Work Experience Lottery

We operate a work experience lottery twice annually which is open to all students able to meet the relevant criteria, namely educational attainment (the candidate will have at least an offer of a university place and not yet have embarked upon the LPC or BPC), being able to demonstrate that you are looking to pursue a career in law and have an interest in the particular areas of work that we do.

The successful applicant will be drawn at random from the pool of applicants who have applied by the relevant deadline and will be offered a three-day unpaid placement at the firm from Tuesday 7 April 2026 to Thursday 9 April 2026.

To be eligible to apply, you must have reached one of the following stages:

• An offer of a place on an undergraduate university course or CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice or equivalent; OR
• Currently studying any of the above; OR
• University /GDL/ CILEx Level 3 graduate

The purpose of this work experience is to provide a CV building block for those at the beginning of their legal career. Therefore the academic attainment level specified above is the upper limit for eligibility for this work experience placement and it is not open to those who are in the process of or have already completed the LPC/BPTC/CILEx Level 6 or CILEx Graduate Fast-track Diploma or equivalent.

We welcome interest from all eligible candidates and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Applications are now open until Friday 13 March 2026.

Please apply by completing the application form and submitting an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion monitoring form.

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