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 upper second or above or an accelerated ordinary LLB following an upper second orabove in their first degree. Our trainee ships are structured 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 trainee seats and there may be an opportunity to spend time in our other departments:
Charities , Employment and 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 mentoring programme and each have their own mentor assigned to them. They are expected to take 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 continuous two-way process with regular feedback and communication.

We’re Scotland’s leading independent law firm that acts for individuals. We are trusted by esteemed entrepreneurs, families, landowners, business owners and philanthropists through the decisions that define their lives. Succession and estate planning, wealth protection, family law, high-value property and philanthropy. Complex, high-stakes work that demands technical excellence alongside instinct, empathy and care.

Our relationships run deep. Many span years, decades, generations within families.

Around 270 people work here across Edinburgh, Glasgow and London. Everyone is known, valued and genuinely supported. Partners are accessible. Knowledge is shared openly. Standards are held collectively and raised together.

Most of our partners started here as trainees. That’s not a coincidence, it’s our culture. If you’re ambitious, empathetic and uncompromisingly professional, you’ll feel at home here.