20232024 Legal trainee scheme

Introduction

The work of government lawyers and trainees is challenging, unique and often headline news.

The legal solutions we provide pervade almost every aspect of today’s society. It’s a terrific responsibility.

The legal trainee scheme (LTS) is the term that we use to describe the training available within a number of government departments.

The departments that are offering legalTrainee traineeSolicitor placespositions through the 20232024 LTS are:

• Government Legal Department (GLD)
• Government Legal Department (GLD) Commercial / DfT Legal Advisers
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• National Crime Agency (NCA)
• Competition & Markets Authority (CMA)

We are looking to recruit high quality legal trainees to play an active role in legal work that really makes a difference.

This short film showcases the breadth of work government lawyers and legal trainees are involved in.

In these video Saira (GLD) and Charles (HMRC) provide an insight into their experiences as legal trainees/post qualification.

In these articles Amy (GLD), Ben (GLD), Chantal (CMA), Ella (NCA), Helen (GLD Commercial), Jake (HMRC), Jack (GLD), James (GLD Commercial), Kyle (GLD Commercial), Milan (CMA) and Rachel (GLD DfT) discuss their experiences as legal trainees.

Change for the 2024 Legal Trainee Recruitment Campaign

Pupil Barrister and Trainee Solicitor positions have previously been recruited through a single annual GLP legal trainee scheme recruitment campaign. 

In 2024 the recruitment campaign will be spilt - with the Trainee Solicitor campaign launching in its usual timetable on 24 April.

The Pupil Barrister recruitment campaign will now launch later this year. This will align with the Bar Council’s timings of advertising Pupil Barrister positions on the Pupillage Gateway in November, with the application window opening in January 2025.

Apply

The application process for the 20232024 legalTrainee traineeSolicitor schemerecruitment campaign is open. Please click on the ‘Apply’ button below.

Apply

The deadline for the completed application form and situational judgement test (SJT) is Midday on Wednesday 1715 May 2023.2024.

Please see below for further information on the traineeTrainee placesSolicitor availablepositions that are available and sponsorship.funding.

Please visit the ‘How to Apply’ page for further information on the applicationtimetable, process,eligibility timetablecriteria and eligibilityapplication criteria.process.

Note that the Pupil Barrister recruitment campaign will open in January 2025.

Places available and locationLocation

There are 7660 Trainee Solicitor and Pupil Barrister positions being offered through the 20232024 LTS. The trainee positions are in GLD, GLD Commercial, HMRC, NCA and CMA.

The traineeTrainee Solicitor positions are for those who will be ready to start their training in September 20242025 orand September 2025.2026. The training programmescontract/qualifying work experience (QWE) on offer areis for a full 2 years.years (and we do not take into account previous training or QWE completed elsewhere).

TheMost majority of positionsthe places are based in London. HoweverHowever, HMRCGLD is also offering traineeTrainee solicitorSolicitor positions based in BristolLeeds, and Manchester -and thereBristol. areHMRC upis tooffering 2 positions availablebased in Bristol and upManchester toand 4 positions available in Manchester. GLDCMA is also offering a small number of trainee solicitor positions in Leeds.Manchester. You will be given the opportunity to express your preferred location on the application form.

For those interested in a career in Commercial law, GLD additionally offers the opportunity to complete your training within GLD Commercial -– i.e. Commercial Law Group (CLGpCLG) or the Department for Transport (DfT) Legal Advisers -– working across different commercial law teams.

Please see tables below for details of the traineeTrainee Solicitor positions available.

20242026 trainee places available - LPC route and pupillagesSQE route

The trainee solicitor positions on offer in 2024 are for the LPC route only.

HMRC is offering pupil barrister positions in 2024.

