All kinds of individuals build careers, connections, and flourish at Trowers & Hamlins, but there are a few things that they all have in common.
- Enthusiasm, a positive attitude and a drive to succeed
- A growth mindset
- Collaboration skills
- Resilience and strength of character
- Initiative and a sense of responsibility
- An innovative approach and versatility
- An analytical and logical mind with sound judgement
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt them to your audience
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Strong academics*
*We look for candidates with a minimum of 128 UCAS points (ABB) from their top three A-Levels or equivalent, and a consistently strong predicted or achieved 2:1 degree. We take into account mitigating circumstances and do not automatically reject candidates who do not reach these minimum criteria.
You are eligible to apply for our schemes if you are a:
- Penultimate or final year law student
- Final year non-law student
- Graduate or career changer
Having a law degree is by no means essential — we recruit a healthy number of future trainees every year from non-law backgrounds. We’re more interested in who you are and how you work than just your CV.
Our open and inclusive culture is guided by our connectedness as a team, meaning we highly value fairness and transparency. We have a dedicated Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team and this informs our strong track record of hiring, retaining and promoting from a truly diverse range of backgrounds.
The application process
Step 1 – Online application form
Each of our opportunities begins with an online application form. You will be asked to provide details about your education, work experience/employment history and will be asked to answer a series of long-answer questions.
Step 2 – Online strengths based assessment
Once you have submitted your application, you will be invited to complete an online strengths-based assessment which aims to consider your strengths alongside the role of a trainee solicitor. You will have 7 calendar days from submitting your application to complete the online assessment – we would therefore encourage you to complete the assessment as soon as you are able to and we recommend that you do not leave completing the assessment to the final day, in case any technical issues arise.
Before completing the assessment, we would strongly recommend that you complete some practice assessments. You will also receive this link in the email containing your invitation to complete the assessment, after submitting your online application.
Although the assessment is not timed, we recommend that you allow up to 75 minutes to complete it.
After you have completed the assessment, you will receive a feedback report. This is for your own personal development and does not represent a decision from us at this stage.
Following on from this, we will consider your online assessment in conjunction with your application form. You will hear whether you have been successful after this initial stage once the vacancy deadline has passed, as we do not recruit on a rolling basis.
Step 3 – Assessment Centre
If you are successful after the application and online assessment, the final stage for each scheme is an assessment centre. The assessment centre will comprise of a maximum of three exercises, including an interview with two senior lawyers working at the office you applied to. Choosing our trainees and those who join us on a summer vacation scheme is very important to us, so we will ask you a series of motivational competency and strengths-based questions – some of which may focus on what you've told us in your application form. You'll have the chance to ask us some questions too, of course!
Please note we assess all candidates for a training contract with a final interview at the end of your vacation scheme experience.