how_to_apply
getting started
You can download the application form for our trainee solicitor programme by clicking here or you can pick one up at your careers office or from us at one of our presentations. With your application please be sure to include a brief covering letter and your curriculum vitae, which should include: results of leaving certificate or equivalent by subject and total points; and university results to date by year, subject and overall average.
From the applications we receive, our Trainee Committee makes an initial selection of candidates, each of whom will be invited to a group interview. We will notify you in early November 2008 as to whether you have been included in this selection. Applications, addressed to Jane Babb, must be received by Arthur Cox on or before Friday, 31st October 2008. We look forward to reading your application and we wish you every success.
meeting us
Selected candidates will meet with representatives of the Trainee Committee for the first time at a group interview. This involves a meeting of around ten applicants and a general discussion about topics of everyday interest which are introduced by the Committee. Individuals can participate as much or as little as they like.
The group interview allows us to develop a sense of each other. It is not a test of knowledge, nor of how much you say. It simply allows us to meet the person behind the application form and you to meet the people of the firm.
you decide
The candidates identified from the group interview process will next be invited to a final individual interview.
Candidates invited to attend an individual interview will have the opportunity to meet individually with and get to know representatives of the Trainee Committee. It also gives the Committee a chance to get to know you personally. Offers are issued shortly after these interviews.
The choice you face is about more than being a trainee solicitor. It is about building your career. Surf our site. Read the opinions of legal commentators. Talk to people who work with us. Come to our presentations and ask questions. Develop a sense of who we are. Then, you decide.
