2028 Traineeships for Scots Law Students

2028 Trainee ships for Scots Law Students

Full time Edinburgh

Please note successful candidates will be invited to attend our Trainee Recruitment Day for 2028 Trainee ships for Scots Law Students, which will take place on Thursday 1st October 2026.

Applications close at 12pm on Friday
11th September 2026.

Successful recruits will have a Scottish Law Degree at uppersecond or above or an accelerated ordinary LLB following an upper second orabove in their first degree. Our trainee ships arestructured over two years and cover four six-month seats in various areas ofthe firm. All trainees spend time in our largest departments – Tax and Succession and Land and Property, these are compulsory traineeseats and there may be an opportunity to spend time in our other departments:
Charities ,
Employmentand Dispute Resolution
, Divorce and Family and Family and Private Businesses . The traineeship is mostly based in our Edinburgh office with some opportunities to work in Glasgow.

Our trainees benefit from a structured mentoringprogramme and each have their own mentor assigned to them. They are expected totake a high degree of personal responsibility for their career from the start.

On-the-job training is complemented by regular internal seminars, continuing professional development and Partner-led quarterly reviews. It is a continuoustwo-way process with regular feedback and communication.

Turcan Connell will provide you with the opportunity to build on your career and realise your ambitions in an environment with an unrivalled reputation, and acommitment to our colleagues as individuals. We invest in the development ofour talent and provide outstanding training opportunities within a congenialworking environment. We have a very strong team across the Firm, and many ofour colleagues have chosen to invest their whole career at the Firm.

Throughliving our Firm’s values, we make you feel looked after throughout your career with us.