Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell are national legal experts, whether it’s personal or business, we carry out complex and challenging work to give our clients exceptional outcomes.
We are one of the UK’s largest full-service law firms with offices in over 20 locations across the UK.
Irwin Mitchell can offer you an amazing start in your legal career while you help support and deliver for our clients within a variety of UK departments and sectors covering individual and business clients.
As the leading personal injury and medical negligence practice in the UK, we help thousands of families whose lives have been turned upside down. Supported by a national Public Law team and the UK’s leading Court of Protection practice, we offer help and reassurance during the hardest times.
Our private client offering specialises in residential property, family, Wills, tax, as well as trusts and estate disputes. We protect high and ultra-high net worth individuals, including business owners and entrepreneurs, corporate executives, investors, and multi-generational families.
Established national experts in our business teams means an exciting time working across multiple sectors with national and regional clients. As a stand-alone business they are a £60 million business with 350+ employees across six of our locations (Birmingham, Gatwick, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield). We offer a full suite of 13 different business teams covering corporate clients and institutions such as litigation, corporate, commercial, real estate and employment law.
Please see our website for a full list of which teams are in which locations.
Early Careers | Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
We have up to 45 training contracts available across our UK offices to start in 2028 or 2029.
Join an incredible firm where you will feel valued and included while assisting quality cases and deals across a wide breadth of legal teams.
See our youtube channel for information on teams, clients, and #LifeAtIM - Irwin Mitchell - YouTube
Live opportunities
Copy of Training Contract 2028/2029 (Legal Services for Individuals)
Birmingham | Brighton | Bristol | +13 more
Copy of Training Contract 2028 (Business Services Group)
Birmingham | Brighton | Gatwick | +4 moreBright Network Diverse Legal Leaders 2026
Meet HSF Kramer, RPC & Slaughter and May at Diverse Legal Leaders before application season! 👩🏻⚖️ 👨🏾⚖️ Attend Diverse Legal Leaders and explore what a career in law could look like for you. Connect with leading firms and start building your future in law. See if you're eligible to attend. Date: Friday, 16th October (12:00-17:30) Location: London, EC3R 7AG (nearest tube station is Bank) Agenda: Panel talks, skills sessions and networking 👋 Employers you'll meet | 🤝 DEI&B and accessibility *Sponsorship opportunities with participating employers may be limited for attendees without the permanent right to work in the UK.
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Irwin Mitchell Virtual event - Our Training Contract
A presentation to find out about our training contracts and which departments and locations you could be training in. We have two streams that cover services for businesses or individuals. When you apply, you’ll need to pick which stream you’d like to work in and which location. Business Stream - Business Services Group (13 teams) Banking & Finance Commercial Commercial Dispute ResolutionConstruction Corporate Employment Intellectual Property Pensions Planning & Environmental Real Estate Real Estate Disputes Regulatory & Compliance Restructuring & Insolvency Individual Stream - Legal Services for Individuals (8 teams) Asbestos & Occupational Disease Court of Protection Family Medical Negligence Private Client Advisory Private Client Dispute ResolutionPublic Law & Human Rights Serious Injury The session will talk through our training contract offering and approach to SQE with a chance to ask questions.
VirtualIrwin Mitchell Virtual event - Our Recruitment Process
This presentation will take you through our recruitment process from completing your details online to our final stage in-person interview. The Early Careers Team and internal assessors will discuss what assessments we use and why. There will be a chance to ask questions at the end of the session.
VirtualIrwin Mitchell Virtual event - Our Business Services Group
Six offices - Birmingham, Gatwick, Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield Multiple teams - Banking & Finance, Commercial, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Construction, Corporate, Employment, Intellectual Property, Pensions, Planning & Environmental, Real Estate, Real Estate Disputes, Regulatory & Compliance, Restructuring & Insolvency Lots of opportunity! If our Business Services Group was a stand-alone law firm, we’d be a Top 75 law firm. With a £60 million business, 350+ employees, global reach with a local feel, we offer an excellent experience working with national clients in the mid-corporate market. Come along to listen which teams are available and where, the type of work you could be doing, and who you could be working with. A collaborative and supportive training contract that gives you exposure to working closely with senior experts, specialising in four departments while crossing over multiple teams within IM that offer a full service to clients.
VirtualIrwin Mitchell Virtual event – Our Legal Services for Individuals
The firm's training contract for individuals covers multiple teams within your location. The UK's leading firm for Medical Negligence, Serious Injury, and Asbestos & Occupational Disease. Award winning teams across Private Client and Court of Protection. Hear from experts within each area regarding the work they do, why they chose this specialism, what they look for and what you need to consider when applying to IM.
VirtualIrwin Mitchell Virtual event - Our Trainees
This session is with our trainees and allows you a chance to ask them any questions about the real #LifeAtIM! The trainees will be from various locations, within different seats, to give you an overview of their time at the firm and the work they do. They’ll also be taking questions, which you can submit before and during the session.
VirtualIrwin Mitchell - Our Virtual Law Fair
Come and meet us (virtually) to ask those key questions. With so many offices we can't manage to get to every university near our locations. If we haven't managed to visit your location, then join this session for our final (virtual) law fair. We'll have trainees from a variety of locations and universities, who are within our two different streams, to give you the low down on what life as a trainee at IM is really like. Early Careers will also be on hand to let you know what is available and what we look for but without the freebies (sorry!)
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