NQ Salary
Competitive
TC Salary
Competitive
Annual Intake
c.8 per year, starting 1 October
Seats
4 seats
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Stewarts marked its 30th anniversary in 2020, acts for corporate and individual clients in high-value and complex disputes, and works abroad through strategic partnerships with law firms around the world. Legal 500 places it in the top tier for claimant group litigation, claimant personal injury and clinical negligence, contentious trusts and probate, family law and travel.
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“Applications open 1 to 31 March. First stage: an application form, a contextual recruitment questionnaire and an in-tray exercise, all marked blind on a points system. Second stage: a drafting exercise and an interview with a panel of partners.”
Tests
Socioeconomic · Through Social Mobility Foundation
Work experience through the Social Mobility Foundation
Work experience at Stewarts is only available to students introduced by the Social Mobility Foundation, whose Aspiring Professionals Programme supports 16 and 17 year olds who cannot get such opportunities from school or family. A week in the London or Leeds office, normally in the summer, with legal concepts, CV and interview advice and a mentor.
One week, normally in the summer. Apply to the Social Mobility Foundation's Aspiring Professionals Programme; the firm takes no other applicants.
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