Law Society of Scotland
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Careers

No matter what stage you are on the route to qualification, the Society is here to assist you with your career planning. We know it's really important for all new lawyers to have all the information you require to make informed decisions about your career and future.

Looking for a traineeship or summer placement?

Our new website has been set up to create a central resource of available legal traineeships and summer placements in Scotland.

  • the Scottish legal profession is invited to advertise traineeships and summer placements - free of charge
  • LLB students, Diploma students, those in between stages and graduates will be able to browse traineeships and summer placements through this site

Wanting to find out more about careers in the legal profession?

If you are thinking about studying law and want some more information about the course you can listen to our Studying the LLB podcast (or read the transcript). You can also download our careers information leafletThinking of Becoming a Solicitor and to find out about the route to qualification download our Qualifying as a Solicitor leaflet.

For current students/trainees you can find out more about summer placements and traineeships by listening to our careers podcasts or read the transcript - focusing on summer placements. We will soon add the traineeship podcast to the site. You can also read our trainee blogs, The Life and Times of a Lawyer-to-Be, on the Scotman website to find out what it's like to be a trainee solicitor.

To find out the latest vacancies and for all your essential careers information, visit www.lawscotjobs.co.uk/traineeships

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