Hogan Lovells Training Contract

Training Contract

We have an intake of up to 75 trainee solicitors per year, composed of law and non-law graduates. A trainee at Hogan Lovells spends six months in four different seats to gain as broad a range of experience as possible. All trainees spend six months in a corporate or finance seat and six months gaining contentious experience in a dispute resolution seat. In the second year of training, there is the option to spend a seat on secondment either to one of the firm's international offices or to the in-house legal department of one of our major clients.

From 1st October 2011 we are recruiting training contracts starting in August 2014 and February 2015.

Training Contract Salary

From 1 May 2011, the starting salary for trainee solicitors will be £38,000 per annum, rising to £43,000 in the second year. For qualified lawyers the salary upon qualification is £61,000. According to Hogan Lovells own statistics, the firm retain around 75% of trainees upon qualification.

Training Contract Benefits

Lovells offer to pay GDL and LPC course fees and provide a maintenance grant of £8,000 for all students reading the LPC and GDL in London and £7,000 for students reading the GDL elsewhere.

In addition, the firm offers one of the most financially rewarding benefits packages to pre-joiners of any law firm in London:

• £1,000 advance in salary on starting your training contract
• £500 for a First Class degree result
• £500 for getting the top overall marks within the Lovells LPC cohort
• Interest-free season ticket loan (for London Underground and over ground services) during the LPC year
• Hogan Lovells discount card offering discounts at retailers who are local to the firm.

Application Requirements

We look for a strong consistent, academic performance and candidates must have achieved, or be likely to achieve, at least a 2:1 (or equivalent consistently through their degree). Our reputation means that we attract the brightest and most able graduates, but we are looking for more than academic qualifications. You will be happy working in a team yet capable of, and used to, independent action. You will demonstrate ability and desire for lateral thinking and will be capable of close attention to detail. Above all, you will have a single-minded ambition to succeed in a top law firm.