We’ll make sure you have plenty of support before your training begins – you can look forward to one-to-one sessions with our early careers team covering things like your career preferences; workshops, presentations and training sessions at our offices; an LPC mentoring programme and social events.

The Professional Skills Course (PSC) will form the foundation of your professional development as you move forward with your career. It’s supported by various legal, technical and business-focused sessions. In addition to this, you’ll have access to MyDevelopment – an online training resource to support you with your personal and professional development. We also have an extensive training library which will help you to succeed within your role, fulfil your potential and progress your career

We are continuing to work through our approach to the SQE, ensuring that we continue to provide a high quality training programme to support our future talent and the firms broader diversity and inclusion agenda.

Our current proposal is to transition all of our prospective 2024 cohort to the SQE route, whether you are a law or non-law student. We are continuing to collaborate with the University of Law and are currently working through finalising our transition plans/SQE Model. Please look out for further updates in due course. We would also recommend visiting the SRA website for more details on the transition period – SRA | Transitional arrangements | Solicitors Regulation Authority 

These one-to-one meetings with the early careers team are an opportunity for you to engage with us to shape your training programme and future career path. You’ll be able to discuss your goals and future expectations, tell us about your achievements, tap into our expertise and decide upon your future objectives and development needs.

You’ll be allocated a mentor from one of our newly qualified lawyers, enabling you to get peer-to-peer support and guidance from someone who’s completed the training contract before you.

We know that from time to time our trainees may have things going on outside of work. Our early careers team is always on hand to confidentially help you deal any issues that might adversely impact your work performance, health and well-being.

Trainees complete mid-seat appraisals and end of seat appraisals every three months. The purpose of these reviews is to assess the trainee’s overall performance, the development of their skills, identify areas of strength and weakness and agree future objectives and training needs for the next three months. 

Fresh Unity is an online system used by trainees to complete their training contract record and keep track of their skills and experiences in each seat. Supervisors have access to this and sign off their trainees' entries on a regular basis.