Traineeships

Unlock your potential

If you're keen to pursue a career in law and want to progress your academic skills with a growing firm, a traineeship with Lindsays may hold the key to unlocking your potential.

Why Lindsays?

Lindsays is a medium sized firm with a great reputation and prosperous future. Our varied specialist teams offer a diverse range of services, allowing us to cater to the individual needs of a broad client market, giving you real scope to learn in an evolving legal environment.

Our expanding range of corporate and commercial services, which include company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law, commercial property and construction, enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace. In addition, our Litigation group deals with all aspects of civil and commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients.

The firm also maintains strong residential property and private client services, the latter linked to an in-house Investment team.

We offer a range of traineeships, which allow our trainees to gain a greater understanding of the services we offer, and also give you the opportunity to develop a degree of specialism which fits your personal skills and interests.

2008 traineeships will involve one full year in two of the following departments – Corporate and Technology, Commercial Property or Private Client department. In 2008 there may also be a specialised traineeship available in Commercial Property (incorporating elements of Rural and Construction law). The traineeships on offer will depend on the requirements of each department.

Be Professional

At Lindsays we pride ourselves in assisting trainees to fully adapt to a working life in the legal profession, by offering friendly, professional advice and support throughout your traineeship. The firm also funds your attendance on a professional competence course co-ordinated by the WS society, helping you to further develop your talents.

Working at Lindsays

Lindsays excellent client base provides interesting work for trainees and you will be given a wide variety of work with regular client contact. In return for your dedication and commitment during your traineeship, Lindsays offer a salary in line with the recommended Law Society of Scotland rates and fantastic working conditions. The personal culture of the firm is attractive and we strongly believe in a positive work/life balance, with standard office hours of 9am-5pm plus flexi time. An active social calendar incorporating wine tastings, barbecues, dinner dances and hockey matches is also sure to keep you entertained throughout your employment with the firm.

Applications

Traineeships are open to graduates with a law degree from Scottish Universities and other qualified persons who have passed the Law Society of Scotland exams. A Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is essential.

We have filled our trainee requirements for September 2007. However should our trainee requirements change before then we will advertise the vacancies on our website.

Applications for September 2008 will be accepted from June 2006 with the closing date of 31 December 2006. Interviews will take place early in 2007.

All applicants should now complete the Trainee Application Form [Word Doc - 829Kb] which can be downloaded here. Applications can either be submitted by email to recruitment@lindsays.co.uk or by post marked for the attention of:
Iona Kelly
HR Director
Lindsays
Caledonian Exchange
19A Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HE

Enquiries

For general enquiries regarding Lindsays traineeships please feel free to contact Iona as noted above.