At this stage, we will look at your predicted/obtained degree score and your answer to an open question. This open question is designed to check your understanding of how a law firm, and Weightmans, works. We will also assess structure, depth, punctuation and grammar. The quality of your answer will determine if you progress to the next stage, therefore we suggest you spend some time on this and proofread before submitting it. We will review all written submissions individually, along with your degree score, in a blind marking process.
Traineeship — Glasgow Qualify with a firm consistently rated as a Top Employer
What is a legal traineeship?
A legal traineeship is a two year training programme designed to provide you with excellent training experience to help you qualify as a solicitor in Scotland. You’ll be able to test your skills across four six-month seats in different areas of the business and the programme will include the PEAT2 outcomes which are required for your qualification to solicitor.
During the two-year traineeship, you will be given the opportunity to complete a range of different work with a robust support network of supervision and mentoring.
You can apply to complete a traineeship with Weightmans in our Glasgow office.
Eligibility and requirements
Prior to commencing your training, you will be required to undertake the Professional Education & Training (PEAT1) course. If you successfully gain a position to commence in 2025, and have not yet enrolled on a PEAT1 course, we will fund the cost of postgraduate tuition at the university of your choice (with agreement from the Firm).
Why Weightmans?
Here at Weightmans, people are the most integral part of our culture and business, and so your success is our success. We have great working practices for ensuring a mindful and considerate working culture, as such we are signatories of the Mindful Business Charter.
In our Glasgow office, we have a unique and open office space accompanied by agile working for a great work-life balance. With a focus on learning and development of our people, we are proud to have consistently high trainee solicitor retention rates.
As much as we work hard, we like to play hard too! Having an appropriate work-life balance is something we value for all our people. Our social calendar is always full, from theatre visits and quizzes to office parties. Each of our offices has an active social committee who are always looking for new members to get involved.
We pride ourselves in our CSR (corporate social responsibility) work and our Glasgow office supports Alzheimer Scotland. As part of our commitment, all staff receive two days of paid CSR leave each year, and each office has a local committee who are always looking for new members, and this may be something you would like to be a part of once you join us.
Salary and benefits
We offer an excellent salary and benefits. For year one as a trainee solicitor, you would receive a salary of £27,000, which will increase after 12 months to £29,000. As a Weightmans employee, you will also be entitled to our excellent staff benefits including:
- 28 days' holiday
- Healthcare cover
- Pension plan
- Travel loan scheme
- Employee care scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Dental care scheme
What is the application process?
Applications for positions commencing September 2025 have now closed.
Please sign up to our expression of interest form and we will notify you when applications open.
Please note that our application window will never close early. While there is no advantage to applying early, we would just suggest that applicants do not leave applications to the last minute in case of unplanned issues that may affect submitting by the deadline (e.g. tech issues, illness and etc).
Our application process consists of 4 stages:
Application tips
Watch our video below where Marc Prats from our early careers team provides some hints and tips for those looking to apply for one of our early careers programmes.
We welcome you to contact us if you have any queries regarding this process.
Meet us and find out more
We are attending the following careers fair. Please keep an eye on this page for further events to be added.
If, once the list is published, you are unable to attend any of the events, please feel free to contact us via earlycareers@weightmans.com and we can arrange an appointment to discuss our programmes.
Law fairs & careers fairs (to attend, please contact the university or organisation directly):
Thursday 22 February 2024 — UCLAN Business and Law Careers Fair
Open Evenings
Please click on the link below to register for our final online virtual open evening.
We will be scheduling more open evenings to take place in Autumn 2024; please keep an eye on this page for further information.
Do you have any further queries?
Please contact our graduate recruitment team on +44 (0)345 073 9900, earlycareers@weightmans.com or by tweeting your question to @WeightmansJobs with the hashtag #askatrainee.