Are you looking for a training contract which will provide you with an opportunity for hands on experience over a wide variety of legal practice? If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you.
About Us
Warwickshire Legal Services is forward looking, commercially driven, and focused on delivering expert legal advice within local government and the wider public sector. We are looking for motivated, ambitious trainee solicitors to join our award-winning, nationally recognised legal service. We are currently inviting applications for up to 6 training contracts, commencing between March 2027 and March 2028.
Warwickshire Legal Services operates as both an in-house legal team and a commercial business within Warwickshire County Council, generating our own income from providing comprehensive services to the Council, and from supporting a diverse pool of external public sector clients and partner bodies including the police, local authority trading companies, schools and trusts, and other councils. Few in-house legal teams operate this way, and our approach gives you a unique environment in which to start your career. You’ll join an award-winning group of innovative legal professionals providing work opportunities across a wide range of areas such as Planning, Litigation, Commercial & Contracts, Property, Education, Employment, Governance, Child Protection and Adult Social Care.
Warwickshire trainees benefit from a 24-month training contract, spread across 4 service areas. Working in each team for 6 months will provide you with the opportunity to work with our internal services and external clients, across a broad range of legal practice areas. Dedicated mentors and supervision complete our package, which provides the whole framework you need for your qualification as solicitor.
In short, we are an ambitious, nationally recognised team that wants to deliver consistently outstanding legal work. Because of our unique offering, we boast a diverse range of legal talent for you to learn from, and we’re proud to say that the solicitors who train with us tend to stay with us.
Benefits
Our people are our most valuable resource, and we understand the importance of wellbeing and work-life balance.
Annual leave entitlement begins at 23 days, plus bank holidays and an extra day at Christmas.
We offer an agile working approach that meets business, team and individual needs and we have a range of work-life balance policies to support our people, including paid carers leave.
You will have the opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, which is widely recognised as a valuable benefit, and you will have the opportunity to join Citysave credit union to accumulate savings easily from your salary.
The Council’s Employee Assistance Programme is available 24/7 to access health and wellbeing support and through our staff benefits partner, which offers discounts across the UK’s major retailers including technology, fashion, supermarkets, travel and much more, including significant savings through The Cycle to Work scheme.
We offer our trainees a range of learning and development opportunities and we will fully fund your practising certificate if you qualify with us.
Recruitment stages
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to submit a video submission early October 2026.
Applicants shortlisted to stage 2 will be invited to attend a virtual assessment at the end of October 2026.
Applicants shortlisted to stage 3 will then be invited to a final in-person assessment in November 2026.
We welcome applications from candidates who are currently awaiting their LPC/SQE1 results, as well as those due to commence the LPC/SQE1 course. Please note that successful candidates must provide evidence of LPC/SQE1 completion prior to their employment start date.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application
For more information:
About us and how we work
About the application and selection process contact Tim Seedhouse, [email protected]
About being a Trainee @ Warwickshire Legal Services contact Kate O’Neill [email protected]
Closing date: midnight 10th September
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [email protected] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.
