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Boodle Hatfield offers a training program that is designed to provide you with a broad breadth and depth of experience across a number of our business areas, which include private wealth, real estate, corporate, litigation, and family. As you move through your training, you will benefit from the close-knit culture, partner accessibility and hand-on experience.
In addition to the training program itself, we offer opportunities for students to get to know us by participating in our summer vacation scheme or our open day. We also engage with students at a small number of on-campus careers fairs and through online sessions. Please keep an eye on our website for up-to-date information.
To be considered for a place on our training program, vacation scheme, or open day, applicants are required to apply online via our website. You can also find the links to register for any online opportunities on our website.
Applications to train with us starting in 2028 should be submitted between 1 November 2025 and 14 June 2026. If you would like to be considered for the vacation scheme, you should apply between 1 November 2025 and 31 January 2026. Open day applications can be submitted in January and February 2026.
The selection process
Whether applying for a place to train with us, or to participate in the vacation scheme, or attend the open day, you will need to complete the relevant application form. We use this to help us shortlist candidates for an interview. Vacation scheme and open day interviews will take place over Teams, whilst interviews for a position to train with us will form part of the assessment centre.
Entry requirements
We require a minimum of 2:1 at university. In addition to this, throughout the selection process, we are looking for you to demonstrate a number of skills and behaviours that are important to us, such as strong communication skills, teamwork, initiative, flexibility, resilience and enthusiasm.
How to apply
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Applications to
Mrs Jenny Sanghera
Method of application
Online application formMethod of assessment
- Assessment centre
- HR-led interview
- Partner interview
- Psychometric testing
Boodle Hatfield is a highly successful London law firm with a heritage spanning over 300 years, advising wealthy families, property investors, landed estates, entrepreneurs and family businesses. Today, much of our work has an international dimension as many internationally mobile clients turn to us to help them structure and preserve their wealth or to advise them on their property investments and business activities in the UK.
The interplay of the skills between our five major areas – private wealth, property, corporate, litigation and family – makes us particular well placed to serve these individuals and businesses from our offices in London (Bankside and Mayfair) and Oxford.
Our vacation scheme offers a valuable insight into life at Boodle Hatfield and the work of a trainee solicitor within the firm. Over the course of the two weeks, participants have the opportunity to sit with a fee earner in two different departments, gaining first-hand experience of our different practices. You will take part in live client work, attend presentations and workshops, and meet with current trainees, associates and partners to learn more about our culture and approach.
Trainees spend six months in up to four of the firm’s main areas: private client and tax, property, corporate, litigation and family. Boodle Hatfield is well known for the high quality of its training. All trainees are involved in client work from the start and are encouraged to handle their own files personally as soon as they are able to do so, (with the appropriate supervision). The firm’s trainees therefore have a greater degree of client contact than in many firms with the result that they should be able to take on more responsibility at an early stage. Trainees are assigned a supervisor in each seat and are given formal appraisals every three months which are designed as a two-way process and give trainees the chance to discuss their progress and to indicate where more can be done to help in their ongoing training and development.
All trainees will complete the SQE pathway. Non-law graduates will complete the PGDL, those who have studied a non-qualifying law degree may be awarded some exemptions. For anyone in this position, or who has completed the LPC previously and may also be awarded exemptions, please speak to us if you have any questions.
We are committed to recruiting a diverse trainee intake and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process for accessibility or other reasons, please contact our graduate recruitment team, Jenny Sanghera and Lauren Henderson.
Payment of course fees, plus a maintenance grant of £8,000 per year of study, is offered to future trainees who have yet to complete their PGDL or SQE.
- Private wealth & tax
- Property
- Corporate
- Litigation
- Family
- Corporate & Commercial
- General Commercial
- Niche
Practice Areas
Extra info
Phone: 020 7629 7411
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.boodlehatfield.com
| Work placement: | Yes |
| Number of vacation schemes: | 6 |
| Minimum qualification: | 2:1 degree or equivalent is essential |
| First-year trainee salary: | £48,000 |
| Second-year trainee salary: | £52,000 |
| NQ salary: | £91,000 |
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| Turnover: | £30,733 (2022) |
| Training programme applications: | 413 (2025) |
| Retention rate: | 80% (2025) |
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