Trainee Recruitment

Join Wilkinson Woodward!

    Please Note - Applications for 2025 trainee positions are now closed. 
    Update 22/01/25 - We are currently reviewing applications and will be in touch in the next 2-3 weeks. 

    • Are you educated to degree level, or due to complete your studies in June 2025, with a good level of academic achievement?
    • Have you passed either the LPC or SQE1 and SQE2?
    • Do you have work experience? Paid or voluntary, in the legal sector or elsewhere
    • Have you got good written English skills with a high level of accuracy?
    • Are you an ambitious, commercially aware team-player with a strong work ethic?
    • Do you have the right to work in the UK?

    Then we’d like to hear from you!

    Our application procedure is as follows:

    1. Update your CV. Make sure to include all your academic qualifications, subjects and grades, as well any work experience.
    2. Send your CV and a cover letter, explaining, in no more than 250 words, why you should be invited for an interview, to jobs@wilkinsonwoodward.co.uk.
    3. If there are mitigating circumstances related to your academic record we should consider, please provide full details thereof, including written evidence from the examining body/relevant academic institution and/or verification by a third party, such as your doctor or tutor, with your application.
    4. If you require any special assistance or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact HR at jobs@wilkinsonwoodward.co.uk.

    If your online interview goes well, you will be invited to an Assessment Day at our Halifax office . During the event you will meet some of our current and past trainees, as well as key members of our team. You will be required to complete a written assessment, a group exercise, and an interview. Offers will be made shortly after the interviews have taken place, subject to references.

    Wilkinson Woodward's Trainee Recruitment is merit-based and open to internal and external applicants. We look forward to receiving applications from ambitious, hardworking individuals who believe they meet the criteria and want to pursue a career with us.

    Want to know more? Here are some frequently asked questions about our Trainee Programme.