University of Lincoln Careers & Employability

Ranked just outside the top 100 by size in the Legal 500 and employing around 300 staff Langleys is a leading regional legal practice in the UK. With offices in Lincoln and York, Langleys operates both regionally and nationally, with specialist teams providing a broad range of legal services to businesses, insurers, local authorities, charities and private clients.
We are a long established firm but modern and dynamic. Langleys is committed to an ambitious, planned strategy of driving continual growth and development.

We are both Lexcel and Investors In People (IIP) accredited; we believe continued investment and training in our people is vital for being the best at what we do. Our teams are widely experienced and highly skilled, contributing to our reputation for quality and efficiency. We are passionate about the quality of service delivered to our clients, always striving to exceed clients’ expectations. Langleys provides services in four main areas; Insurance Law, Commercial, Private Law and Residential Conveyancing.

Number of Employees: approx 300

We offer a competitive salary and benefits including;

• 23 days holiday, which increases to 25 days after 1 complete year of service, 26 days after 6 complete years of service and thereafter one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days per annum.
• Generous sick pay leave.
• Pension scheme and death in service.

We are currently accepting applications for 2013, to apply please forward a cover letter and up-to-date CV to recruitment@langleys.com. The closing date for all applications is 31 August 2011.

Langleys usually has six opportunities for bright, enthusiastic individuals to join our training contract programme. Each year there are three training contracts available in York and three in Lincoln. The training contract consists of 4 x 6 month seats. Trainees usually stay in the same office (York or Lincoln) throughout this period. We consult with all our trainees about which seats they undertake before decisions are made and make every effort to ensure requests are met wherever we can.

Some other firms tend to recruit a large number of trainees, where individuals may struggle to be heard or make an impact and often become lost, disorientated and overwhelmed. Langleys purposely take on a small number of trainees as it means we can work closely with you to identify your strengths and skills, help you to develop and excel in your career with us. Further to this, the number of trainees we recruit is reflective of our best estimate as to the number of newly qualified staff we will need in the future. Consequently, subject to business needs and performance, we see all of our trainees as the firm’s future qualified solicitors.

We offer a number of work placements once a year during the summer, which usually last for 3 days. These are usually based in either the York office or our Lincoln office. The placement generally consists of three days in the same department, where you will shadow, observe colleagues and basically get involved in current projects/tasks. It is a great opportunity for you to meet people who work here already, get an insight into what goes on and confirm if a career in law and working at Langleys is really for you. Preference is given to those individuals who also apply for a training contract.

Applications must be completed by the end of February for a placement that takes place that summer. Those applying or accepted on the work placement scheme should apply for a training contract to start approximately two years later than the work placement i.e. those who apply for a work placement in 2011 should apply for a training contract to commence in 2013.

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