Broadfield is a law firm with a reputation for delivering practical, commercial advice to clients across the UK and beyond. We are an international firm with offices in the UK, Hong Kong and New York and have plans to expand into other jurisdictions over the next five years.

Our lawyers combine legal excellence with sector insight, ensuring that every piece of advice is grounded in a deep understanding of our clients’ industries and ambitions. From established multinationals to ambitious start-ups, we help organisations navigate complex challenges and achieve their goals. Whether advising on a major transaction, a sensitive dispute or a fast-moving regulatory issue, we bring clarity, creativity and commitment to every matter.

We act for a diverse client base including FTSE 100 companies, public sector bodies, financial institutions, developers, UHNWIs and innovative entrepreneurs. Long- standing relationships are central to our practice built on trust, collaboration and results.

Clients choose Broadfield for our approachable style, our strategic thinking and our ability to deliver consistently high-quality advice across multiple sectors.

Our paid vacation schemes take place in July across our UK offices. Dates for 2026 vacation schemes are to be confirmed.

After a comprehensive induction, vacation scheme students will experience two different practice areas as well as completing skills development workshops and networking opportunities.

Students could be asked to attend client meetings and take notes, complete research tasks, draft correspondence to clients or review documents for various cases. Students are assigned a supervisor for each seat and will be supported by their wider team, their trainee buddy and the early talent team.

Vacation scheme students are paid the Living Wage for the area that they are working in. For more information, visit our website.

The closing date for summer 2026 is 1 February 2026. Please apply via our application portal.

Broadfield trainees follow the SQE pathway to qualification. For individuals that are yet to complete their SQE exams, the firm will sponsor the future Trainee to complete a year-long preparation course, the LLM Legal Practice (SQE1 and 2) with The University of Law. We recruit one year in advance so that future Trainees can finish their SQE exams before joining the firm and starting their training contract.

Our trainees experience working in four different teams in six month long “seats” across two years. We also offer client secondments to those interested in getting exposure to working as an in-house lawyer.

After a comprehensive induction, Broadfield trainees experience training from both department specific structured programmes and desk-side mentoring from supervisors. Trainees work with a variety of team members to explore different practice areas and gain a broad exposure to high-quality work.

For more information, visit our website.

The closing date for training contracts starting in 2027 is 29 March 2026. Please apply via our application portal.

At Broadfield we value all routes to qualification. With our six-year Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship programme, apprentices can become a qualified solicitor by completing a law degree and passing the Solicitors Qualifying Exams, with Broadfield covering all of the tuition and assessment fees.

Because we work in small teams, apprentices will benefit from collaborating alongside senior lawyers from the outset, earning a salary whilst gaining real-life legal experience across multiple practice areas. Our supportive, inclusive culture and genuine work-life balance provide opportunities to develop technical skills, extend legal knowledge and grow client relationships, whilst providing enough time to dedicate to apprenticeship studies.

Throughout the six years of the apprenticeship, apprentices will be working four days a week alongside our solicitors and partners real-life legal experience as they rotate seats across our broad range of practice areas. One day a week will be spent studying, gaining an LLB in Legal Practice and Skills, and later the Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQEs) awarded by The University of Law. This will include online and face-to-face teaching to give both flexibility and the opportunity for social interaction with other solicitor apprentices.

As Broadfield is a member of the City of London Law Society #CityCentury collaboration, you will also benefit from unique modules specifically designed to expand your understanding of corporate legal practice in the City, as well as additional SQE Plus modules to align your business skills with those of graduate trainees.

For more information, visit our website.

The closing date for apprenticeships starting in September 2026 is 15 March 2026. Please apply via our application portal.

At Broadfield, our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) sits at the heart of who we are as a firm. It affects all areas of law firm life, and strongly informs our approach to working with clients, partners, and the communities we serve.

We are passionate about ensuring we create a work environment where everyone feels safe, respected, and fully supported to be themselves. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, but we also recognise we have a long way to go. We are not afraid of asking difficult questions and making difficult decisions to ensure that we are taking the necessary and right steps to creating a truly equitable workplace.

Our ED&I work, though, goes beyond how we work with our colleagues. Our firm values – we act with respect, we work in partnership, and we find solutions – are deeply embedded in ED&I principles, and heavily inform how we approach client relationships, as well as external partnerships.

We have also taken steps to ensure that our ED&I and CSR work are closely aligned, whether that is through how we choose external partnerships, how we support our charity partners, our pro bono work, or our increased focused on areas such as social mobility.

We have a number of internal groups and networks aimed at supporting people across the firm. These groups include our D&I Strategy Group, Inclusion Champions and our Busines Impact Groups uncluding SHINE (race, ethnicity and culture group), BestSelf (LGBTQ+), Mind & Body (health, wellbeing & disability), Breaking Even (gender equity group) and Balance (working parents and carers). These groups and networtks aim to be a source of support and information for everyone within the firm. 

In addition to this, we are proud to be a part of a wide range of external initiatives and partnerships such as 10,000 Black Interns, the Halo Code, the Workplace Mental health Charter, Includability and Grace & Green. More information about our partnerships can be found on a website and social media.

Broadfield offers funding for the SQE1 and SQE2 exams in addition to the LLM Legal Practice (SQE1 and 2) at The University of Law.

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