Trainee Programme
Your career as an Arthur Cox trainee solicitor will be challenging, exciting and rewarding. The Trainee Programme is designed to help you meet those challenges and develop new knowledge and skills.
Dublin Trainee Programme
Your career as an Arthur Cox trainee solicitor will be challenging, exciting and rewarding. The Trainee Programme is designed to help you meet those challenges and develop new knowledge and skills.
Belfast Trainee Programme
Our programme is designed around the personal talents, skills and interests of each trainee. We support each individual to become a unique and expert lawyer – our focus is on your potential.
Dublin Trainee Programme
The Trainee Programme focuses on developing a number of core skill areas, which are essential to your success as a lawyer.
These include:
- Advanced legal research for commercial practice
- Advanced writing and drafting
- Negotiation
- Project management
- Communication
- People
- Practice management
- Business development
At every stage of your training and development, you will be encouraged to push boundaries and to get involved in work of the highest calibre in an environment designed to support your professional growth and development.
Trainee Programme Brochure
As an Arthur Cox trainee, you will advise market-leading domestic and international clients. You will work as an integral part of a team with lawyers who are experts in their fields and who are committed to giving you unrivalled opportunities for professional growth and development.
Our trainees share an office with a partner or senior associate. This gives you invaluable exposure to high quality work and clients, allows you to learn from the experts and helps you to build meaningful life-long connections. The benefits of these connections last long after traineeships are completed, and it is yet another example of practical steps we take in the pursuit of legal expertise and excellence for our trainees.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion is deeply embedded in the organisational core values and the overall vision of the firm.
One of the things that sets our Trainee Programme apart is that our trainees do five rotations instead of four. Trainees will complete a rotation in each of the main practice areas – corporate, finance, litigation and property as well as being encouraged to choose a niche area that they are interested in. We also offer our trainees the opportunity to complete a rotation in our London office. Upon qualification you will have an in-depth knowledge and experience of all aspects of our firm and can make an informed decision regarding your future area of specialisation.
Our trainees now have the opportunity to complete a rotation in our Pro Bono practice. This aligns with the firm’s commitment to pro bono work and to developing and maintaining a co-ordinated, focused, well-balanced, and meaningful pro bono scheme. The pro bono trainee will work closely with the team to provide pro bono legal services to a wide range of clients, from individual refugees and social enterprises to not for profit organisations.
Sustainable Business
Sustainable Business is one of the key components of the way we work. We are committed to developing a programme that is both impactful and sustainable.
At Arthur Cox, we understand the importance of socialising and camaraderie within the workplace. So much so that we have a dedicated social committee who arrange a wide variety of social events throughout the year including cycling, quizzes and even talent competitions!
Trainees are heavily involved in the social activities of the firm. While these events have been chosen to appeal to a wide range of interests, it is up to each trainee to choose what to invest in for their own personal and social development. Whether it is tag rugby, volunteering, using our onsite state-of-the-art gym or singing in the Arthur Cox choir, we are sure that you will find something that appeals to you.
I found the traineeship really rewarding. There’s a warm atmosphere in Arthur Cox and the support has been great. I would really recommend the Arthur Cox trainee programme, it’s a great way to kick-start your career.
Kerry Burns
Trainee, 2022 Intake
Belfast Trainee Programme
Our training programme is designed around the personal talents, skills and interests of each trainee. We support each individual trainee to become a unique and expert lawyer – our focus is on your potential.
You will advise market-leading local and international clients. You will work as an integral part of a team with lawyers who are experts in their fields and who are committed to giving you unrivalled opportunities for professional growth and development.
Trainees will complete a rotation in each of the main practice areas – corporate, finance, litigation and property. Upon qualification you will have an in-depth knowledge and experience of all aspects of our firm and can make an informed decision regarding your future area of specialisation.
Arthur Cox has a comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility programme which affords our staff the opportunity to meaningfully engage in activities which benefit people, our local community and the planet. We regularly partner with charities and other stakeholders to raise money, awareness and dedicate our time to hands on volunteering to give our staff the opportunity to make a difference. We strive to integrate sustainable and responsible business practices into all of our decision-making as a firm. Furthermore, Arthur Cox has a firm commitment to pro bono work and to providing high-quality legal services to those without the means to pay as part of our commitment to give back to the communities where we live and work.
We are holding an open evening from 6pm on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at our Belfast office, Victoria House, Gloucester St, Belfast. At our open evening you will have the opportunity to tour the office, meet with partners, associates and trainees, and attend our CV and interview skills workshops. Expressions of interest to [email protected]
The Process
Completed applications should be sent by email to [email protected] by 6pm on 18 October 2024, and should include:
- the application form (available here);
- a covering letter setting out why you should be selected for the role; and
- a detailed CV.
In addition, the completed Monitoring Form (available here) should be sent as an attachment to a single email entitled “2025 Trainee Application MF” to [email protected].
From the applications we receive, our Trainee Committee makes an initial selection of candidates. We will notify those candidates selected for interview as soon as possible.
Offers will be made shortly after that. We look forward to reading your application and we wish you every success.
Remember, you do not need to have completed an internship with Arthur Cox prior to applying for a place on the Trainee Programme.
Let’s Talk
If you have any questions, or to learn more about the Trainee Programme.
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