Brabners Chaffe Street Solicitors - Recruitment

We are now fully recruited for 2011. We will take applications for 2012 from January 2010

Trainee Recruitment and Summer Vacation Placements

Brabners Chaffe Street is one of the few law firms that holds “Investor in People” status and we place great emphasis on the structure and progression of our training programme. The programme is continually re–appraised to ensure that it meets the requirements of each trainee solicitor. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, we are listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for in the UK.

As a firm we strongly believe that trainees have a place within our teams and encourage them to contribute to the work of their teams by allocating them responsibility from the outset. In each of your four seats you will spend time with a partner or senior lawyer, although you may also assist other fee earners within the department. Your work will be closely monitored by your principal who will give support, guidance and assistance.

Trainees are encouraged to discuss any problems they encounter with their principal as part of our strong “open door” policy which encourages trainees to seek help whenever they need it. We recognise and encourage an eagerness to learn and consider a genuine ambition to succeed to be an attribute. We willingly devote the time required to ensure our trainees achieve their goals.

Brabners Chaffe Street strongly believe a wide range of disciplines should be experienced before a decision to specialise is made. Our comprehensive training and development programme includes all that is required by the SRA and also provides an induction course and ongoing in–house departmental training and development.

Personal development appraisals are conducted at three and six monthly intervals to ensure that trainee progress is valuable and informed. Training and staff development in the firm is the responsibility of our Director of Training, Dr Tony Harvey, and the training programme is overseen the firm’s Trainee Partners, Nik White (Liverpool), Kevin James (Preston) and Paul Morton (Manchester).

Life as a trainee with us is not all work and we encourage a great deal of play. Our offices maintain a friendly and social environment, something envied by many larger firms. Brabners Chaffe Street social life will play a great part in your life as a trainee and our trainees are encouraged to organise regular social events, including the annual Christmas Party, where they often provide the supporting entertainment! Brabners Chaffe Street colleagues regularly socialise after office hours with Liverpool and Manchester having vibrant young professionals scenes in which trainees soon become involved. We are active participants in a football league and regularly engage in other sports with other professionals. Officers of the Merseyside Trainee Solicitors Group are frequently Brabners Chaffe Street trainees.

It is our practice to select 11 Trainees each year. 4 based in Liverpool, 5 in Manchester and 2 in Preston. We seek to recruit people who have great potential to succeed. We are not looking for clones, but individuals with varying personalities who offer and receive a great deal of benefit from their time with us. You should be able to demonstrate intelligence, intuition, humour, approachability and commitment and have some connection with, or interest in the North West. We prefer candidates to have achieved, or to be forecast to achieve, a good 2.1 degree but, ultimately, our assessment of you is based on our belief in your ability.

Brabners Chaffe Street pay the LPC fees for those who are offered a training contract.

In 2008 Brabners Chaffe Street was awarded a highly impressive seven accolades in the Lex 100 Student Guide to the UK’s premier law firms. The survey, one of the most comprehensive and valued in the trainee recruitment industry, places Brabners Chaffe Street in the top twenty for seven of the ten award categories; social life, friendliness, quality of work, stress levels, work/life balance, job satisfaction an the firm living up to expectations.


Dr. Tony Harvey
Director of Training and Risk

Email: trainees@brabnerscs.com

Address:

Liverpool Office:
Brabners Chaffe Street, Horton House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool L2 3YL

Manchester Office:
Brabners Chaffe Street, 55 King Street, Manchester, M2 4LQ

Preston Office:
Brabners Chaffe Street, 7–8 Chapel Street, Preston PR1 8AN


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