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Going beyond expectations, challenging conventions and creating lasting value for clients. This is what we are known for. It’s what you could be known for too.
TLT is a place where ambition and drive really matter. We want lawyers that push boundaries, ask questions and can solve complex problems.
But what matters to you? Train with us and you can voice your ideas, get stuck into client work and have input on where and how you work. You’ll join an open and collaborative culture where you can approach anyone for a conversation and get involved in causes that you care about.
Our training programme gives you the opportunity to grow your legal knowledge and business development experience. It puts you right at the heart of the action and is all about giving you real work, creating real results and getting real recognition for your achievements
We work with clients from the Clean Energy, Digital, Financial Services, Leisure, Food & Drink, Public Sector, Real Estate and Retail & Consumer Goods sectors. You’ll get to know their businesses in and out and make a real difference, no matter who you are.
And be sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
ROUTES TO LAW
The legal environment is constantly changing, as are the needs of the businesses we work with. It is essential we do too. That is why we want our solicitors to become business advisors as well as legal experts.
Our training programme with give you the skills and experience you need to find solutions to the challenges your clients face and support them as they grow their business. Whether you’ve already completed the LPC or are starting your SQE journey, we will support you in your journey and give you the tools to succeed.During your QWE, you will work in four different parts of our firm for six months each. This four-seat rotation process, along with a contentious seat, gives you a detailed introduction to the way we work and helps you to become an informed business advisor.
Your supervisor will work with you during your regular training. Through collaboration and communication, you will boost your technical legal knowledge and sharpen your commercial instincts.
Alongside your in-seat training, our Trainee Development Workshops will show you:
- how to grow your personal brand
- the broad range of skills necessary for business development
- effective ways to form client relationships
These sessions are all about giving you the right mindset for success as well as the focus and resilience you need for a career in law.
- We will sponsor your SQE programme with ULaw to include SQE1, SQE Plus & SQE2 while also paying a £6,000 maintenance grant
- Our SQE offering includes SQE exams and two years QWE
- We will still be following the LPC and Training Contract route until our September 2024 intake
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | Training contract or SQE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | ✔ | |||||
| A-Level | ✔ | |||||
| 1st & 2nd year students | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law Student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law & non-law student or graduates | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
We want to give you a platform to launch your legal career in the best way possible. Our traineeship programme includes:
- A broad experience in all practice areas, so that you can tailor your qualification to your interests
- Development in your commercial and professional skills – our lawyers are known for being fantastic business advisors as well as technical experts
- Real client work and contact from day one, eventually progressing to running your own cases
- Supervisor support from regularly trained experts who will give you the latest technical legal and commercial trends knowledge
- Trainee Development workshops with classes in growing your personal brand, business development and building client relationships
We will sponsor your Diploma at a university of your choice and pay a £6,000 maintenance grant. We'll also fund your TCPD during your traineeship.
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | Traineeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National 5s | ✔ | |||||
| Highers and Advance Highers | ✔ | |||||
| 1st & 2nd year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law student or law graduate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
If you are a non-law student or graduate, you will need to complete an accelerated LLB. Please ask your university about your options.
Let’s launch your legal career in the best way possible. Our traineeship programme includes:
- A broad experience in all practice areas, so you can tailor your qualification to your interests
- Development in your commercial and professional skills – our lawyers are known for being dynamic business advisors as well as technical experts
- Real client work and contact from day one, eventually progressing to running your own cases
- Supervisor support from regularly trained experts who will give you the latest technical legal and commercial trends knowledge
- Trainee Development workshops with classes in growing your personal brand, business development and building client relationships
We will fund your IPLS fees as part of your Solicitor Apprenticeship.
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | IPLS Solicitor Apprenticeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | ✔ | |||||
| A-Level | ✔ | |||||
| 1st& 2nd year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law student or law graduate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
If you are a non-law student or graduate, you will need to complete an accelerated LLB. Please ask your university about your options.
Do you want to be a solicitor but not sure that university is for you? Here’s another option.
