Herbert Smith Training Contract Application Process
Updated 13 March 2021
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Applying to Herbert Smith
Law students should apply to the firm in the summer before they enter their final year and non-law students should apply in their final year. For a graduate recruitment brochure and application form, please contact the Graduate Recruitment Team.
Selection Criteria
Applications are welcome from penultimate-year law students and final-year non-law students, or anyone wishing to commence a training contract in two years’ time. The firm recruits from a wide range of universities, with some 50% of the annual intake studying non-law subjects.
The firms' key criteria for new hires are: common sense, self-confidence and the intelligence to make their own way in a large firm. Applicants should be high achieving and intelligent, numerate and literate, with good interpersonal skills.
For advanced tips on applications to Herbert Smith, please see Herbert Smith Graduate Recruitment: Tips On Tests & Interviews.
Sponsorship details
£5,000 p.a. for GDL maintenace grant outside London
£6,000 p.a. for GDL maintenance grant in London
£7,000 p.a. for LPC maintenance grant.
Payment of all course fees.
