Jersey Trainee Solicitor Programme

Description

ABOUT THE MAPLES GROUP JERSEY TRAINEE SOLICITOR PROGRAMME

We have created a bespoke legal training programme that offers any aspiring solicitor a stimulating balance of hands-on legal experience comprised with the learning and qualifications offered by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination ("SQE") route to qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales.

We cover the full cost of the SQE preparation courses and exams, and ensure that trainees receive exposure to a wide variety of interesting commercial legal work to build the two years' Qualifying Work Experience ("QWE") required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority ("SRA") to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales. Upon qualification and successful completion of the programme, trainees will be encouraged to apply for newly-qualified positions with the Jersey office.

To ensure your relocation to Jersey is as smooth as possible, we cover the cost of flights from the UK and provide you with serviced accommodation for your first month with us.

As a global organisation which values a culture of collegiality, we send each trainee on a six-month secondment (as their second seat) to either our London or Dublin office as part of the programme.

This is a truly unique offering and opportunity to commence QWE at an early stage, to learn while you earn, to be part of a leading global organisation and to embrace the lifestyle and high standard of living Jersey provides: one which endorses work-life balance and goes hand-in-hand with Maples' positive approach to encouraging wellness.

APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY

We are looking for applicants who want to embrace something different to the well-trodden path of a City training contract, and who are excited about embarking on spending two years (and hopefully beyond!) living and working in Jersey.

Applications open on 2 January 2024, and we are recruiting for two trainees to join our September 2025 cohort. Applications for the intake are welcomed from all degree backgrounds as well as from career changers.  All of our trainees (irrespective of degree background) will complete a full two years' of training with us.  We are looking for applicants with proven academic excellence, which will include an Upper Second-Class undergraduate degree or pending (to be proven once the degree has been achieved). 

Individuals who have completed an undergraduate degree in Law (and/or GDL/LPC) are eligible to join the same year as graduation.

If you are a non-law graduate, you are eligible to join the year after graduation (to allow time to complete the 20-week SQ1 preparation course).

BENEFITS

• Competitive Pension Plan
• Travel Insurance
• SQE courses and exams fully funded
• Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Competitive Salary
• Critical Illness Cover
• Income Protection Cover
• Dress for your day policy
• 25 days annual leave
• Hybrid Working
• Oversees secondments to Dublin and London
• Regular social events

Our competitive salary offering for our trainees is complemented by a tax regime in Jersey which is more advantageous than in the UK.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Fully completed applications must be submitted on or before midnight on 29 February 2024.