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How to apply

Applications will open on 1 October 2023, for training contracts commencing in January 2026 and January 2027. To understand if you are eligible to apply, please see below.

For business services and marine training contracts starting in 2026

  • If you are currently undertaking a law degree, you will need to have graduated and be ready to start your SQE studies full time in March 2025
  • If you are currently undertaking a non-law degree, you will need to have graduated and be ready to start your SQE studies in November 2024
  • If you have graduated and completed your LLB or PDGL in 2021 or earlier, you will need to be ready to start your SQE studies in November 2024
  • If you have completed an LPC, you will need to be ready to start with the firm in January 2026

For health training contracts starting in 2027

  • If you are currently undertaking a law degree, you will need to have graduated and be ready to start your SQE studies full time in March 2026
  • If you are currently undertaking a non-law degree, you will need to have graduated and be ready to start your SQE studies in November 2025
  • If you have graduated and completed your LLB or PDGL in 2022 or earlier, you will need to be ready to start your SQE studies in November 2025 
  • If you have completed an LPC, you will need to be ready to start with the firm in January 2027 
     

We offer training contracts tailored to each of our sectors which you can apply for from the outset in your chosen location, and there are two application pathways to choose from: 

  • Insight scheme and training contract
  • Direct training contract 

Whichever route you choose to follow, the recruitment process and application deadlines are the same. 

Our online application is open from 1 October 2023 to 31 January 2024, and we will respond to all applications in the weeks following this deadline, to advise if your application has progressed to the online assessment.  

You will be required to complete an online interactive assessment and video interview in February 2024. 

For those who are successful in gaining a place on our insight scheme or assessment day, these will take place in June 2024. 

The assessment day will involve a number of activities, including a final panel interview. 

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Communications

All communications regarding your application will be made via email using the AllHires Graduate application system, so please ensure you read all guidance provided to ensure that these emails arrive in your inbox. 

If you are concerned that you may have missed a communication at any stage, all correspondence can be found by logging back into your AllHires Graduate account where you will be able to reply directly to any emails. 

The team can also be contacted directly via email, however please note that we do receive a high volume of queries around key stages of the application process and therefore it may take longer to receive a response during these periods.