Trainee

Our business is built on mutual respect and trust. That's where you come in. From day one, you'll collaborate with our Partners; you'll have contact with clients; and you'll be given real responsibility. As a Trainee, you could be assisting with large-scale global disputes, or offering business-critical commercial advice.

But you won't be left to fend for yourself, you'll receive first-rate training. You'll be able to develop your skills and you'll be encouraged to use your creativity to solve complex problems. We're agile and flexible, and that's reflected in our approach to our trainees. You can choose to spend time in a wide variety of practice areas supporting a range of dynamic sectors. And not just in London, with training contracts, placements and secondments on offer in Bristol, Hong Kong and Singapore, too, we're truly international

We also offer alternative routes into law. No matter what stage you are at in your life, our apprenticeship scheme will help build the foundations of your career with the training and support you'll need to excel.

Our award-winning Summer Schemes are as much about you experiencing life with us, as us experiencing working with you. Over two weeks you'll get real exposure to real work in a real-life environment. Fully integrated into our teams, you'll get to know the people from the get-go. If you're just after a snapshot of life in our law firm, we also offer Insight days where you can shadow, network, and experience our culture first hand.

Speed networking, meeting clients, interactive socials, attending court and hands-on real legal experience. We'll show you the real RPC during our summer schemes. And be warned, it's pretty striking.

You'll be welcomed into our London office to spend time getting to experience life in a unique law firm for yourself. It's also our chance to get to know you and your ambitions and understand what you may be able to offer us. During these two weeks, you'll be fully integrated into our teams, getting involved in projects and giving you a fantastic insight into whether a career at RPC is right for you.

We recruit the majority of our London trainees through our Summer Scheme, so we encourage applicants to take this route where possible. While we occasionally run direct assessment days, the Summer Scheme is usually the main route to a training contract. If you are successful, your training contract will start two years later.

So, if you value character over conformity, the unique over the uniform, and ambition over apathy, let's talk.

RPC is here to help you really thrive, At RPC, you can be you. In an environment that's real. Strikingly real.

Ambitious in mindset. International by nature. Our vision is to be our clients' first choice law firm, leading them through opportunities and challenges. We support our people to lead and thrive and deliver outstanding service to our clients.

For us, success comes from building trusted relationships. Trusted relationships with our clients as much as our people. And it comes from thinking creatively to achieve the best commercial solutions. We thrive in an environment that's collaborative and forward-thinking, where you're free to express your personality. To be authentic. An environment that allows you to make the most of your strengths. This is our commitment to you.

Our lawyers are market leaders. Our clients are often household names. And together we achieve award-winning results. Results that have seen RPC regularly voted amongst the best for commercial advice across our sectors of specialism.

Along with a competitive annual salary, you'll be offered a creative and comprehensive package of benefits.

We're all unique. And that's why RPC's benefits package is too. We respect we're all real people with passions, families and lives away from our desks. We encourage that. So, we offer you the chance to tailor your benefits, giving choice and flexibility to everyone who works here.

Our benefits package covers almost everything, from wellness festivals and social events to extra annual leave, and family and wealth-related rewards.

So, if you're a creative thinker who wants a career in an international firm that values personality as much as professionalism, we want to hear from you.