Opportunities
We offer up to 24 places on our Summer Vacation Scheme which takes place throughout June-August.
Each successful candidate will spend a week with the firm and will have the opportunity to work across a number of our speciality teams. You’ll leave Marriott Harrison with a feel for what life as a lawyer here would be like.
From working on a live transaction, to learning new systems and building relationships, we pack as much into one week as we possibly can, but we’ll still leave space in your day so you have the opportunity to spend time with our team to get to know and understand our culture.
On day one you’ll be buddied up with one of our trainees who will be your ‘go-to’ person for the week. We strongly encourage all our summer students to ask as many questions as possible about what being a trainee at Marriott Harrison is all about.
The scheme is not only your chance to gain valuable work experience and see whether Marriott Harrison might be for you, but it is also our chance to get to know you, how you operate and whether being a trainee solicitor here would be right for you. After the scheme has ended, we’ll invite a select few back for an interview for a trainee contract.
At present we recruit all our trainees from participants in our Summer Vacation Scheme.
Space to succeed
What we offer
At Marriott Harrison, we don’t see it as a two-year contract. We see it as the first steps in a successful long-term career with us. We are really excited to welcome our first trainees through the SQE (The Solicitors Qualifying Examination) route.
The SQE model works well with our existing system of offering two-year training contracts and we are committed to continuing to offer the same high-quality of training combined with a high level of client exposure.
We’re proud of the experience our trainees get throughout their two-year training. Our trainees work across four different areas of specialist legal expertise through their four-seat rotation, selected from: corporate (venture capital and M&A), dispute resolution, employment, commercial (contracts, data protection and intellectual property), real estate, finance and business restructuring. Whichever seat you’re in, you’re guaranteed excellent and varied work, increasing in complexity as you progress throughout your training contract.
One of the distinguishing features of Marriott Harrison is that you will encounter a genuinely friendly group of people who truly want you to succeed. Our partners, associates and wider team are approachable, encouraging, and giving of their time to offer their perspective guidance on your career and development. You will benefit from direct engagement and feedback from partners who will provide ample development opportunities for you and will support you through your seat.
The high-quality interesting work that our trainees get directly involved in whilst learning from colleagues who are experts in their fields and the great connections they make, are all experiences that endure and shape careers, no matter how long one stays. We know that it’s only if all of our team reach their potential, that we as a firm will too.
Lisle Gannon
Learning & Development at Marriott Harrison