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    Find your place in the future of tech.

    If you’re not sure where you belong in tech, this is your chance to get exploring and discover how tech can improve our world. Across your rotations you’ll be immersed in an industry that’s new to you, and you’ll make your mark in a tech field that’s new to everyone. 

    Tech is now transforming the legal profession. From artificial intelligence to data visualisation, project management tools to data-driven decision making, A&O is leading the way by transforming the services we offer and the ways in which we deliver them. And by streamlining traditional law practices, we’re making legal representation more accessible to everyone.

    That’s where our Law Tech & Operations Graduate Programme comes in. You’ll get to see the bigger picture behind tech and legal operational expertise as you work alongside coders, developers, legal project managers, lawyers and clients, and you’ll help bridge the gap between traditional law and the modern world. On your rotations, you’ll drive tech forwards as a project manager, you’ll test new technologies, and you’ll imagine how new tech might solve clients’ problems more efficiently. And along the way, you’ll speak up and share your newfound expertise across the business. 

    Eligibility

    We’re able to welcome final-year students or graduates from all universities with any degree.

    Application window

    18 December 2023 - 2 February 2024

    Programme Overview

    This programme will set you up with the foundation and skills you’ll need for a range of exciting future careers in technology. 

    Law Tech & Operations graduates are based in Advanced Delivery & Solutions, where we help clients embrace technological change with alternative solutions, consulting, and strategic advice. You’ll rotate through different teams in A,D&S: our Markets Innovation Group, Legal Project Management, Legal Tech, Practice Transformation Team and Fuse or eDiscovery teams. 

    You will also gain experience in different legal practice areas, such as Corporate or International Capital Markets. And by the end of the programme, you’ll have your own expertise in both technology and the legal profession, ready for a unique career.   

    What we look for

    To modernise the legal profession, we need ambitious grads who are curious about emerging tech. That means you don’t need to have experience in law for this programme: we’ll help you learn. 

    What matters is your curiosity, which will drive you to research and understand the tech in detail, and your passion, which will help you confidently communicate what you’ve found in reports and presentations. Your process-oriented mind will help you understand every step of these exciting, fast-moving projects, and your organisational skills will help you keep projects on track towards success. 

    That’s why we welcome applicants from all universities with any degree. A STEM, Design, or Economics background might help you in this process-oriented role, but whichever subject you studied, curiosity and the confidence to ask questions will help you build a career on the Law Tech & Operations Programme.  

    Our academic requirements are AAB (136 UCAS points) or equivalent at A-Level and on track for/achieved a 2:1 undergraduate degree. We take mitigating circumstances into account, including those relating to a disability, which may have affected your grades either at school or university, and there is a space on the application form for you to include these.

    We expect those successful in securing positions on this graduate scheme to be fully committed to the two-year programme. Please note that for business continuity reasons, we cannot accept applications from participants for vacation schemes or to transfer to any other graduate programme internally.

    On your rotations, you’ll be learning from your expert mentors while making your own impact on live projects. That means you can share your own unique perspective from day one, supporting on client pitches and communicating new technologies and innovative ideas to lawyers and teams across the business. You’ll learn to be the expert in the room, and you’ll play a meaningful role in our transformation, helping us to continuously improve our solutions and service delivery from every angle.

    And this could be just the start. When you finish the programme, we’ll aim to help you find a permanent role in the team that best matches your talents, and you’ll be supported to surprise yourself by exploring unexpected futures.