	Department		Year Start		Position	Location	Location/Number of Places
	Government Legal Department (GLD)	20242026	11 Trainee SolicitorsSolicitor	London (25), Leeds (3), Manchester (1), Bristol (1)
Government	GLD LegalCommercial Department- (GLDCLG)	20242026	1 Trainee Solicitor	London (4), Leeds (1), Bristol (2)
	GLD Commercial (CLGp- DfT) Legal Advisers	20242026	1 Trainee Solicitor	London (2)
HM	Competition Revenue & CustomsMarkets Authority (HMRCCMA)	20242026	8 Trainee SolicitorsSolicitor	London,London Bristol(4), and Manchester (2)
	National Crime Agency (NCA)	2026	Trainee Solicitor	London (2)
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)	20242026	2Trainee Pupil BarristersSolicitor	LondonLondon, Bristol, Manchester (8)*

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HM	Competition Revenue & CustomsMarkets Authority (HMRCCMA)	2025	8 Trainee SolicitorsSolicitor	London, Bristol and Manchester (2)
	HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)	2025	2 Pupil Barristers	London
National Crime Agency (NCA)	2025	2 Trainee SolicitorsSolicitor	London
CompetitionLondon, andBristol, MarketsManchester Authority (CMA)	2025(3)	4 Trainee Solicitors	London

Training Contract / Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) structure

If your application is successful you will be allocated to one of the recruiting departments i.e. GLD, GLD Commercial (CLGpCLG or DfT Legal Advisers), HMRC, NCA and CMA.

Your training will be the responsibility of that department. The nature of your training will vary according to the department you have been allocated to.

As part of your training you will be given a broad range of experience in government legal work.

If you have a particular interest in commercial law, you may wish to consider applying for the trainee positions available within GLD Commercial.

Departments only offer full 2-year training contracts or QWE and do not take into account previous training or QWE completed elsewhere.

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HMRC - Post Qualification

In In HMRC Solicitor’s Solicitor’s Office you will typically be placed in a litigation or advisory team. The role you will be offered will depend on business needs at the time of your qualification. 

After one year post qualification as a Legal Officer there will be the opportunity for progression to Grade 7.

You are expected to move on a regular basis in the early part of your career. If you started your post qualification in a litigation teamteam, the likelihood is that the next team will be advisory (and vice versa).

You are expected to move on a regular basis in the early part of your career. The variety of work at at HMRC means means no two careers will be alike, allowing you to either become specialists in a particular area or spend time in a variety of different areas.

There are opportunities for training and development to enable lawyers to influence how they wish their career to progress in the future.

NCA - Post Qualification

In the NCA you will typically join one of the department’s legal teams i.e. Civil Litigation, Data and Operational Advisory, Disruptions Actions Litigation,Litigation (i.e. immigration disruption, civil orders and sanctions), Employment and Commercial and Financial Disruptions Litigation.

Typically, you will be posted according to business priorities and vacancies, but there will be an opportunity to express a preference onfor the legal team you wish to qualify into. Should you accept a qualified lawyer position, the NCA expects you to remain within NCA Legal for a minimum of two years post qualification.

After one year post qualification as aan NCA Grade 3 (Newly Qualified) you will, subject to satisfactory performance, progress to NCA Grade 2 (Lawyer). There are frequent opportunities to move between teams. Alternatively, you will typically have the opportunity to specialise in a particular field.

As a leading law enforcement agency, NCA Legal encompasses a wide variety of work and no two careers are the same. Whatever route you choose, there are opportunities for training and development to enable lawyers to influence their future careers.

As a lawyer with the NCA you will play a key part in enabling the Agency to succeed in its mission in protecting the public from serious and organised crime.

CMA - Post Qualification

Should you be offered a newly qualified lawyer position at the CMA - which is not guaranteed but subject only to meeting our newly qualified lawyer (NQ) criteria - you will be asked whether you prefer to join either an advisory team or litigation team.

You arewill also be eligible to apply for a Grade 7 post whenever you feel you are able to meet the criteria.

WeCMA workworks to promote competition for the benefit of consumers across all sectors of the UK economy. Through our various tools and matrix working model, as a NQ, you will have the opportunity to work across a range of teams - from mergers and markets, regulatory appeals, to cartels and consumer law.

As a world-leading competition authority, ourthe work at the CMA is varied, high-profile and underpinned by the highest professional standards.

OurCMA staffhas workoffices across the UK and- we have offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, and Manchester. Through ourtheir commitment to flexible working, wethe supportCMA oursupports its staff to do their best work, wherever they are.

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WeCMA offeroffers a range of professional and skills training through the CMA Academy, as well as access to Civil Service wide learning and development opportunities.

SponsorshipFunding

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  Salaries

  Salaries differ according to department and location and are subject to review and change.

  Below provides details of legal trainee salaries currently available in each of the recruiting departments.