We want to make sure everyone gets the opportunity to get their legal career off to the best start. As one of our Legal Solicitor Apprentices, you will learn from our highly regarded lawyers who are experts in their field. You’ll be working, studying and earning as you become a solicitor. You will also have our full support as you progress through the programme.
Recruitment for our Solicitor Apprenticeship will start in Autumn 2022 with the apprenticeship starting in September 2023. If you are a GCSE or A-Level student that may be interested in our Solicitor Apprenticeship, please sign up to our work taster & appetiser days to learn more about TLT and what the apprenticeship involves.
What is a legal solicitor apprenticeship?
Our solicitor apprenticeship is a six-year programme that allows you to earn a degree and gain your SQE qualifications while receiving a salary. Typically, you will work at TLT for four days a week and study for one day a week.
Structure
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Degree |
SQE |
||||
|
Ethics & Legal Research |
Public Law |
Real Estate & Drafting |
Equity & Trusts
|
SQE 1
|
|
|
Contract Law |
Tort Law |
Law of Orgs & Negotiation |
|||
|
EU & Legal Research |
Criminal & Case Matter Analysis |
Land Law |
|||
|
Soft Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
SQE2 |
|||
Are you eligible to apply?
Our solicitor apprenticeship is open to candidates completing their final year of A-Levels or equivalent. Or those who have recently completed their A-Levels or equivalent and achieved at least 120 UCAS points.
The legal environment is constantly changing, as are the needs of the businesses we work with. It is essential we do too. That is why we want our solicitors to become business advisors as well as legal experts.
Our training programme with give you the skills and experience you need to find solutions to the challenges your clients face and support them as they grow their business. Whether you’ve already completed the LPC or are starting your SQE journey, we will support you in your journey and give you the tools to succeed.During your QWE, you will work in four different parts of our firm for six months each. This four-seat rotation process, along with a contentious seat, gives you a detailed introduction to the way we work and helps you to become an informed business advisor.
Your supervisor will work with you during your regular training. Through collaboration and communication, you will boost your technical legal knowledge and sharpen your commercial instincts.
Alongside your in-seat training, our Trainee Development Workshops will show you:
- how to grow your personal brand
- the broad range of skills necessary for business development
- effective ways to form client relationships
These sessions are all about giving you the right mindset for success as well as the focus and resilience you need for a career in law.
- We will sponsor your SQE programme with ULaw to include SQE1, SQE Plus & SQE2 while also paying a £6,000 maintenance grant
- Our SQE offering includes SQE exams and two years QWE
- We will still be following the LPC and Training Contract route until our September 2024 intake
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | Training contract or SQE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | ✔ | |||||
| A-Level | ✔ | |||||
| 1st & 2nd year students | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law Student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law & non-law student or graduates | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
We want to give you a platform to launch your legal career in the best way possible. Our traineeship programme includes:
- A broad experience in all practice areas, so that you can tailor your qualification to your interests
- Development in your commercial and professional skills – our lawyers are known for being fantastic business advisors as well as technical experts
- Real client work and contact from day one, eventually progressing to running your own cases
- Supervisor support from regularly trained experts who will give you the latest technical legal and commercial trends knowledge
- Trainee Development workshops with classes in growing your personal brand, business development and building client relationships
We will sponsor your Diploma at a university of your choice and pay a £6,000 maintenance grant. We'll also fund your TCPD during your traineeship.
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | Traineeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National 5s | ✔ | |||||
| Highers and Advance Highers | ✔ | |||||
| 1st & 2nd year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law student or law graduate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
If you are a non-law student or graduate, you will need to complete an accelerated LLB. Please ask your university about your options.
Let’s launch your legal career in the best way possible. Our traineeship programme includes:
- A broad experience in all practice areas, so you can tailor your qualification to your interests
- Development in your commercial and professional skills – our lawyers are known for being dynamic business advisors as well as technical experts
- Real client work and contact from day one, eventually progressing to running your own cases
- Supervisor support from regularly trained experts who will give you the latest technical legal and commercial trends knowledge
- Trainee Development workshops with classes in growing your personal brand, business development and building client relationships
We will fund your IPLS fees as part of your Solicitor Apprenticeship.
