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- 70 UK trainees
- 16 offices
- 22 of our partners trained with Kennedys
Kennedys trainees gain hands-on experience in a supportive and inclusive environment and are able to participate in ongoing professional development to set them up for success. You’ll be given the opportunity to attend in-house and external seminars, whilst having access to a large array of online skills and technical learning.
Training Contract
During your training contract, you’ll complete four six-month seats in different teams across our practice areas of insurance and reinsurance, liability defence, healthcare and commercial.
Kennedys have partnered with BPP University to prepare our future trainees for the SQE. Before starting a training contract, we ask our future trainees to undertake the LLM SQE1&2 course at BPP, before sitting the SQE exams and we will fund your course fees and provide a maintenance grant during the study period. Non-law graduates will be required to complete a law conversion course before undertaking the LLM SQE1&2 course.
Locations
We offer training contracts in the following offices:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Leeds
- London
- Manchester
- Sheffield
Kennedys also have opportunities for Bermudian law graduates looking to embark on their career by undertaking a training contract in London.
How to apply
Applications to our 2026 training contracts have now closed.
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Scotland traineeship
Our two-year traineeship is based across our Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The traineeship offers early responsibility, real-world experience and professional development in a supportive and collaborative environment. You will gain experience across multiple areas of law, including insurance and reinsurance and liability defence and will work alongside experienced legal professionals to support you as you start your legal career and work towards PEAT2.
Before starting your traineeship, you must have completed a law undergraduate degree and completed the diploma in legal practice. Kennedys will fund your course fees for the diploma in legal practice and provide a maintenance grant during the study period.
More information about the diploma in legal practice can be found here.
Early careers - Training contracts and SQE
