- Deadlines:
Training contract to commence 2021: 21/07/2019 Summer work placement: 31/03/2019 Other deadlines
Overview
- Address: Tees House, 95 London Road, Bishop's Stortford,
CM23 3GW - Phone: 0800 0131165
- Email: gradrec@teeslaw.com
- Web: www.teeslaw.com
| Vacancies: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Trainees: | 6 |
| Partners: | 24 |
| Staff: | 250 |
| Work placement: | Yes |
| Number of work placements: | 10 |
| Minimum qualification: | 2.1 in any discipline, 320 UCAS points (ABB at A level) |
| Start salary: | £22,500 |
| Sponsorship: | Maintenance grant available for LPC. |
Remember to cite LawCareers.Net on your application form if you apply to Tees.
Application details and method of selection
Letter of application and CV to be sent any time before the deadline to gradrec@teeslaw.com.
After the closing date you are informed if you have been invited for assessment centre to be held mid-August at our Bishop's Stortford offices which includes group exercise; individual written exercise; presentation; and online assessment; after which some are shortlisted for interview.
Panel interview
Presentation
Psychometric testing
Written exercise
Firm description and career prospects
Established in 1913 by Herbert Stanley Tee in Bishop’s Stortford, now a major regional law firm with five offices – in Bishops Stortford, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Royston and Saffron Walden.
We have 24 partners within eight specialist departments and more than 240 staff including solicitors, tax experts, wealth management advisers, asset managers and support staff.
We converted to an innovative corporate structure in March 2010 with partners becoming shareholders in Trust Tees PLC.
On the 22 March 2013 we were licensed by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority as an alternative business structure.
We are signatories to the Law Society Diversity and Inclusion Charter.
Our turnover is in excess of £16m.
Our standards of excellence are confirmed with our Lexcel accreditation.
We are listed in The Lawyer 200 as one of the top 200 firms in the UK.
We have excellent Legal 500 rankings in 2017. We are a top tier firm and a recommended firm in 22 practice areas with a number of individually recognised Leading Lawyers.
All employees are actively supported through training and development to progress through the firm. Our retention rate is high - some of our partners started as trainees.
Winner of the LawCareers.net 2016 Best Trainer Award for Medium Law Firm
To find out more about us, take a look at our website: www.teeslaw.com/about-us.
Sponsorship
The firm contributes £6,000 maintenance grant to assist during LPC course.
Work placements
Summer 2019 vacation placement scheme – we offer one week vacation placements for second-year undergraduates during the first two weeks of July, during which time the placement student spends the week split between two different departments to enable them to experience a range of the firm's work.
Applications are considered between 1 December 2018 and 31 March 2019 for July 2019 placements.
Applications by email to gradrec@teeslaw.com.
Training contract programme
Training consists of four seats of six months each in four different departments within any of our five offices. Working in a supportive team with a partner/associate/solicitor/licensed conveyancer. Trainees are actively encouraged to get involved in marketing, networking, training and social events hosted by the firm. The environment is enthusiastic and friendly, with trainees having regular meetings with their supervisors to ensure their progress.
Seat options
Employment and company commercial, commercial property, residential property, clinical negligence and personal injury, family litigation, wills, trust, tax and probate.
Type of practice
General Practice
Work areas
Offices
Bishop's Stortford, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Saffron Walden, Royston
Probono initiatives
Anglia Law School Law Clinic , Citizens Advice Bureau
