Birmingham Direct Training Contract 2029

Gowling WLG International; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maintenance grant £5,500 Birmingham

Maintenance grant £7,000 London

Discover Gowling WLG Sector Series

Job summary

Gowling WLG International invites applications for its training contract program. Trainees will rotate through four six-month seats, gaining exposure to contentious, non-contentious and real estate work while receiving international exposure.

You’ll be sponsored to complete the PGDip (law conversion) and/or LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2), with a maintenance grant available (£5,500 Birmingham, £7,000 London) to support you through study and training.

Qualifications

• Four six-month seats across contentious, non-contentious, real estate, and an optional international secondment or client-facing seat.
• Sponsorship to complete the Postgraduate Diploma (law conversion) and/or LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2).
• Maintenance grant provided for Birmingham trainees (£5,500) and London trainees (£7,000).
• Virtual Discover Gowling WLG: Sector Series runs 8 Oct – 5 Nov 2026.

Job description

Job Description

Gowling WLG is an international law firm built on the belief that the best way to serve our clients is to be in tune with their world, aligned with their opportunities and ambitious for their success.

Treated as a lawyer from day one, you’ll enjoy early responsibility, international opportunities and exposure to big-ticket work as you learn from legal experts across the globe. Our training contracts consist of four six-month seats, and we’ll get you started with a full and comprehensive induction, designed to help you settle into life here.

Choosing from our broad-ranging practice areas, your programme will typically include a contentious seat, a non-contentious seat, a real estate seat and an optional seat (which could be an international secondment or working for a client). You’ll get involved in interesting casework for an exceptional scope of clients, enjoying top tier training in a high performing, hugely encouraging culture

As a leading sector-focused international law firm, we also offer two 12-month sector seats with the aim to broaden trainees' understanding of the firm and the wider market, expanding their networks and commercial awareness.

It’ll be a continuous learning journey with one-to-one guidance from a partner mentor, a dedicated supervisor, the Early Talent team and, of course, the strong support network of legal experts all around you.

Prior to your training contract, we’ll sponsor you to complete the Postgraduate Diploma (law conversion course) and/or LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2), as applicable at the University of Law.

In addition to covering course fees, we provide a maintenance grant per course of £7,000 for London trainees and £5,500 for Birmingham trainees.

We will be running our virtual Discover Gowling WLG: Sector Series from 8 October to 5 November 2026. The series provides an opportunity to hear directly from our lawyers and trainees and learn about our sector focus.