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Student opportunities
Opportunities
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United Kingdom - BPS student internships
Type: Internship
Location: United Kingdom
- Status: variable
- Who can apply: Eligible Black Professionals Scotland student members.
- Progression: Internship, employment or traineeship progression.
United Kingdom - Career Insight Day
Type: Open Day / Event
Location: United Kingdom: Edinburgh
- Programme dates: 2026-09-22 – 2026-09-22
- Duration: One day
- Status: open
Published application and programme dates
- Programme: 2026-09-22 – 2026-09-22
- Who can apply: S4–S6 students interested in law.
- Application process: Complete the official registration form Attend the selected office day
- Progression: Future study and early-career applications.
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - Virtual Work Experience
Type: Virtual Experience
Location: United Kingdom
- Duration: Approximately four hours
- Status: rolling
- Who can apply: S4–S6 students.
- Application process: Complete the opening questionnaire Receive and complete four tasks
- Progression: Completion certificate for CV or personal statement.
United Kingdom - Summer placements
Type: Work Experience
Location: United Kingdom: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness
- Applications open: 2026-11-02
- Closing date: 2027-01-04 12:00:00
- Duration: Three weeks
- Status: upcoming
Published application and programme dates
- Applications open 2026-11-02; Close 2027-01-04 at 12:00:00
- Who can apply: Minimum third-year LLB or first-year accelerated LLB students.
- Application process: Research and attend law fairs Apply online Attend webinars Interview in January or February 2027
- Progression: Traineeship assessment.
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - Career Ready
Type: Access Programme
Location: United Kingdom
- Duration: Two years
- Status: variable
- Who can apply: Young people aged 15–18 participating through Career Ready.
- Application process: Apply directly through Career Ready
- Progression: Future study and employment.
United Kingdom - Traineeship
Type: Traineeship
Location: United Kingdom: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness
- Application timing: The next Scottish traineeship application dates have not yet been announced.
- Duration: 24 months
- Status: unknown
Published application and programme dates
- The next Scottish traineeship application dates have not yet been announced.
- Who can apply: Law students entering final-year LLB or accelerated LLB students entering second year.
- Application process: Apply when the next cycle opens Complete the published trainee recruitment process
- Progression: Qualification as a Scottish solicitor.
- Funding: Diploma fees are paid; exact value and repayment terms are not published. diploma fees paid: true
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - English training contract
Type: Training Contract
Location: United Kingdom: Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Application timing: Brodies says its next English training-contract application dates will be announced; no current exact window is published.
- Duration: Approximately 28 months
- Status: unknown
Published application and programme dates
- Brodies says its next English training-contract application dates will be announced; no current exact window is published.
- Who can apply: Law students interested in English law and SQE qualification.
- Progression: Qualification as an English solicitor.
- Funding: The page promises SQE support and lists Diploma fees paid, but exact SQE fee and maintenance terms are not published. diploma or study support: true exact terms published: false
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - Modern Apprenticeships
Type: Apprenticeship
Location: United Kingdom
- Duration: Usually one year
- Status: rolling
- Who can apply: Young people aged 16–24.
- Application process: Check the official vacancies portal Apply using the email stated in the advert Or submit a speculative CV for six-month retention
- Progression: Qualification and employment progression.
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - Career Insight Day
Type: Open Day / Event
Location: United Kingdom: Glasgow
- Programme dates: 2026-09-24 – 2026-09-24
- Duration: One day
- Status: open
Published application and programme dates
- Programme: 2026-09-24 – 2026-09-24
- Who can apply: S4–S6 students interested in law.
- Application process: Complete the official registration form Attend the selected office day
- Progression: Future study and early-career applications.
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom - Entrepreneurial Scotland internship
Type: Internship
Location: United Kingdom
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Status: variable
- Who can apply: Third or fourth-year Scottish university students who are Saltire Scholars.
- Application process: Apply through Entrepreneurial Scotland or Saltire Scholars
- Progression: Graduate employment or career progression.
United Kingdom - PRIME Work Experience
Type: Work Experience
Location: United Kingdom: Aberdeen, Edinburgh
- Application timing: The 2026 programme has passed; next application dates are not yet published.
- Programme dates: 22–26 June 2026.
- Duration: Five days
- Status: closed
Published application and programme dates
- The 2026 programme has passed; next application dates are not yet published.
- Programme: 22–26 June 2026.
- Programme: 1 July 2026 at 12pm to 3 July 2026.
- Who can apply: Young people aged 16–18 who want to pursue a career in law and meet PRIME access criteria.
- Eligibility: State-funded, non-fee-paying school and first generation to attend university, plus at least one further published social-mobility criterion.
- Progression: Work experience, mentoring and future legal-education or early-career applications.
United Kingdom - SEMLA Work Experience
Type: Work Experience
Location: United Kingdom
- Application timing: The 2026 application period is closed; next dates are not yet published.
- Programme dates: Exact programme dates are not published.
- Duration: One week
- Status: closed
Published application and programme dates
- The 2026 application period is closed; next dates are not yet published.
- Programme: Exact programme dates are not published.
- Who can apply: Ethnic-minority law students in Scotland who are SEMLA members.
- Eligibility: Current LLB or Diploma student and member of SEMLA.
- Application process: Apply through the SEMLA partnership when applications open.
- Progression: Legal work experience, mentoring and future traineeship or legal-career applications.
United Kingdom - Career Insight Day
Type: Open Day / Event
Location: United Kingdom: Aberdeen
- Programme dates: 2026-09-30 – 2026-09-30
- Duration: One day
- Status: open
Published application and programme dates
- Programme: 2026-09-30 – 2026-09-30
- Who can apply: S4–S6 students interested in law.
- Application process: Complete the official registration form Attend the selected office day
- Progression: Future study and early-career applications.
- Disability support: Brodies publishes inclusion and neuro-inclusion commitments, but the checked programme pages do not set out a detailed early-career adjustment process. Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
United Kingdom support
UK Visa and Funding
UK qualification funding, maintenance support and published visa-sponsorship or right-to-work information for joining the firm in the United Kingdom.
UK visa sponsorship and right to work
No specific public early-career sponsorship policy was verified. Live vacancy wording must control for Scottish traineeships, English training contracts, placements and apprenticeships.
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Areas of work
Practice areas
The legal services and capabilities listed by the firm.
Offices
Locations
Office locations and the student opportunities available in each location where confirmed.
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
Office
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Headquarters
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Office
United Kingdom, Inverness
Office
United Kingdom, Leeds
Office
United Kingdom, London
Office
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Belgium, Brussels
Office
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Office
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Career paths
Roles
Early-career routes, legal careers, knowledge and innovation roles, legal support and specialist leadership titles.
Trainee Solicitor
Two-year training contract across Scottish offices
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Access and inclusion
EDI
Recruitment adjustments, disability support, disability-specific programmes, mentoring, networks, partnerships and wider inclusion work.
Rare Contextual Recruitment
Contextual recruitment support.
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SEMLA Partnership
Ethnic-minority student access route.
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PRIME and Career Ready
Social-mobility pipeline.
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Recruitment Adjustments
Applicants should contact graduate recruitment or the People Engagement team about individual arrangements.
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Community and legal access
Pro bono
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Firm research
Firm highlights
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Official firm platforms
Links & Socials
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Careers
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Early careers
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Traineeships
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Summer placements
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English training contract
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Help and advice
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Current vacancies
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Contact and offices
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Inclusion and diversity
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