Squire Patton Boggs
Birmingham Training Contract 2029

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Start your legal career with a leading global law firm where we have been providing quality legal services for more than a century and care about the success of our clients. Our client base spans every type of business, both private and public, worldwide. We advise a diverse mix of clients, from Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 corporations to emerging companies, and from individuals to local and national governments.
We provide a range of learning opportunities to our trainees as part of our six seat Trainee Solicitor programme that will enable you to develop and progress your career with the firm. Opportunities include national and international secondments, alongside bespoke learning and development opportunities. You can find out more about our Trainee Solicitor programme in our graduate brochure on our website.
Please note that we recruit all our future trainees through our Vacation Scheme which is one week long. Within this week you can get to know the firm and experience what life is really like as a Trainee at Squire Patton Boggs with real work given to you by your daily supervisor or your trainee mentor.
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
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Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
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Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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Please indicate on your application form which of the two dates offered suits your availability preferences best - you are able to select both options to indicate full availability. We will review applications once the application deadline closes and provide outcomes in January.
We're looking forward to receiving your application.
What You Need To Know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our website at www.squirepattonboggs.com or contact the Emerging Talent Team (emergingtalent@squirepb.com) in the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application.


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We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.
If you have any questions throughout the process please contact our Emerging Talent team at emergingtalent@squirepb.com.
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Applications close at midnight on Monday 4 January 2027.
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