Hi and thanks for dropping in. I’m Anthony, a private client partner in Bristol. On behalf of Clarke Willmott I’d like to welcome you to our trainee solicitor website. Here you can find out what we do, how we do it, where we are, what we can offer you and of course how you apply. In other words everything you could ever wish to know about starting your legal career with us. Throughout this site you’ll meet a few of the personalities that work here and hear for yourself how Clarke Willmott people, myself included, give something back to the communities that we work in. So, to get things started, let’s start at the beginning with a bit about the firm.

The first thing to say is that we are one to watch, unashamedly client led, openly ambitious and fast moving and ever evolving. We’re a top 65 law firm acting for businesses and private clients across the UK. But what do we mean by client led? Well, rather than focusing on one particular legal discipline, rather than being say corporate led or property led or litigation led, we focus on our clients industry sectors including real estate and construction, retail, sport, renewable energy, agriculture and our private clients personal needs. And openly ambitious, put it this way, we’ve more than doubled in size and turnover since 2000.

Today we have a turnover of £48 million, and some 500 talented people including 75 partners across 5 offices. No wonder we’ve been described as one of the most ambitious of the next generation of national law firms. Not that we have the monopoly on ambition, you want to make the best possible start to your career. You want to learn with and learn from the brightest of legal minds and you want real work with real responsibility with real clients and that’s exactly what you get, because our training contracts and vacation placements are designed to support your academic skills with first hand practical experience and all in an environment that’s been described as open – open plan and incredibly open minded.

We hope that by the end of your visit you’ll have a complete Clarke Willmott picture. Mind you, if you have questions you’ll be wanting answers. In the apply section of this site you’ll find a very handy email address so, if there’s something you’d like to know or something you’re not sure about, simply drop us an email. And keep watching; there’s plenty more to see and hear.