Training Contracts - September 2027

DMH Stallard; Crawley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Mentoring programme

Job summary

DMH Stallard invites motivated LPC graduates to join the training programme commencing in September 2027 across several offices in Brighton, Horsham, Gatwick, London or Guildford. The scheme offers four six-month seats spanning both contentious and non-contentious practice areas.

Trainees will gain exposure to corporate, dispute resolution, family, personal injury, private client, planning and real estate, with movement between offices encouraged to broaden experience.

Qualifications

• Motivated LPC graduates from all backgrounds are welcome.
• Enthusiasm and a commercial outlook are essential.
• Strong communication skills and adaptability are required.

Responsibilities

• Trainees undertake seats across corporate, dispute resolution, family, private client, planning, real estate and related areas.
• Seats may be in Brighton, Horsham, Gatwick, London or Guildford, with flexibility to move.
• Candidates contribute to client work and begin building client relationships early.

Skills

Tech savvy

Team player

Strong work ethic

Excellent research skills

Good communication skills

Adaptability

Commercial outlook

Education

LPC graduate

SQE1 completed

Job description

DMH Stallard provides a comprehensive range of commercial, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, cyber security and cyber-crime, corporate, intellectual property, real estate and technology, media and telecoms advice to both businesses and individuals. Our clients, our people and our professional networks are the keys to our success.. With offices in London and across the region, including Brighton, Gatwick, Guildford, Horsham, and Hassocks - we’re proud to have grown to around 400 people.

Culture really matters to us. In our most recent staff survey, 99.6% of our people said DMH is a great place to work, with 90% feeling they have a strong work-life balance, and 93.9% expressing confidence in the leadership team.

We’re committed to building a genuinely inclusive and supportive workplace. Our Women in Law group meets quarterly, and we’re actively working toward gender balance at all levels. We already exceed the industry average, with 40% of our partners being women compared to the sector average at 29%.

We actively invest in learning and development at all career stages. Our mentoring programme is available to all partners, and we are preparing to launch an internal mentoring programme to support progression right up to partnership. We also recognise that work-life balance is essential to long-term success and wellbeing, and we promote hybrid working arrangements to help our people perform at their best inside and outside of work.

We’re also especially proud to achieve gold accreditation from Investors in People, which reflects our strong commitment to people development and leadership.

We have just been announced as winners in the Legal 500 Future Lawyers survey 2026 in the following categories:

Happiness

Leadership

Work/life balance

Culture

Approachability

Retention confidence

The department

We are now accepting applications for training contracts to commence in September 2027, based across a variety of our offices, departments and teams.

Our training programme

Our training programme comprises four six-month seats across the business, giving trainees the chance to experience working in both contentious and non-contentious practice areas. Seats are usually offered in: corporate, dispute resolution, family, personal injury, private client, planning, real estate and real estate dispute resolution.

Trainees may be required to undertake seats in any of our Brighton, Horsham, Gatwick, London or Guildford offices and it is important that they have the flexibility and willingness to do so.

What we are looking for in a trainee

We welcome applications from motivated LPC graduates from all backgrounds. Enthusiasm, a commercial outlook, good communication skills and adaptability are all essential skills.

DMH Stallard views trainees as an important asset of the firm and we expect them to make a significant contribution. As our trainees have direct access to clients from an early stage it is important that good client care skills are developed, which includes being aware of the client’s business or personal goals.

In addition, we expect our trainees to:

• Be tech savvy
• Have a strong work ethic
• Be team players &
• Have excellent research skills

Other information

First year region - £32,000

Second year region - £34,800

First year London - £38,500

Second year London - £41,300

Application

To be eligible to apply you must have completed your LPC (or be due to complete it ahead of the September 2027 start date) or have completed and passed SQE1.

The closing date for applications is31 October 2026.