Firm overview
At a glance
A clear starting point for understanding the firm, its opportunities and the information students should check before applying.
Available routes
How can students join?
Student opportunities
Opportunities
Vacation schemes, training contracts, apprenticeships, insight programmes, work experience and other application routes.
United Kingdom - Solicitor Apprenticeship
Type: Apprenticeship
Location: United Kingdom
- Duration: 6 years
- Status: closed
- Who can apply: School leavers after A-levels.
- Progression: Solicitor qualification.
- Funding: Apprenticeship study is funded; salary amount not published. salary paid: true tuition funded: true
- Disability support: Freeths is a Disability Confident Employer. Eligible disabled applicants to Insight and Legal Placement programmes may receive a guaranteed interview if they meet minimum expectations; individual adjustments can be requested through the application process.
United Kingdom - Year 12 Legal Placement Programme
Type: Work Experience
Location: United Kingdom
- Application timing: The current cycle is closed; the next application dates have not been announced.
- Status: closed
Published application and programme dates
- The current cycle is closed; the next application dates have not been announced.
- Who can apply: Year 12 students interested in legal careers.
United Kingdom - Direct entry - Legal placement - Second year students
Type: Work Experience
Location: United Kingdom
- Programme dates: Placements during weeks commencing 6 and 13 July 2026.
- Duration: One week
- Status: closed
Published application and programme dates
- Programme: Placements during weeks commencing 6 and 13 July 2026.
- Who can apply: Second-year law students selected for the legal placement route.
- Application process: Online application Assessment and interview stages through Future Talent Hub
- Progression: Potential traineeship offer.
- Disability support: Freeths is a Disability Confident Employer. Eligible disabled applicants to Insight and Legal Placement programmes may receive a guaranteed interview if they meet minimum expectations; individual adjustments can be requested through the application process.
United Kingdom - Freeths Skylark Scholarship
Type: Scholarship / Bursary
Location: United Kingdom: Leicester
- Application timing: Selection is administered with the participating universities; no current public application window is published.
- Programme dates: Support continues through the recipient’s second and third university years.
- Duration: Second and third university years
- Places: Two first recipients announced
- Status: no_application
Published application and programme dates
- Selection is administered with the participating universities; no current public application window is published.
- Programme: Support continues through the recipient’s second and third university years.
- Who can apply: Law students at the University of Leicester or De Montfort University who face financial barriers.
- Eligibility: University of Leicester or De Montfort University law student facing financial challenges.
- Progression: Mentoring, a placement opportunity and possible later graduate-route applications.
- Funding: £4,000 annually during years two and three. annual bursary gbp: 4000 years: 2
United Kingdom - Legal Assistant Programme
Type: Student Role
Location: United Kingdom
- Closing date: 2026-09-04
- Application timing: Applications close 4 September 2026.
- Programme dates: The firm describes this as its final Legal Assistant Programme intake; exact start date is not published.
- Duration: 9 months
- Status: open
Published application and programme dates
- Applications close 4 September 2026.
- Programme: The firm describes this as its final Legal Assistant Programme intake; exact start date is not published.
- Who can apply: Final-year law students, law graduates and non-law graduates with PGDL.
- Eligibility: law graduates: true no grade requirement: true non law with pgdl: true
- Academic requirements: No grade-level entry requirement.
- Application process: Year-round application Assessment and interview
- Progression: Potential traineeship offer.
- Disability support: Freeths is a Disability Confident Employer. Eligible disabled applicants to Insight and Legal Placement programmes may receive a guaranteed interview if they meet minimum expectations; individual adjustments can be requested through the application process.
United Kingdom - Legal Graduate Programme
Type: Graduate Programme
Location: United Kingdom
- Closing date: 2026-09-04
- Application timing: Applications close 4 September 2026.
- Programme dates: Intake timing is confirmed through the current graduate recruitment process.
- Duration: 6 months
- Status: open
Published application and programme dates
- Applications close 4 September 2026.
- Programme: Intake timing is confirmed through the current graduate recruitment process.
- Who can apply: Final-year students and graduates; law and non-law routes accepted.
- Eligibility: law graduates: true no grade requirement: true non law with pgdl: true
- Academic requirements: No grade-level entry requirement.
- Application process: Apply through Future Talent Hub Programme-specific assessment and interview
- Progression: Potential Trainee Solicitor offer.
- Disability support: Freeths is a Disability Confident Employer. Eligible disabled applicants to Insight and Legal Placement programmes may receive a guaranteed interview if they meet minimum expectations; individual adjustments can be requested through the application process.
United Kingdom - Trainee Solicitor Taxation Programme
Type: Training Contract
Location: United Kingdom
- Application timing: The current cycle is closed; the next application dates have not been announced.
- Status: closed
Published application and programme dates
- The current cycle is closed; the next application dates have not been announced.
- Who can apply: Penultimate-year law students interested in the specialist taxation route.
- Progression: Trainee solicitor development in taxation and progression towards qualification.
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 early-career policy is published. No specific Skilled Worker sponsorship policy was verified for Freeths graduates, trainees or apprentices. Freeths client-facing immigration advice must not be treated as evidence of its own sponsorship policy.
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SQE and conversion funding
SQE fees are fully funded; conversion support is partial.
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Mukesh Patel Bursary
The Leicester programme combines money and progression support.
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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, Birmingham
Headquarters
United Kingdom, Bristol
Office
Bristol, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Glasgow
Office
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Leeds
Office
Leeds, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, Leicester
Office
Leicester, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Liverpool
Office
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, London
Office
1 Vine Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 0AH
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United Kingdom, Manchester
Office
Manchester, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
Office
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Nottingham
Office
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom, Oxford
Office
Spires House, 5700 Oxford Business Park South, Oxford, OX4 2RW
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United Kingdom, Sheffield
Office
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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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
Access and inclusion
EDI
Recruitment adjustments, disability support, disability-specific programmes, mentoring, networks, partnerships and wider inclusion work.
Mukesh Patel Bursary
£4,000 annually in years two and three.
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School and University Outreach
Multiple routes into law.
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No Grade-Level Entry Requirement
Selection beyond raw grades.
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Recruitment Reasonable Adjustments
Individual application and assessment adjustments are available.
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Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview
Guaranteed-interview aim for eligible disabled applicants to Insight and Legal Placement programmes.
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Community and legal access
Pro bono
The firm’s published pro bono work, community projects, access-to-justice programmes and official partnerships.
Firm research
Firm highlights
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Official firm platforms
Links & Socials
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Official website
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Careers
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Graduate opportunities
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Legal apprentices
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Opportunities
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Future Talent Hub
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Preparation Plus
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Current vacancies
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Our offices
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Your route into law
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Mukesh Patel Bursary
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Diversity and inclusion
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YouTube
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