Capsticks aims to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference. Whether its providing advice to our clients in health or social care, developing or managing social housing, delivering emergency services, or regulating complex professions, we help them to deliver services to their communities.  

Further details about the firm and the type of work carried out can be found on our website at www.capsticks.com.

Who should apply?

Capsticks is committed to recruiting the best people to maintain its market leading position. We recruit around six trainee solicitors each year via our vacation scheme and welcome applications from candidates who are either on course for or have achieved at least a 2.1 (or equivalent) in their undergraduate degree. We would also love to see candidates with skills including creative problem solving, attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication, priotisation and time management expertise with a technical solution focus. 

We are offering 15 places on our summer vacation scheme across our Birmingham, London and Leeds offices, taking place between 23 June and 4 July 2025. We’ll give you the opportunity to undertake real work as well as learning more about the legal departments and the firm with our people. Throughout the scheme, we’ll be assessing you for a place on one of our training contracts for 2026 and beyond.

Your placement will be in one/two of our legal teams where you’ll work on a range of tasks. Throughout your time with us, we’ll support you with a supervisor, and you’ll get constructive feedback on what you’re doing well and how you could be even better.

To apply for our vacation schemes, please visit the below links;

London – careers site (capsticks.com) 

Birmingham – careers site (capsticks.com)

Leeds – careers site (capsticks.com)

Capsticks' broad range of practice areas and clients enables it to provide its trainees with an opportunity to experience a wide variety of legal work. Trainees rotate every six months undertaking seats in the firm's practice areas, which include clinical advisory, clinical claims, housing and regeneration, housing management, employment, pensions, real estate, coprorate, commercial, and regulatory. Trainees are therefore able to acquire an in-depth knowledge of both the law and the health, social care and housing sectors, in addition to developing the skills that any good lawyer needs.

When and how to apply

The firm welcomes applications for our summer 2025 vacation scheme which leads to offers for training contracts commencing from September 2026. The closing date for these applications is Sunday 5 January 2025. 

To ensure our trainees have up to date training for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), we partnered with the College of Legal Practice for their SQE1 and SQE2 Prep courses. This allows for the best and most flexible learning programme whilst you undertake your training. The College of Legal Practice offers a fully virtual, modular learning programme, which will provide you with the core skills needed to be successful in your career. This is delivered online to give as much flexibility as possible and each of our trainees is given a dedicated tutor/mentor to guide them throughout the course.

Trainees who have completed the LPC will not be required to complete SQE2, we will continue to sponsor the PSC for those individuals. 

Our paralegal apprenticeships are available in our employment and pensions; and housing and regeneration teams. We offer a supportive and collaborative environment where you can learn from qualified industry experts and develop both your professional and personal skills.

On successful completion of the two year paralegal apprenticeship, and subject to your performance, you may be eligible to continue to the Level 7 Solicitor Apprenticeship, taking four years to complete, which includes the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) training and assessments.

All training and assessments are funded by Capsticks.

We value diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential. 

Priorities for us include; positive action to improve diversity in leadership; recruiting and retaining the best people in an inclusive way; and celebrating the diversity of our people and the clients we represent, with a unique programme which combines education with fun – and food!

We have four diversity and inclusion Employee Network Groups (ENGs) – Prism (LGBT+), CREATE (race and ethnicity), Shine (mental health, wellbeing, disability and medical conditions) and OWN (women including trans and non-binary people and allies).

Find out more about our equity diversity and inclusion at Capsticks on our website: equity, diversity and inclusion (capsticks.com).

Capsticks offers full financial support for the SQE once the training contract commences.

• Clinical advisory
• Clinical negligence
• Personal injury
• Housing plots
• Housing development
• Housing management
• Employment
• Real estate
• Property litigation
• Corporate & commercial
• HR advisory
• Regulatory

• Corporate & Commercial
• Niche
• General Commercial

• London
• Birmingham
• Leeds
• Winchester
• Manchester

• South West London Law Centres

• #10000BlackInterns
• Ahead Partnership
• The Women in Law Pledge