Training with Edwin Coe LLP offers you individual supervision, and the opportunity to take on early responsibility for high quality work whilst working alongside specialised and skilled solicitors.

Confident solicitors

Our goal is to develop competent and confident solicitors; therefore our training contract is designed to develop your knowledge and technical skills as part of your everyday routine.

We are proud of our 'co-operative' and 'team' culture, and adopt a sensible approach to work life balance, providing plenty of opportunities to network and socialise with your peers.

Cooperative team culture

We are a vibrant, friendly firm. Our modern, creative cultural belies the traditional setting of our offices in Lincoln's Inn, making it a great place to work. For these reasons we are a popular choice for potential trainees.

Summer vacation scheme

The best way to learn more about Edwin Coe and what we do is to come and see what we do. Our vacation scheme gives you an insider’s view of a career in law and what it is really like to work here.

This scheme is aimed at providing you with an insight into both the day to day work of a solicitor and what it is like to work at Edwin Coe. You will gain an insight from a variety of departments over the course of the week. You will spend time in different departments being supervised by a qualified associate and getting involved in real work. There will also be the opportunity to attend client or department meetings where appropriate. We expect you to work normal office hours of 9:30am-5:30pm, Monday to Friday. We will reimburse travel expenses up a maximum of £100. If you are travelling overseas then check with us before planning your trip.

Our summer vacation scheme is aimed specifically at penultimate-year law students and final-year non-law students and graduates. However, we do accept law students if you are further on in your studies.

We offer eight students the chance to come and gain some work experience with us each year during the summer months. In order to select the most suitable candidates, we ask you to submit your CV and a covering letter to us, from which we will pick applicants we wish to interview. This interview will be held with a member of our HR team and one of our training partners.

If you would like to proceed to the application stage and have read and understood all of the steps leading up to this point, please start the application process here. Please ensure you have read, and fully meet our entry requirements, prior to sending us your application.

Our two-year training contract gives you hands on experience and a highly personal feel. The contract compromises of four six-month seats in the following practice areas:

Class action and finance litigation

Corporate and commercial

Employment and immigration

Intellectual property

Restructuring and insolvency

Insurance litigation

Private client

Property

Property and trusts litigation

Edwin Coe is committed to helping trainees develop into competent and confident solicitors. You will be given the opportunity for ‘hands on’ involvement including managing your own files. Throughout your training period, there will be a continuous process of two-way feedback. The firm operates both a mid seat and end of seat review, the aim of this is to monitor your progress and support your developments over the course of the two years.

Whilst there is inevitably high demand to be seated in some areas, we seek to give you as much scope as possible to shape the direction of your training. In addition to SRA requirements we endeavour to enable all trainees to complete a seat in corporate and commercial and a practice area within our litigation department.

Diversity and pro bono

Charitable events: we support a number of events and charities such as Free2B Alliance (supporting LGBTQ+ lives), Aspiring Solicitors (provding opportunities for people with diverse background), Little Van Gogh (art classes for employees and families), London Legal Walk and Great City Race.

Pro bono work – individual projects around the firm, more details are available here: www.edwincoe.com/about-edwin-coe/corporate-social-responsibility.

Students who accept a training contract with Edwin Coe LLP will be provided with sponsorship for the LPC or SQE course fees, provided they have yet to complete the course.

We are committed to further diversity, equity, and inclusion within Edwin Coe LLP and have formed a DEI Committee to raise awareness, spark conversations and, most importantly, encourage inclusivity. This initiative is an important step in our ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace where all voices are heard and celebrated.

Students who accept a training contract with Edwin Coe LLP will be provided with sponsorship for the LPC or SQE course fees, provided they have yet to complete the course.

• Intellectual property
• Property
• Private client
• Restructuring & insolvency
• Property & trusts litigation
• Class action & finance litigation
• Insurance litigation
• Employment
• Corporate

• Corporate & Commercial
• General Commercial
• General Practice
• Niche

• London

• Aspiring Solicitors