  Government Legal Department (GLD)

  For legal trainees (at all locations), the current salary details are below.

  • Current 1st year legal trainee salarysalary: (London and Leeds): £30,157£31,696

  • Current 2nd year legal trainee salarysalary: (London and Leeds): £34,460£36,218

  HMCompetition Revenue & CustomsMarkets Authority (HMRCCMA)

  • Current 1st year and 2nd year legal trainee salary (London):(London £39,111and Manchester): £31,696

  • Current 1st year and 2nd year legal trainee salary (National):(London £34,404and Manchester): £36,218

  National Crime Agency (NCA)

  • Current 1st year legal trainee salary (London): £30,740£32,892

  • Current 2nd year legal trainee salary (London): £38,642£41,347

  Note: NCA also pays London weighting which amounts to around an additional £3,595£3,847.

CompetitionHM Revenue & MarketsCustoms Authority (CMAHMRC)

• Current 1st year legal trainee salary (London): £30,157

  £39,893
• Current 1st year legal trainee salary (National): £35,092

• Current 2nd year legal trainee salary (London): £34,460

  £40,903
• Current 2nd year legal trainee salary (National): £35,980          

Note: the above figures will increase in line with annual pay awards within HMRC.

Pupillage structure (note that the Pupil Barrister recruitment campaign will launch in January 2025)

If your application is successful you will be allocated to one of the recruiting departments i.e. GLD and HMRC.

Your training will be the responsibility of that department. The nature of your training will vary according to the department you have been allocated to.

The training period offered by departments will last 2 years (and will not take into account previous training completed elsewhere).

During the pupillage period (the first 12 months) your time will be split between your department and a set of external barristers’ Chambers. The remainder of the training period will be completed within your department.

The Professional Statement describes the knowledge, skills and attributes that you will need to develop and apply during the pupillage period (i.e. the first 12 months of the 2-year training programme) in order to qualify as a barrister.

If you meet the required standard at the end of the 12-month pupillage period, you will apply for your full practising certificate and become a qualified barrister. You will, however, remain a legal trainee for a further 12 months, during which time you will experience a wider breadth of the department’s legal work.

Barristers working within government departments may be given the opportunity to conduct cases in tribunals or courts. However the extent of that opportunity will vary between departments and teams.

Government departments tend to use the services of external counsel for much of their court work. This means that legal trainees get the opportunity to work with and learn from experienced panel counsel who are leading experts in their respective fields.

Court-based advocacy opportunities are likely to be very limited. Candidates wishing to focus principally on a court-based advocacy career should bear this in mind.

The Pupil Barrister recruitment campaign will launch in January 2025.

Retention

Departments aim to offer all those recruited as legal traineestrainees, who meet the required standard, a permanent qualified lawyer post on successful completion of the training period. However, this can never be guaranteed.

ParalegalTemporary Administrative Roles

Departments such as GLD, HMRC, NCA and CMA advertise their Paralegaladministrative opportunities on the Civil Service Jobs website.

After the LTS recruitment campaign has finished, it may be possible to offer successful candidates and/or those on the reserve list a short-term Executiveadministrative Officer role within a department but this cannot be guaranteed.

Diversity Summer Scheme

The Diversity Summer Scheme normally takes place over one week. This year the scheme is expected to run in early July 2023.

The scheme is for undergraduates or graduates from diverse backgrounds which are currently under-represented across the legal profession.

The Diversity Summer Scheme has previously worked in partnership with the following organisations:

• Aspiring Solicitors
• Law Society Diversity Access Scheme
• Social Mobility Foundation
• Bridging the Bar
• Black Lawyers Circle

If this scheme is something you might be interested in, you will need to consider joining one of these organisations as places are allocated through them.

Each organisation will also have their own application process (which we are not involved in).

Participants will get an insight into the work of government lawyers through talks and workshops. Also, there will be a few tours arranged, for example, of the Supreme Court and Parliament.

Outside of the Diversity Summer Scheme, there are no other vacation placement schemes or work experience opportunities available.

However, it is important to understand that the Diversity Summer Scheme is not used to assess suitability for the Legal Trainee Scheme.

The application processes for the Diversity Summer Scheme and Legal Trainee Scheme are separate. If you obtain a summer placement and wish to apply for the LTS, you will need to apply through our legal trainee scheme application process.