Trainee Solicitor, Secondment – Pro Bono Human Rights at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner scores 3.9/5 based on 90 reviews.

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

- get to work in a really supportive encouraging team
- exposure to top tier work
- support from graduate recruitment team
- opportunities outside of core work; graduate recruitment, pro bono

Worst

- not enough seats in the department you want to work in
- no guarantee of a NQ job after two years of training

What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £49,000 - £51,000

Current salary: £49,000 - £51,000

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 08:30

Finish: 18:00

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Commercial awareness. Look at the sectors the firm operates in, find ones that interest you and research key events/updates/tends happening in their clients sector at the moment. Try and bring these up in your interview to demonstrate you're awareness of the market BCLP's clients operate in and the challenges, threats and opportunities they face.

Have an awareness of how a law firm operates as a business. Look at the impact of technology on the legal profession e.g Chat GPT

Be aware of what a trainee does in different departments, the difference between transactional and contentious seats ect

Do you have any interview tips?

If you are given the name of your interviewers, research the sector they are in and the projects they worked on, try to bring this up in your interview.