NQ Salary
~£85,000
TC Salary
~£45,000 / £48,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.20–25 per year (London)
Seats
4 seats
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Kennedys works from thirteen UK offices, from Belfast and Glasgow to Bristol, Chelmsford and Taunton, and has 34 offices elsewhere. Chambers UK 2026 ranks it Band 1 for contentious insurance claims and reinsurance, defendant professional negligence, clinical negligence and personal injury, health and safety, life sciences product liability and transport logistics.
The training contract
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Two trainee streams: a rotational training contract and a graduate solicitor apprenticeship
Graduate Training Programmes
Open for the 2028 intake · No closing date published
Spring Vacation Scheme 2027 (London and Manchester)
Open · No closing date published · The route to the 2028 training contracts
Legal Apprenticeships
Open · No closing date published
Training Contract (September 2028 start)
Open · No closing date published
Scotland Traineeship (September 2028 start)
Open · No closing date published
Graduate Apprenticeship (September 2027 start)
Open · No closing date published
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