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Addleshaw Goddard Graduate Careers

Here you will find out everything you need to know about the training contracts, vacation schemes and other job opportunities on offer at Addleshaw Goddard. Our extensive guide to a career with Addleshaw Goddard includes everything from the firm's application process to their diversity initiatives and secondment opportunities.

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The AllAboutLaw perspective on Addleshaw Goddard

As a trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, you’ll be working at a firm with a high-quality, loyal client base. Addleshaw Goddard’s clients include over 51 FTSE 100 companies, providing expert advice to household names such as HSBC and Goldman Sachs. 

During your training contract, you’ll complete four seats, with opportunities for a client or international secondment. Trainees start working on important cases from day one, dealing with expensive, high-stakes cases. You’ll receive plenty of support at every step of the way, with mentoring, a buddy scheme and internal and external training. 

When you’re not working on deals worth billions of pounds, you’ll often find yourself working on a pro bono initiatives. Addleshaw Goddard works on a wide range of pro bono projects, ranging from collaborative matters supporting climate change to stand-alone matters supporting non-profit organisations. The firm also works to give back to their local communities by providing pro-bono advice at legal advice centres across the country. 

Addleshaw Goddard are taking steps to ensure that no one faces barriers to becoming a lawyer. The firm has partnered with Rare, an external organisation, to introduce contextual recruitment into the application process. This ensures that students who have performed well despite adversity can be identified. To enhance the inclusivity of their firm, Addleshaw Goddard offers legal and business apprenticeship schemes, creating a pathway for individuals who may not have had the opportunity to pursue university education to work within an esteemed, award-winning law firm. 

What the firm says

Where talented people come together

Our profile

Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard - an international law firm, almost 250 years in the making. We’re trusted by over 3000 major organisations, including 51 FTSE 100 companies, to solve problems, deliver deals, defend rights, comply with regulations and mitigate risk. Our work spans more than 50 areas of business law, paving the way to deliver the best possible outcomes for clients across multiple industries. 

Appointed time and again, we help them do business, operate and grow - effectively and safely - in over 100 countries worldwide. And while the challenges our clients bring us may vary, we approach and solve them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.

Our Values

From the work we do to the culture we foster and the partnerships we form, every last part of Addleshaw Goddard is driven by three core values: quality, imagination, and impact. 

We welcome everyone, support people to achieve their full potential, and always seek smart ways to have a positive impact – for our clients, colleagues, and communities around the world.

More imagination. More impact.

Our areas of work

We act for clients whatever the scale of their requirements. We have been instructed 51 FTSE 100 companies in the last 2 years, including Associated British Foods, SSE, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC and British Land. Our business is about strong client relationships built on successful delivery across national and international markets. Equally important is strong loyalty which is proven through 75% of our clients who have been with us for more than 10 years.

The range and scale of our work is compelling, and encompasses high value strategic advice to the everyday. It means we are able to attract talented, like-minded individuals who love what they do, are committed to our clients success, and strive to build valued partnerships through our collective energy and expertise.

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Data

• 1st year trainee (London)£52,000
• 1st year trainee (Leeds)£33,000
• 1st year trainee (Manchester)£33,000
• 1st year trainee (Scotland)£29,000
• 2nd year trainee (London)£56,000
• 2nd year trainee (Leeds)£36,000
• 2nd year trainee (Manchester)£36,000
• 2nd year trainee (Scotland)£33,000
• SQE LLM Sponsorship - London£10,000
• NQ Salary Competitive
• SQE LLM Sponsorship - Other UK£7,000

Academic requirements

• Degree 2:1 or equivalent

We require a 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent). But what will really open doors to an outstanding career here is the real you. At Addleshaw Goddard, we’re looking for original minds and collaborative spirits alongside motivation, drive and commercial awareness. We’re constantly delighted by the diverse backgrounds of our best lawyers, and we’re open to law and non-law graduates alike, as well as those looking to change career.

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