Placement Schemes & Internships

Placement Schemes & Internships

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With Placement schemes in the UK and Internships in Ireland, there's lots of opportunities for you to discover what it’s like to work at Addleshaw Goddard.

Experience our culture for yourself

With a Placement Scheme or Internship you will get to know the everyday life of an Addleshaw Goddard trainee. You will join a department, be supervised by an experienced solicitor and have a trainee buddy help you throughout your placement.

Your time with us is a chance to get to know our people and our culture while working in our business and getting involved in real life trainee work for clients.

Placement Schemes are offered in England & Scotland and Summer Internships are offered in Ireland. 

Placement Schemes in England

We offer week-long Easter work placements in London, and two-week summer work placements in Leeds, London and Manchester.

At the end of the Placement Schemes we offer Training Contracts to successful students.

Key Information

When to apply: 

Applications are now closed.

Dates of schemes: Easter (London only) w/c 27 March. Summer: Leeds - 19th - 30th June; Manchester - 26th June - 7th July; and London - 10th - 21st July.

Placement Schemes in Scotland

We offer week-long Easter work placements in Edinburgh, and two-week summer work placements in Edinburgh or Glasgow and Aberdeen

At the end of the Placement Schemes we offer Training Contracts to successful students.

Key Information

When to apply: 

Applications are now closed.

Dates of schemes: Easter (Edinburgh only) w/c 27 March. Summer: 5th - 16th June.

Summer Internships in Ireland

We offer 4 week-long Summer internships in Dublin.

 

At the end of the Internship we offer Training Contracts to successful students to commence in 2024.

Key Information

When to apply: 

Applications are now closed. 

Dates of schemes: Summer (dates to be confirmed).

APPLICATION PROCESS

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Application Form

Candidates who wish to apply to us must complete the relevant online application form.

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Voice Interview

On successful screening of your application form, you will be invited to complete a voice interview which can be recorded at a time and location convenient to you. 

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Assessment Centre

Successful applicants will be invited to our offices for further assessment and to meet us in person. The assessments comprise of; 

UK - partner interview, proof reading exercise, group assessment and briefing exercise

Ireland - partner interview, proof reading exercise

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KEY SKILLS

Key skills we are looking for during the application process:

  • Attention to detail
  • Commercial awareness
  • Career motivation
  • Team work 
  • Analytical skills 
  • Decision making 
  • Knowledge of Addleshaw Goddard

Why join Addleshaw Goddard?

We work with nearly half of the FTSE 100 and many have been with us for more than 20 years. You'll get stuck in with big projects and on international brands from day one. Are you up for the challenge? Find out why Addleshaw Goddard is the right next step for you. 

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