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The firm is a broad-based and long-established London practice with a reputation for combining specialist expertise with a high standard of personal service.

Farrer & Co LLP won Best Work Placement Scheme – City Firm at the LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards 2019.

Types of work

The firm's breadth of expertise is reflected by the fact that it has an outstanding reputation in fields as diverse as matrimonial, intellectual property, sports, media, offshore tax planning, employment, estates work, charity law and defamation. It provides a range of specialist advice to private, institutional and corporate clients.

Who should apply

Trainees are expected to be highly motivated individuals with keen intellects and interesting and engaging personalities. Those applicants who appear to break the mould – as shown by their initiative for organisation, leadership, exploration or enterprise – are far more likely to get an interview than the erudite, but otherwise unimpressive student.

To find out what it is like to work at Farrer & Co LLP read the firm's Meet the Lawyer profile.

Farrer & Co runs Easter and summer vacation schemes for undergraduates considering a career in law. Students receive an allowance of £300 per week. The dates for the 2019 vacation schemes are as follows:

Easter: 30 March -  9 April

First summer: 29 June - 10 July

Second summer: 20 July - 31 July

Application forms can be completed online via the firm's website together with a well-constructed covering letter of no more than 350 words explaining why you are interested in participating in one of our vacation schemes. The deadline is 31 January 2020 for all schemes. Approximately 100 applicants for summer vacation schemes will be invited to one of three open days held at the firm's offices in Feb/March 2020 which present a good opportunity to get to know the firm.

The training programme involves each trainee in the widest range of cases, clients and issues possible in a single law firm. This provides a broad foundation of knowledge and experience and the opportunity to make an informed choice about the area of law in which to specialise. A high degree of involvement is encouraged under the direct supervision of solicitors and partners. Trainees attend regular internal and external seminars. The training principal reviews trainees' progress at the end of each seat and extensive feedback is given. The firm has a friendly atmosphere and holds regular sporting and social events.

Fees for GDL and LPC and £7,000 grant per year.

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