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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
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Clifford Chance
• Multinational law firm, HQ London,
global tier 1 ranked lawyers
• £1.6 billion revenues, 3,000 lawyers
• Practice areas include banking,
finance, corporate, employment
• Offers training contracts, work
experience, pays grant plus fees
for for LPC and GDL courses
Blackstone Chambers
• Leading chambers based in London
• 85 tenants, revenue of £42 million
• Areas include international law,
employment, commercial, public law
• Mini pupillage before pupillage, award
of £60,000 for training and BPTC
Crown Prosecution
Service
• Principal prosecuting agency for
England and Wales
• Employees 6,800 staff with annual
budget of £500 million
• Over 800,000 prosecutions of
which 100,000 in Crown Court
• Offers apprenticeships in business
administration, management,
witness care at level 2 and 3
• Runs a legal training scheme
offering pupillages and training
contracts
Government Legal
Service
• Group of 2,000 civil servant
lawyers in 30 departments
• Work covers legislation, advice,
litigation, European law,
employment law
• Fees for LPC, GDL and BPTC
course plus grants are awarded
Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer
• Multinational law firm, HQ London,
427 partners, 2,500 lawyers,
4,800 staff
• Revenues of £1.2 billion, practice
areas include finance, corporate, tax
• Workshops and vacation schemes,
8 seat training contract, fees and
grant paid for LPC and GDL
Linklaters
• Multinational firm based in London
with £1.2 billion revenue
• 2,600 lawyers, 4,500 total staff,
29 offices in 20 countries
• Offers pathfinder open days, 3 week
vacation paid work experience
• Winter workshops, 4 seat training
contract, pays grant plus fees for
LPC and GDL courses
• Practice areas include finance,
corporate, charities, employment
Brick Cour t Chambers
• Commercial law, EU and Public Law
with 48 juniors and 37 QC’s
• Offers pupillages with £60,000 award
• Applications require you to attend a
mini pupillage
• Average earnings at the chambers
was £700,000 per barrister
Allen and Overy
• Multinational law firm, HQ London,
2,800 lawyers, 5,000 staff
• £1.2 billion revenue, 500 partners,
46 offices worldwide
• Practice areas include finance,
corporate, employment
• Offers training contracts, open days,
paid work experience, pays grant plus
fees for for LPC and GDL courses