firm Browne Jacobson LLP announced its partnership with O Shaped last week, a movement founded in 2019 that aims to drive “positive change” across the legal industry. 

Ropes & Gray has launched a new social mobility scholarship programme designed for first-year university students from diverse and underserved low socioeconomic backgrounds in the UK. 

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Lucy De St Croix offers valuable insights on the skills graduate recruiters seek from candidates and how to secure a training contract at international firm Trowers & Hamlins LLP.

Skye Fenton-Wells explains how Womble Bond Dickinson recruits its future lawyers, what skills they look for and the information you should be including in your applications. Discover how you can be a successful applicant with Skye’s insight.

With nearly 11 years’ experience, Samantha Hope discusses the key skills that make an excellent lawyer, the firm’s flexible working model and explains how even the top applicants can let themselves down in their applications. 

Alyssa opens up about her journey into the legal profession and her role as a private client lawyer at Burges Salmon LLP. 

Experience is valuable. Find out about Tara Smith’s journey into the legal profession, the experience she gained, Trowers & Hamlins LLP’s training contract and the variety of work that she is involved with as a real estate solicitor.  

Associate Sophie Freelove offers her insights into Vinson & Elkins’ training contract, the early responsibility trainees are exposed to, the variety of work on offer and the firm’s excellent culture. Find out more in this Meet the Lawyer. 

The proud US heritage at Vinson & Elkins means that trainees are not treated separately, but as junior members of the team from day one. Find out more about the international-quality work opportunities on offer at this leading firm.

Cooley is one of the world’s leading law firms for groundbreaking IP work and high-profile litigation across a range of industries. Find out how the firm’s success is underpinned by a diverse and collaborative culture, where trainees are involved in real work from the start.

Reed Smith’s core values are at the heart of everything the firm does. Trainees will be working in client-facing roles with partners and associates from around the world, while the firm’s diverse and inclusive workspace promises to support them in building the career they want. Find out more about training at Reed Smith in its brochure.