Legal Graduate
About the team This opportunity sits within our Corporate team in Glasgow. You will work alongside trainees, lawyers and partners, supporting a range of corporate matters and gaining practical experience within a busy and collaborative legal environment. About the role Our Legal Graduate Programme is designed for graduates looking to take the next step towards a legal career at Freeths.
Legal Graduates join the firm on a six-month fixed-term contract. Performance will be reviewed and assessed throughout the programme. After approximately four and a half months, the firm will decide whether to offer formal training, based on the graduate’s performance reviews and final assessment. Successful graduates will be given a date on which to commence formal training with Freeths.
Formal training will follow the Law Society of Scotland’s PEAT 2 route: a two-year traineeship comprising supervised practical experience and rotations across different practice areas. During the traineeship, trainees will complete the required reviews, trainee continuing professional development and PEAT 2 record, while developing the knowledge, skills and professional experience needed to qualify as a Scottish solicitor.
Applicants must be available to commence the programme immediately or at short notice. Please note: Candidates must have completed either an LLB in Scots law or the two-year accelerated LLB in Scots law for non-law graduates, together with the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (PEAT 1), before applying. If you wish to apply, please complete our application form via Apply4Law: Freeths - AllHires Key Responsibilities
- Provide legal support to trainees, lawyers and partners within the Glasgow Corporate team.
- Undertake legal research and assist with drafting, document preparation, client and matter administration, due diligence and other corporate work, with appropriate supervision.
- Produce thorough, accurate and high-quality work and respond positively to feedback.
- Carry out any other reasonable tasks that may be required from time to time. Your skills and qualifications
- A strong academic record and first-class organisational skills.
- A thorough and accurate approach to research and written work.
- A proactive approach and willingness to contribute positively to the team.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative, flexible and professional approach.
- Confidence using Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to learn new legal and document-management systems.
- The ability to demonstrate the firm’s values consistently through your work and interactions with others. Smart. Bold. Together. We Are Freeths. Become part of the team at Freeths. View some of our recent highlights on our website here. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to support you. We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting. 1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1,000 colleagues, and counting. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do. 2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients. That’s why great work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business. 3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive. We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds. We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact !recruitmentfreeths@freeths.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss. We are committed to sourcing candidates directly where possible. For particular roles, we may work with preferred suppliers who will be invited by our resourcing team to support us. We may also agree to accept CVs from other suppliers on an ad hoc basis (to be agreed in writing). We will not be responsible for fees in relation to CVs or profiles submitted directly to our partners or other employees or for any applications not submitted via our portal. Agencies should contact our recruitment team before submitting unsolicited applications.
