The leading law firm George Green launched its 2023 undergraduate student vacation scheme last week.

During the next few weeks a number of law students will be spending time with the firm. The programme involves students spending time with partners and lawyers in the various departments at George Green including Corporate, Commercial Property, Dispute Resolution, Family, Private Client and Employment .

Each year George Green takes on a number of trainee solicitors and the idea of the vacation placement scheme is to give those aspiring to become trainees at the firm a chance to have a preview of what training at the firm will involve.

David Stevenson, Chief Executive of George Green explained further “the success of our business is dependent on the quality of our lawyers and to a large part that is dependent on recruiting and training the best of the best. Vitally, however, we are keen to take into our community trainees that share the type of values that we see as key in enabling us to carry out our stated mission of making a difference by helping our clients succeed.”

Stevenson continued; “the firm and indeed the applicant can only learn so much from the traditional recruitment process of application and interview. Our vacation placement scheme enables students to have a genuine taster of what we at George Green are about whilst at the same time enabling us a much better opportunity to make the right recruitment decisions; that is right for our clients.”

Louise Axford, Partner & Training Principle at George Green added; “the vacation placement scheme is a key plank in our recruitment process, and we were overwhelmed both by the number and quality of the applications we received. The law remains a popular choice of profession for young people and we are keen to offer opportunities to them to join us and develop their careers”.

Applications for the Firm’s 2024 Summer Vacation Placement will open in January 2024.