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Research
Whether law is for me
Application
The application process
Law school
Training contract first year
Leeds or not to Leeds
Training contract second year
Just ruddy life
Qualification
Research
OCTOBER – MARCH
Enjoy testing the waters and seeing what’s out there. Think about what you want from a firm in terms of experience and culture. There’s no wrong answer, just what is right for you.
Do a little research and whittle it down to a little list of firms you might want to work for.
Then, stalk them. Joking. But do attend career and law fairs and reach out to those firms. Don’t be afraid to just pick up the phone. They’re just people – and if they’re rude, well would you want to work there anyway?
Application
OCTOBER ONWARDS
Now you’ve got your hit list, it’s time to start applying for vacation placement schemes.
Remember! Take time with the application and make it feel tailored to the firm.
Our deadline for vacation placement schemes is 31 December.
Law school
FEBRUARY – MARCH
You’ll hear from our graduate team about the outcome of your initial application for our vacation placement.
If your application is successful you’ll be invited to the next stage of the recruitment process, which will be an assessment centre.
APRIL – JUNE
Our vacation placement scheme dates are held in April and June.
31 JULY
Our deadline for submitting training contract applications (some firm’s deadlines may vary so make sure you have a note of them).
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER
You’ll hear from our graduate team with the outcome of your initial application for our training contract.
If your application is successful you will be invited to attend an interview and an assessment centre.
SEPTEMBER – JUNE
LAW DEGREE
If you’ve completed your degree (first of all, well done!), the next step is to study the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). There’s a wide range of universities and law schools that offer these course.
NON LAW DEGREE
If your degree is not in Law you’ll need to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL).
Once that’s completed you’ll be able to progress to the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).
There’s are a wide range of universities and law schools that offer these courses.
Training contract first year
SEPTEMBER
You’ll start your training contract with us, your first week will consist of induction training from various departments.
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
This is the law fair season, you’ll be asked to help out the graduate team attending law fairs to speak to students and share your experiences so far. Just when you thought you were out of the fairs, you’re pulled back in!
OCTOBER – MARCH
You’ll attend your core Professional Skills Courses (PSC).
JANUARY
You’ll move into your 2nd seat.
MAY
You’ll move into your 3rd seat.
Training contract second year
SEPTEMBER – AUGUST
You’ll move into your 4th seat. How exciting and also… how many seats are there we hear you ask! Don’t worry, you’re almost done.
In your 2nd year you let us have your preferences of the departments you’d like to go into. Where possible the graduate team will get you into your preferred department so you can begin to carve out your career path.
JANUARY
You will move into your 5th seat.
We hold a tailored course in-house which consists of 4 days training. You cover presentation and communication skills and also a business simulation workshop.
MARCH – APRIL
Our newly qualified (NQ) jobs list is published internally. You’ll need to decide where you would like to apply and submit your application to the relevant partners/departments.
MAY
You will move into your final seat.
Normally by this time you’ll know where you are qualifying and we aim to have all our NQ jobs sorted by May.
Qualification
SEPTEMBER
You’ll qualify into your chosen area of law.
The graduate team likes to keep in touch with NQ’s to track progress and help them in any way we can.
During the first year of qualification you enroll on to our NQ development programme which will equip you with all the skills you need to start your qualified career.
Our Learning and Development team will meet with you yearly to help you make your mark within the firm and progress. We also have an NQ committee and meet quarterly with them.
Some facts about us
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Salaries
First year trainee:
£28,000 pa
£28,000 pa
Second year trainee:
£31,000 pa
£31,000 pa
Newly-qualified:
£50,000 pa
£50,000 pa
Vacation placement:
£175
£175
Sponsorships
LPC and SQE (from 2023): Full course fees plus £5,000 maintenance
GDL: Full course fees plus £5,000 maintenance
Post qualification
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Trainees offered jobs on qualification in 2020
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Senior Associates who trained at Walker Morris
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Partners who joined as trainee
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