Find your next step. Use this table to discover which of our schemes are available to you.
| What stage are you at? | Open evening | Work taster day | Work appetiser day | Insight scheme | Vacation scheme | IPLS Solicitor Apprenticeship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCSE | ✔ | |||||
| A-Level | ✔ | |||||
| 1st& 2nd year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Penultimate year law student | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Final year law student or law graduate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
If you are a non-law student or graduate, you will need to complete an accelerated LLB. Please ask your university about your options.
Do you want to be a solicitor but not sure that university is for you? Here’s another option.
We want to make sure everyone gets the opportunity to get their legal career off to the best start. As one of our Legal Solicitor Apprentices, you will learn from our highly regarded lawyers who are experts in their field. You’ll be working, studying and earning as you become a solicitor. You will also have our full support as you progress through the programme.
Recruitment for our Solicitor Apprenticeship will start in Autumn 2022 with the apprenticeship starting in September 2023. If you are a GCSE or A-Level student that may be interested in our Solicitor Apprenticeship, please sign up to our work taster & appetiser days to learn more about TLT and what the apprenticeship involves.
What is a legal solicitor apprenticeship?
Our solicitor apprenticeship is a six-year programme that allows you to earn a degree and gain your SQE qualifications while receiving a salary. Typically, you will work at TLT for four days a week and study for one day a week.
Structure
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Degree |
SQE |
||||
|
Ethics & Legal Research |
Public Law |
Real Estate & Drafting |
Equity & Trusts
|
SQE 1
|
|
|
Contract Law |
Tort Law |
Law of Orgs & Negotiation |
|||
|
EU & Legal Research |
Criminal & Case Matter Analysis |
Land Law |
|||
|
Soft Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
SQE2 |
|||
Are you eligible to apply?
Our solicitor apprenticeship is open to candidates completing their final year of A-Levels or equivalent. Or those who have recently completed their A-Levels or equivalent and achieved at least 120 UCAS points.
TASTERS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Join our top 50 UK law firm for one week in a team of your choice through our vacation team.
You’ll work on live cases, attend meetings, review contracts and see our expert lawyers in action. You’ll also be in invited to social events with our trainees and lunches with our lawyers, partners and associates to see our thriving culture first-hand. There is no better way to see whether you want to become a part of TLT.
The paid vacation scheme is part of the assessment process for our SQE training contract. It is aimed at penultimate and final year students, graduates, post-graduates and career changers and is available in our England and Scotland offices during spring and summer, and Northern Ireland in September. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the scheme is open to law students only.
Assessments during the week include a strengths-based interview and a solution-based hackathon.
Successful applicants will be required to attend a half-day at an assessment centre, comprising a group exercise and interview.
Get exclusive access to an innovative law firm with our unpaid insight scheme. See first-hand how we combine technical legal knowledge with creative thinking to drive sustainable action and long-lasting value for businesses.
This is a two-day programme for university students who are not yet eligible for our vacation scheme (1st and 2nd year students). It runs in all of our offices between July and August.
Our unpaid Work Appetiser Day will give you a taste of the kind of work we do, the routes to qualification and the ways we can help you accelerate your career in law.
If you are an A-Level or Scottish Higher student looking to better understand the role of a lawyer, this day could be invaluable. You will also learn about the alternative roles within a business and if a solicitor apprenticeship is the right fit for you.
Our unpaid Work Taster Day is a great opportunity to understand the daily life of a lawyer and what a legal career actually looks like.
The Work Taster Day is for GCSE and Scottish National 5 students, and it runs during August. The day is split into legal and non-legal streams to enable you to understand the day-to-day life of a lawyer and the alternative roles within a law firm that may appeal to you. The Work Taster Day may also help you decide if a solicitor apprenticeship is the right fit, after you have achieved your A-Levels or equivalent qualifications.
You will see the different types of roles within a firm and the typical tasks involved to help us build success for our clients. This scheme is the best way to find out if a legal solicitor apprenticeship is right for you.
