Trainee Solicitor - commencing September 2025

Ashtons Legal is an award-winning broad service law firm with a strong focus on developing internal talent and retaining trainees to become future partners of the business.  The legal teams provide a wide range of advice to businesses and private individuals regionally, nationally and internationally from offices across East Anglia and Leeds.  We are one of the largest law firms in the region. Legal 500 notes that Ashtons “Provide a better service than most larger national firms and is a delight to work with”

We are now seeking applications for training contracts commencing in September 2025.

During your training contract, you will undertake four six-month seats giving you the opportunity to move around the business and work within different teams and groups to enhance your skills and your learning.

You'll be supervised by professionals in their field and work for a wide range of our clients across a variety of sectors.  Our Trainees are based in our East Anglian offices, working alongside leading lawyers across our three Groups - Business Client, Individual Client and Injury Services.  You will work on developing your legal skills, commercial awareness and build your knowledge of different areas of the law. 

As long as you satisfy the SRA criteria regulations, after your two year training period you'll be a qualified solicitor. 

Eligibility criteria:

• Applicants must have at least a 2.1 degree and have passed or will have passed the LPC course by September 2025; or
• Applicants must have passed both SQE 1 and 2 and now require two years’ of QWE (qualifying work experience)

Ideally, candidates will be able to drive and will be able to access all of our East Anglian offices.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible working patterns including remote working dependent on business need
• Death-in-service/Life assurance benefit schemes
• Westfield Health and Reward Benefits
• Annual Staff Conference
• Social Events
• Office Charities, pro bono and Give A day opportunities
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders

Closing date for applications is Friday 31 January 2025