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
Biography
Charlie joined Teacher Stern in February 2018 as a paralegal in the Real Estate Finance department, assisting with various lending transactions. He began his training contract with the firm in September 2018 and qualified in September 2020. His first seat was in the Real Estate department and Charlie is now in the Property department.
Prior to joining Teacher Stern, Charlie worked in the radio industry as a presenter, producer, and technical operator for both national and local broadcasters.
Year qualified
Solicitor, 2020
Education
LPC, BPP Law School (Distinction)
GDL, BPP Law School (Commendation)
Modern History and Politics, Royal Holloway (First Class)
