After you qualify.

It takes determination, energy and talent to make it to the top of the legal profession, but training with Linklaters opens many doors. Wherever your career takes you, you will always be ranked among the best lawyers of your generation. So, whatever you want to achieve, this is a very good place to start.

Associate

After qualifying, you will join one of the areas you worked in as a Trainee. Most people are offered their first choice of practice area and, because we have strong teams offering incredible career opportunities in every practice area, you can confidently opt for the field that you find most interesting and rewarding.

Managing Associate (MA)

Four years after qualification you become eligible for promotion to Managing Associate. From here onwards, you become progressively more engaged in the business – solving the most difficult legal issues, nurturing client relationships, leading teams and accounting for financial performance. More senior MAs may be promoted to Counsel, a role taking on additional leadership and practice responsibilities, alongside Partners.

Partners

After two or more years as an MA, the very best Associates may be considered for election to the partnership. Combining serious experience with a track record of high performance, Partners are leaders and acknowledged world-class experts in their fields.

Above and beyond

Training with Linklaters will give you an enviable set of career choices. We know that if we help brilliant people reach their goals, it will benefit us in both the short and long term. We are proud to have many ex-colleagues among our clients and Linklaters’ alumni can be found in leadership roles in many fields of industry, commerce and government.

The size and success of Linklaters means we can offer an unrivalled choice and flexibility in your career development. We want you to fulfil your full potential, exploring the learning opportunities that interest you, and building your career by excelling in the areas of law that you most enjoy. Qualifying as a lawyer is an important milestone on your professional journey, but it’s not a destination. If anything, this is where the real journey begins.

Continued learning

As educational innovators, we need to provide the best training and development in the world. If we are to work on the most challenging assignments and deliver consistently excellent results for the most demanding clients, we must have expert lawyers who are at the very top of their game. What's more, professional development is a moving target. The global economy is changing so fast that each new generation of lawyer needs to learn new skills and apply new types of thinking. This makes our work exhilarating, but it demands a dynamic approach to learning and development. To this end we've created the Linklaters Law & Business School. To read more about the school, click here.