Training Contracts
We are delighted to announce that after a hiatus we will now be recruiting up to 3 trainee solicitors per year commencing in September 2022.
We welcome applications from all students, whether you have taken a law degree or a non law degree, and whether you have completed the LPC or the SQE exams.
The deadline for training applications in 2022 is 31st March 2022. In order to apply, we ask that you send your CV and covering letter to our Operations Manager, Kathy Grieve at KAG@bennett-griffin.co.uk.
We aim to notify the successful applicants who have been selected for interviews by 30th April 2022 and Interviews will typically take place in May 2022. Our decisions as to who has secured a training contract will be provided by 30th June 2022.
In considering the applications and during the interviews, we will take into account not simply academic achievements, but also:
- an understanding of why you are pursuing a career in the legal profession
- what social and personal skills you have that will assist you within this career
- what you think you will bring to us as a firm.
We are strong believers here that the best lawyers are not those who are just technically gifted, but those who are enthusiastic, able to adapt to all sorts of situations, have good interpersonal skills with colleagues and clients and able take a common sense approach to their work.
As we grow as a firm, we strongly believe that our trainees will be valued members of the team and will want to continue their careers with us after qualification. We currently have many former trainee solicitors working with us, including the Managing Partner, Kate Hallin.
Our Training Programme
Our trainee solicitors spend 6 months in 4 seats giving our trainees the chance to experience both contentious and non-contentious practice areas.
The seats will be in Property (Residential and / or Commercial), Private Client (Wills, Trusts and Probate and / or Court of Protection), Dispute Resolution (Family and / or Personal Injury and / or Property Litigation and /or Commercial Litigation and / or Contentious Probate) and Corporate and Commercial.
The decision as to what areas of law for each seat you wish to embark on will be flexible as much as possible (depending on need and availability).
Our office is based in Worthing and in 2022 we will be moving to a hybrid working approach, however due to supervision requirements you may be expected to work more from the office than as stated within our hybrid working policy. It is important that you are aware of this and have the willingness to agree to the same.
Our trainees will be expected to take on client matters and deal with cases as soon as possible, under supervision. We provide access to extensive on line library and research facilities to assist the trainees with their work as well as an open door policy to all of our team (whether it be the Lawyers, assistants, IT or accounts).