Join our top 50 UK law firm for one week in a team of your choice through our vacation team.
You’ll work on live cases, attend meetings, review contracts and see our expert lawyers in action. You’ll also be in invited to social events with our trainees and lunches with our lawyers, partners and associates to see our thriving culture first-hand. There is no better way to see whether you want to become a part of TLT.
The paid vacation scheme is part of the assessment process for our SQE training contract. It is aimed at penultimate and final year students, graduates, post-graduates and career changers and is available in our England and Scotland offices during spring and summer, and Northern Ireland in September. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the scheme is open to law students only.
Assessments during the week include a strengths-based interview and a solution-based hackathon.
Successful applicants will be required to attend a half-day at an assessment centre, comprising a group exercise and interview.
Get exclusive access to an innovative law firm with our unpaid insight scheme. See first-hand how we combine technical legal knowledge with creative thinking to drive sustainable action and long-lasting value for businesses.
This is a two-day programme for university students who are not yet eligible for our vacation scheme (1st and 2nd year students). It runs in all of our offices between July and August.
Our unpaid Work Appetiser Day will give you a taste of the kind of work we do, the routes to qualification and the ways we can help you accelerate your career in law.
If you are an A-Level or Scottish Higher student looking to better understand the role of a lawyer, this day could be invaluable. You will also learn about the alternative roles within a business and if a solicitor apprenticeship is the right fit for you.
Our unpaid Work Taster Day is a great opportunity to understand the daily life of a lawyer and what a legal career actually looks like.
The Work Taster Day is for GCSE and Scottish National 5 students, and it runs during August. The day is split into legal and non-legal streams to enable you to understand the day-to-day life of a lawyer and the alternative roles within a law firm that may appeal to you. The Work Taster Day may also help you decide if a solicitor apprenticeship is the right fit, after you have achieved your A-Levels or equivalent qualifications.
You will see the different types of roles within a firm and the typical tasks involved to help us build success for our clients. This scheme is the best way to find out if a legal solicitor apprenticeship is right for you.
INSIGHTS & EVENTS
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
We have several schemes available, including our paid Vacation Scheme and unpaid Insight Scheme, offering inside experience into TLT’s work culture for GCSE students, graduates and career changers. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer work experience outside of these schemes.
If you require any adjustments to the application form or assessment process, please email graduate@tltsolicitors.com and we will provide you with the support you need. All requests are dealt with confidentially and sensitively by a member of the HR team.
Yes. We ask for a minimum of 120 UCAS points and a 2.1 degree. However, we do have a space for mitigating circumstances on our application forms and we partner with Rare Contextual Recruitment System to help us to understand the context in which candidates achieved their grades.
- Vacation Scheme: 1 October – 10 January (assessments in February with schemes in spring and summer)
- Training Contract: 1 October – 31 May (assessments in June)
- Solicitor Apprenticeship: 1 October – 20 March (assessments in April)
- Insight Scheme: 1 October – 30 April (scheme in August)
No, we are unable to consider applications sent after the deadline.
Yes. Please take a look at our routes to law to find out what you are eligible for.
- Make sure you read the question and answer it exactly as written. Does it ask how or why? Explain your statements fully. Are there two parts to the question? Make sure you cover both.
- Don’t use essay language or unnecessary words. Practising lawyers communicate with clients as simply and clearly as possible.
- Proofread your form before submitting. Have you made any spelling or grammatical errors? Have you written the firm name correctly? Have you used the correct words in context?
- Structure your answer clearly. Does the answer flow and make sense?
We believe that strengths-based interviews are the best form of interviews for early careers. The interview focuses on your motivations and what you enjoy doing, rather than previous work experience. This allows you to be authentic in your answer and use transferable skills and examples. The questions are standardised, meaning that all applicants receive the same interview with assessors who are trained at interviewing people.
We host a number of assessment centre presentations and workshops to that will prepare you with the necessary skills to excel in group exercises. Go to our events page for more information.
We are working with our clients to provide secondment opportunities and we aim to have at least one opportunity per cohort rotation.