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Eligibility and requirements

To apply for the role of trainee solicitor (following the training contract pathway) you will be a graduate who is currently studying towards, or completed, the legal practice course (LPC).

Why Weightmans?

We want to help you nurture a career you love, providing a working life and environment you’ll not only enjoy but a place where you’ll love coming to work every day. We’ll challenge you to meet your potential and support you to achieve it and then celebrate and reward your success.

In 2025, our commitment to the development and satisfaction of our employees was confirmed with the Top Employers Institute certification for the 18th year, placing at number 5. The independent research highlighted our dedication to a better world of work through excellent HR policies and people practices.

We are truly committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion where everyone in the firm is respected and recognised on merit for the work that they do.

In our offices, we have unique and open spaces accompanied by agile working for great work-life harmony. 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 work/life harmony is something we value for all of 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 will encourage our graduates to keep in touch as a national cohort with training and annual events.

We pride ourselves in our CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) work and support a number of deserving charities, both nationally and local to our offices, including Clatterbridge Cancer Charity, Francis House, Simon on the Streets and many more. 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

For year one as a trainee solicitor, you would receive a salary of £29,000 (£36,000 London), which will increase after 12 months to £31,000 (£38,000 London). 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

Application tips

Watch our video below where we provide some hints and tips for those looking to apply for one of our early careers programmes.

Meet us and find out more

We are holding online open evenings for those who are interested in our trainee roles, so if you want to hear more about the opportunities, the application process and the firm please enrol now.

We are attending careers fairs across the UK this autumn and it would be great to meet you and tell you a bit more about the programme and Weightmans. If your university is not listed and you would like us to attend, please ask your careers team to get in touch.

Any questions? Arrange a chat

If you have any further questions or queries, please email earlycareers@weightmans.com and one of our team will arrange to give you a call.