As one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, we are market leaders. Whether it’s settling a case before trial, or succeeding at the Supreme Court, we deliver for our clients when they really need us. We’re the leading personal injury and medical negligence practice in the UK, whereby we help thousands of families whose lives have been turned upside down.

Supported by a national public law team and the UK’s leading Court of Protection practice, we offer help and reassurance during the hardest of times. Our private client offering specialises in residential property, family, wills, tax, as well as trusts and estate disputes. We protect high and ultra-high net worth individuals, including business owners and entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investors, and multi-generational families.

This is supported by a full suite of business services for corporate clients and institutions such as litigation, corporate, commercial, international property, and employment law. We offer tailored guidance to businesses when it comes to navigating environmental, social and governance and are part of First Law International – a global network of more than 80 law firms.

In 2024 our retention rate was 84% which demonstrates our commitment to your career with the firm and your long term development with us.

Going forward IM is no longer having a vacation scheme. Instead, everyone who passes the assessment centre will need to attend a one-day insight day so everyone can expereince life at IM in-person. 

We offer 50 training contracts across 12 of our offices within the UK. As a full-service law firm, we have a wide range of seats available for you to train in. You'll undertake four seats over two years, giving you a breadth of experience within your stream, either:

Legal services for indivduals – medical negligence; personal injury; Court of Protection; public law; or private client

Legal services for businesses – banking and finance; commercial and intellectual property; corporate; employment; litigation; real estate; or restructuring and insolvency

Each office offers different seat options dependent on departments available and business need. Please see our website for further details of which seats are available in which office.

Trainees need to be flexible in their approach to everything, be resilient to change, and have a drive to solve problems. We are looking for ambitious and well-motivated individuals who have a real commitment to the law and who can demonstrate a positive approach to their work. We recruit both law and non-law graduates and view social ability as important as academic achievement.

Since 2024 all candidates, who don't have the LPC, will undertake the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) and we no longer offer funding for the LPC. We will continue to accept applications for those that have already completed their LPC, as there is a grace period of up to 10 years in which the old route can be followed.

If you have already attained your LPC qualification upon securing a training contract with us, you will join the firm in your respective year and complete a two year training contract.

Candidates who have not completed their LPC will follow our new SQE approach. All candidates who secure a training contract offer from 2024 will complete the most up to date legal qualification through the SQE programme.

Upon securing a training contract offer you will join in your respective year and complete the SQE alongside your training contract (also known as qualifying work experience) on a day release basis. Through this route you will complete the graduate solicitor apprenticeship which takes a total of 27 months to complete. Trainees will still undertake three six month seats, with the final fourth seat being for a total of nine months.

Whether you’re leaving school or changing career, our apprenticeships are a fantastic alternative to studying at university.

 You can get straight into work, years earlier and without thousands of pounds of debt. You’ll get invaluable real-life experience working with experts in their fields, along with a guided course of academic training.

You can become an apprentice solicitor or paralegal, or train to work in business administration, tax, or accounting.

Applications open in February 2025 across a variety of departments and locations – please see our website for further details.

It’s in our DNA to value people for who they are and what they bring. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where our people can flourish. We have a strong network to celebrate and support our colleagues, clients and communities covering sexuality, disability, age, gender, race, social background and culture. 

We’re passionate about continued progress which is why we have over 100 Healthy Mind advocates trained by Mental Health First Aid England, our HR team are trained in suicide prevention, we’re members of the Mindful Business and Suicide Prevention Charters, and we have a wellbeing hub with a focus on a holistic approach to wellbeing. Our wellbeing approach is aligned to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

We have one of the lowest gender pay gaps in our industry and we’re proud to the UK’s number one law firm for female partners. We’ve developed policies to help us attract, support and retain transgender colleagues and our LGBTQ+ networking group was highly commended by Stonewall.

Our diversity board continues to help shape our diversity and inclusion strategy in a way which means we build an inclusive business for everyone.

If you are a non-law student and your application is successful, we will meet all the fees associated with your Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) if you have not started or completed your studies when offered a training contract with us. We also provide a maintenance grant of £1,000 per month of studying to help you through your studies.

We pay for SQE1 and 2 as part of the graduate solicitor apprenticeship which means your SQE studies are part of your training contract.

• Banking
• Corporate
• Insolvency
• Real estate
• Real estate disputes
• Construction
• Planning
• Commercial & Intellectual Property
• Employment
• Litigation
• Pensions
• Serious injury
• Medical negligence
• Asbestos & Occupational Disease
• Family
• Public law
• Court of Protection
• Lifetime & estate planning
• Wills
• Trust & estate disputes

• Corporate & Commercial
• General Commercial
• General Practice

• Birmingham
• Bristol
• Cambridge
• Chichester
• Gatwick
• Leeds
• London
• Manchester
• Newcastle
• Reading
• Sheffield
• Southampton

• Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
• Business in the Community
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Help for Heroes
• Inspiring the Future
• Legal Advice Centres
• Prince’s Trust
• ProHelp
• The National Pro Bono Centre
• Tower Hamlets Law Centre
• University of Manchester Legal Advice Centre

• Aspiring Solicitors
• Black Solicitors Network
• Bright Network
• City Horizons
• Diversity Access Scheme - Law Society
• Evenbreak
• Halo Code
• Legal Apprenticeships
• Mindful Business Charter
• Pathways to Law
• PRIME
• Social Mobility Foundation
• Speakers for Schools
• Stonewall
• Sutton Trust