Trainee Solicitor Programme 2027 - Milton Keynes

Tussell Limited; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking law firm in Milton Keynes as a trainee solicitor, where you will embark on an exciting journey to become the lawyer of the future. This innovative programme offers a wealth of opportunities across diverse practice areas, including Banking, Corporate, and Tax. You'll benefit from an award-winning development programme, gaining essential skills in legal project management, innovation, and resilience. The firm values inclusion and diversity, creating an empowering environment for all. If you're ready to challenge the status quo and shape your legal career in a vibrant city, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Penultimate year law students, final year students, and graduates are eligible.
• Strong academic performance is preferred but context is considered.

Responsibilities

• Engage in various practice areas including Banking, Corporate, and Tax.
• Complete additional modules on legal project management and innovation.

Skills

Strong academic performance

Legal project management

Innovation

Resilience

Education

Law degree

Job description

Trainee Solicitor Programme 2027 - Milton Keynes

Trainees and apprentices are able to choose from a wealth of seats to work with experts across our practice areas: Banking and Finance, Competition, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Projects, PRM (People, Reward and Mobility), Real Estate, Tax and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications).

Work is also about more than just work here. It's about the environment too, and the feeling you get from your team, office and beyond. Our teams are focused on inclusion, giving back, and on looking forward with innovation.

Milton Keynes

If you're a Challenger seeking a legal career in a city that balances a thriving professional environment with a high quality of life, Milton Keynes is the place for you. Our open-plan office fosters a collaborative atmosphere where innovation and teamwork are at the forefront of everything we do. Here, you'll have the chance to engage in stellar international work, tackling cross-border matters that will advance and expand your legal expertise.

Choosing Milton Keynes means choosing a city that is on the rise—a place where your career can flourish without compromising your quality of life. For Challengers looking to stay or relocate to a vibrant, growing city, Milton Keynes offers the perfect blend of professional opportunity and personal satisfaction.

Milton Keynes Trainee Solicitor Programme 2027

The business of law is changing, and we want you to be right there with it. To take us from largest to leading, we're looking for our trainees to think big and see the future of law in a new way.

Our Trainee Solicitor Programme is designed to equip you with the skills required to be the lawyer of the future. On top of our award-winning development programme, we have included three additional modules that you will be required to complete throughout your time with us: legal project management, innovation and resilience. All designed to help you become the lawyer of the future.

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing

At Dentons, inclusion and diversity is not just a core value – it is an integral part of our strategy. Building a more inclusive and diverse law firm is core to our strategy because it leads to better business outcomes for our clients, our communities and for Dentons.

We believe in creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We work hard to nurture a sense of inclusion that is empowering to the individual, to the teams and to the Firm.

Examples of our inclusion strategy include a focus on allyship programmes, access initiatives, mentoring programmes, and a series of events and conversation focussed on equity and inclusion.

What we are looking for

• There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ trainee or apprentice at Dentons and that’s the way we like it. Our expertise within the Firm is as diverse as the needs of our global clients. What we have in common is the ability to contribute to our growing success.
• We generally look for a strong academic performance, but consider every application we receive in context and holistically. We also encourage you to include mitigating circumstances if relevant.
• Eligibility for Milton Keynes: Penultimate year law students, all final year students and graduates.

Additional job details

Location: Milton Keynes
Contract: Permanent
Working times: Full-time

How to apply

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 6 June 2025.

We are Dentons. The world’s largest law firm. With more than 12,500 people in 80+ countries around the world, we have unique breadth, depth and diversity. Alongside our award-winning global work, we are committed to a culture of innovation, giving back and inclusion.

Your career at Dentons can shape up to be something extraordinary. It’s a place for those who are driven to challenge. To question. To break tradition. To put your career firmly into fast-forward. This could be the start of something big.

Main areas of work

Trainees and apprentices are able to choose from a wealth of seats to work with experts across our practice areas: Banking and Finance, Competition, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Projects, PRM (People, Reward and Mobility), Real Estate, Tax and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications).