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Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May is considered by some to be the most prestigious magic circle law firm in London.

Training Contract

Slaughter and May take on 85 - 95 graduate trainees each year (40 - 45 in September and 40 - 45 in March) and currently employ 182 trainees altogether. The graduate recruitment team tend to interview a higher percentage of applicants than many other law firms, up to 25% of the 2000 - 2,200 annual applicants.

Slaughter and May do not work on a quota basis regarding recruitment.

Slaughter and May HOW LONG?

Wondering if anyone knows how long they take to get back for:

a. An offer
b. A rejection

I was told a week or so, but I get the impression that's for a rejection and that an offer will be much quicker.

Any info welcome!

Slaughter and May Vacation Placements and Open Days

Slaughter and May Vacation Placements

Slaughter and May offer 100 vacation placements each year. Slaughter and May is possibly the only law firm prepared to admit that Vacation Schemes are of limited value, both to students (who won't really be able to work on anything important) and to the recruitment team (who will be too busy with their own work to oversee most of the tasks Vacation Placement students complete).

Slaughter and May Interview Questions

Training Contract Application and Interview Process

The Application procedure for a Training Contract at Slaughter and May is as follows:

  • Online Application
  • Individual interview with two Partners

Online Application Form

Use a simple, intelligent and straightforward writing style on your application form. Whoever will be reading your application is likely to read several hundred (if not thousand others). For this reason, keep your writing style and thought process clear.

Make sure you grab recruiters attention by focussing on your achievements.

Slaughter & May Application Help?

Hi team! ..new poster here -don't even think about hazing me!- I'e got a serious question about law firms - Slaughter and May to be precise!

I'm a English Lit graduate with a 2.2 degree from a reputable institution (Birmingham) and I'm now conside

Slaughter and May Interview!!!

Can anyone give me any pointers? I've got an interview and I need to be ultra-ultra prepared... what's going to come up ??!?!