Early careers

Our virtual work experience will allow you to take the first step of your legal career with a global law firm that does things differently.

The programme is free and open to all students and graduates, from a law or non-law background and no legal experience is required.  The programme takes around six hours and can be completed at your own pace from any location.  Once complete, you will receive a certificate that you can reference on your CV.

Find out more about our programme and how to enrol here.

If you have any questions about the virtual work experience programme, please contact us.

Our solicitors qualifying exam (SQE) training programme, which came into effect in Autumn 2021, takes the form of a Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeship and allows law graduates to start working and earning at Kennedys immediately after leaving university.

Find out more about the SQE training programme and how to apply here.

Our training contracts are designed to develop lawyers who will be the future of Kennedys. Many of our partners, including our Senior Partner, began their life in law as a trainee with us. During your training contract, you’ll complete four six-month seats across our core practice areas of Insurance and Reinsurance, Liability and Commercial. We also offer exciting secondment opportunities to other offices and clients around the globe.

Find out more about our training contracts and how to apply here.

We are passionate about offering an alternative route to university and are proud to be a UK government accredited organisation. Our apprenticeships are designed to help springboard you into a successful career by providing you with a mixture of studying and learning within the workplace so that you can earn while you learn.

We are the proud winners of the ‘Best Degree Apprenticeship’ award at the 2019 UK School Leaver Awards, and ‘Top Employer in Law’ award at both the 2018 and 2017 UK School Leaver Awards.

Find out more about our legal apprenticehsips and how to apply here.

We are pleased to launch our first graduate program in Australia, open to high performing law students with an interest in insurance law and litigation.  

As a graduate at Kennedys you will complete three-month rotations in each our of core practice areas; Insurance, Injury, Commercial and Healthcare. Applications are now open for our July 2022 intake in Sydney and Melbourne, which will extend to Perth graduates in early 2023. Find out more and submit your application here.

To be considered for a training contract in our Hong Kong office, you will need to have achieved, or be on course to achieve, a 2:1 degree in law. You must also be fluent in Chinese and English. Additionally, before you start your training contract, you must complete the PCLL (Postgraduate Certificate in Law) and pass this on your first attempt.

Find out more about our Hong Kong training contracts and how to apply here. 

Our office in Tel-Aviv is now recruiting skilled top law students for the next internship and trainee periods for 2022.

To apply for a Relevant Legal Training (RLT)/Training Contract (TC) in our Singapore office you will need to have achieved, or be on course to achieve, a 2:1 degree or higher*, have relevant intern experience and a real desire to undertake the work Kennedys Legal Solutions specialises in; Commercial Litigation, Aviation, Marine, Motor, Insurance, Corporate and Real Estate.  Mandarin skills (writing, reading and speaking) is advantageous but not essential.

Find out more about our Singapore training contracts and how to apply here.