Thorntons Career Opportunities

Applications for 2024 Training Contracts are currently open and close on 5 September 2022.

A Training Contract with Thorntons comprises four 6 month seat rotations.

Thorntons offer one of the most varied Training Contracts in Scotland so you can get the chance to experience a broad range of practice areas before you specialise. With Thorntons, you can experience commercial areas such as Corporate, Intellectual Property, Employment, Commercial Property, Commercial Litigation, Land & Rural Business and more personal legal areas such as Family Law, Personal Injury & Medical Negligence, Immigration, Private Client, Civil Litigation and Residential Conveyancing.

Thorntons can offer you a broad or more focused Training Contract, depending on your areas of interest.

More information about opportunities and events with Thorntons and other leading law firms can be found on the Law School’s Career Opportunities page.

Thorntons have just joined the Programme for the Future of the Study of Law and the Legal Profession. The Programme works with organisations to promote career and skill development opportunities for students.

Careers Opportunities

Here are some current careers opportunities that might be of interest:

Brodies – Training contract

Applications close 8 August 2022, and the link to their application can be found on their career opportunities page

Dickson Minto – Traineeships 2024

Applications close 26 June 2022, information on how to apply can be found on their career opportunities page

White & Case – Training contract

Applications close 15 July 2022, and the link to their application can be found on their career opportunities page

If you have any queries do feel free to get in touch with them directly.