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Apply via employer's application form which is available online via firm website. Successful candidates will be invited to an assessment centre followed by an interview with a recruitment partner and member of the HR team. Selection for the winter vacation scheme is through an assessment day in November, summer scheme selection events are held in February.
Closing date for vacation scheme applications: winter: 28 October 2021, spring/summer 10 January 2022; closing date for training contract applications: 23 June 2022.
How to apply
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Applications to
Miss Bessie Phelps
Method of application
Online application formMethod of assessment
- Assessment centre
- Partner interview
- Presentation
- Psychometric testing
- Written exercise
Burges Salmon is the independent UK law firm which delivers the best mix of advice, service and value. We pride ourselves on delivering an excellent standard of legal and business advice to our clients. Many of our practice areas and sectors win awards and recognition as best in class. Our national and international client base ranges from private individuals to government departments and FTSE 100 companies including The Crown Estate, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group, John Lewis, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and FirstGroup.
The quality of our expertise is widely recognised across our main departments including corporate and financial institutions, dispute resolution, planning, construction and engineering, projects, real estate and private client. The key sectors in which we operate are energy, power and utilities, financial services, infrastructure, private wealth, the public sector, real estate, and transport.
Our open and collaborative culture promotes an inclusive work environment which ensures that we continue to recruit, retain and motivate the highest calibre of people across the business. Our award-winning training programme based at our HQ in Bristol gives you expert guidance in your career and access to high profile clients.
Burges Salmon offers 40 places over four paid vacation schemes. Candidates visit two departments of their choice supervised by a senior solicitor, and attend court visits and client meetings. Current trainees run skills training sessions, sports and social events that provide a real insight into life at the firm.
Our six-seat training contract is designed to provide you with the greatest breadth of experience possible as a trainee. While traditional training contracts normally include four six-month seats, ours includes six four-month placements. This ensures you gain the maximum exposure to our varied practice areas and experience a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work from across our main departments.
As a trainee you will be given early responsibility balanced with truly open door support. From the beginning you will be learning from lawyers recognised as experts in their fields who are able to offer the advice and guidance you will need to develop into a trusted business adviser.
From September 2021, the firm will be paying PGDL and SQE fees for our future trainees to attend The University of Law. Maintenance grants of £7,000 are paid to SQE students, and £14,000 to students studying for both the PGDL and SQE (£7,000 pa).
- Corporate
- Banking
- Pensions
- Employment
- Commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Projects
- Construction & engineering
- Planning
- Real estate
- Tax
- Family
- Corporate & Commercial
- General Commercial
- General Practice
Practice Areas
Extra info
Phone: 0117 307 6312
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.burges-salmon.com/careers
| Work placement: | Yes |
| Number of work placements: | 40 |
| Minimum qualification: | 2.1 degree, any discipline |
| Start salary: | £42,000 |
| Sponsorship: | GDL/LPC |
| Turnover: | £90 (2018) |
| Profit per partner: | £430,000 (2018) |
| Training contract applications: | 1,872 (2020) |
| Retention rate: | 85% (2021) |
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| Has client secondments: | Yes |
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- Bristol
- London
- Edinburgh
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- FareShare
- #10000BlackInterns
- Black Professionals Network
- Bright Network
- City Solicitors Horizons
- IntoUniversity
- Legal Apprenticeships
- Pathways to Law
- PRIME
- Rare Recruitment
- Stonewall
