Life as a Trainee
Our Trainees describe the experience as challenging, rewarding and highly practical. You’ll gain early exposure to client work, develop your legal and commercial judgement and build relationships across every level of the firm.
You’ll be trusted to contribute from day one – with supervision and mentoring from experience lawyers who are invested in your success. Support and training from your supervisor will always be available, and you will also have support from, and access to, each member of your department and practice team.
Trainee Solicitor Programme
Our two-year training programme is designed to give you breadth and depth of experience. You’ll spend six months in each of our three core departments: Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, and Corporate & Commercial – with the opportunity to experience a fourth seat in a specialist team such as Employment & Immigration, Construction, or Banking & Finance.
Each seat provides exposure to a range of matters and clients, allowing you to develop the technical, commercial and interpersonal skills you’ll need as a solicitor.
Most of your legal training will be on the job – there’s simply no better way to learn – but you will also benefit from structured learning sessions alongside your qualified colleagues.
Rewards and benefits
We offer a highly competitive trainee package that reflects the value we place on our people. Our benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- LPC or SQE funding assistance
- 22 days’ paid annual leave (plus public holidays) and closure days at Christmas
- Private medical insurance
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Season ticket loan
- Client introduction bonus
- Employee Assistance Programme
Further details regarding our remuneration package will be made available to prospective trainees solicitors upon receipt of a training contract offer.
Meet the current trainee team

Farooq Ahmed
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2371
Email: f.ahmed@teacherstern.com

Sonam Bassi
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2389
Email: s.bassi@teacherstern.com

Eliza Cogswell
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 4870
Email: e.cogswell@teacherstern.com

Abigail Dudeney
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2391
Email: a.dudeney@teacherstern.com

Harry Jarvis
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 4880
Personal Email: h.jarvis@teacherstern.com

Charlotte Lane
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2380
Email: c.lane@teacherstern.com

Rozita Mottaghy
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2384
Email: r.mottaghy@teacherstern.com

Harry Scarlett
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2395
Email: h.scarlett@teacherstern.com

Joshua Sinclair
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 4894
Email: j.sinclair@teacherstern.com

Laura Smith
Trainee
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 2382
Personal Email: l.smith@teacherstern.com





