
Training Contract - 2027 - Clarkslegal
Application deadline: 30 September 2025
Clarkslegal is leading full-service commercial law firm with over 100 years of history, trusted relationships and innovation to call upon, providing advice to our clients, both in the UK and internationally.
Our lawyers are specialists in their fields and love what they do. We build trusted relationships, and we genuinely care for our clients, and work together as a collaborative team. We are a member of TAGLaw, a leading international alliance of high-quality, independent law firms, which gives the opportunity for international work.
Current Applications – Reading Office
Trainees undertake four 6 month seats, typically in our corporate, employment, real estate and dispute resolution teams based in our Reading office.
Trainees are closely supervised and supported and have regular review meetings, as well as formal appraisals.
We require a minimum of a 2:1 degree or equivalent, and for candidates to have the right to work in the UK. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with law and non-law degrees. We expect candidates to take or have taken the LPC or SQE parts 1 and 2. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial interview, then a half day assessment.
We aim to have four or five trainees at any time.
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Required degree level
- Law degree/GDL/CILEX level 6 or equivalent
- Non-law degree
- LPC/BPTC
- Passed SQE 1
- Passed SQE 2
Salary range
- not stated