In a busy and thriving firm, we expect our trainees to be proactive and to contribute to the success of your teams. You will be doing real work for real clients and taking as much responsibility as we feel you can handle so that when you qualify you are ready to begin practising as a lawyer.
During your training with Morrisons you will undertake rotation or ‘seats’ in at least three of the following areas, including
- Dispute Resolution
- Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
- Family
- Employment
- Corporate and Commercial
- Commercial Property
- Residential Conveyancing
- Private client
We allocate seats according to the needs of the business, so you may not always get your first choice of seats, but we will try to match your preferences wherever possible.
Your individual supervisors and mentors will provide you with practical day-to-day training and support, as well as giving you the opportunities and exposure to develop your legal skills and knowledge. Working closely with our training partner, your supervisor and colleagues in your team you will learn about:
- Client care and practice support
- Communication skills
- Drafting
- Interviewing and advising
- Legal research
- Advocacy and oral presentation
- Case and transaction management
- Negotiation
In selecting trainees, we are looking for people who will make a good fit with our business – and having found you, we are keen to hold on to you. That’s why we have an established record of offering outstanding trainees positions as newly-qualified solicitors in their chosen specialist area. However, market conditions do influence our ability to take on trainees and it is not possible to guarantee you a position post qualification.
On qualification our trainees will join our innovative Newly Qualified Development programme, which provides continued learning and support through the first three years of qualification. Retention of our trainees on qualification is high, but will always depend on business needs.
We usually recruit three trainee solicitors a year, with employment starting in September.
We accept applications from both internal and external candidates.
We look for applicants with a good academic background and, although we do not set rigid thresholds, we normally expect a minimum of a 2.1 Bachelor’s degree. However, you do not have to have studied law to apply. The practice of law is evolving fast and we recognise that good candidates from other degree backgrounds can enrich our practice with new knowledge and insights.
We look for individuals with personality, confidence, enthusiasm, commercial awareness and attention to detail. Being able to work in a team alongside all colleagues, from the most senior to the most junior, is also vital.
We operate an equal opportunities policy and all positions are awarded on merit.
Applications should be received between 1 December and 31 January in the year before the year in which the Training Contract would start. For example, if you wish to apply for a Training Contract in September 2020 your application should be received by us no later than 31 January 2019.
If you wish to apply for a training contract with Morrisons Solicitors, please complete the application form and submit it to our HR Team together with your CV and covering letter.
Your application will be reviewed and if successful at this stage you will be invited to an assessment day, where you will able to learn more about the firm, our working culture and meet some of our people. During the assessment day, you also complete a number of tasks that will put your skills and working style to the test. These may include:
- In-tray exercise
- Verbal reasoning test
- Numerical test
- Accuracy test
Based on your performance at the assessment day you may be shortlisted for interview, for which you will be asked to complete a psychometric questionnaire and prepare a brief presentation.
