Trainee solicitor/pupil barrister

The Government Legal Service (GLS) has 45 trainee solicitor and pupil barrister vacancies.

The majority of the posts will begin in September 2018. There are a smaller number of vacancies which will start in September 2016 and September 2017.

The vacancies are available within the following government departments:

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• Government Legal Department (GLD)
• HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Trainees and pupils are involved in the full range of casework conducted by their department, which often includes high profile matters. This will be under the supervision of senior colleagues.

The legal work is complex, novel, politically sensitive and frequently in the public eye. It ranges across issues of national and international significance and across public and private law, embracing advisory and legislative work, litigation and a wealth of specialist areas.

It’s a terrific responsibility.

As a trainee solicitor or pupil barrister within the GLS, it’s a responsibility you could share.

Degree Criterion:

• You must have, or be predicted to obtain, a minimum of a 2.2 in an undergraduate degree. This does not have to be in law.
• If you hold a certificate of academic standing from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) or have satisfied the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) academic stage requirements via ‘equivalent means’, you will be eligible to apply.
• If you are a fellow or graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) who has satisfied the academic stage requirements of the SRA or the BSB through study or exemptions you will be eligible to apply.

To apply:

For further details about the roles, the application process and to apply, visit the GLS website at http://www.gov.uk/gls and complete an application form and situational judgment test by the closing date: 12pm (noon) Friday 29 July 2016.