| Addleshaw Goddard: Profile |
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Company Description Addleshaw Goddard is a major force on the legal landscape with the capability to provide excellent service to a global client base from our three high calibre UK locations. Ranked 16th largest law firm in the UK , with a fee income in 2006/07 of over £176 million, we were the only Top 25 law firm placed in the Sunday Times 2006 & 2007 "100 Best Companies to Work For" surveys. We are also ranked 91 in The Times 2007 Top 100 Graduate Employers survey. Addleshaw Goddard's aim is to be the automatic first choice for legal advice for FTSE 350 businesses and those of equivalent size and ambition. The cultural heart of our firm is driven by a passion for delivering the highest quality of advice and services, setting standards that are valued by clients and admired by competitors. We are committed to providing the support our people need to achieve these goals in terms of both resources and development. Areas of Work We have four main business divisions: Finance and Projects, Contentious and Commercial, Corporate and Real Estate. Within these four divisions, we also operate some of our specialist areas including sport, intellectual property, entertainment and private client. Vital Information Total number of vacancies each year: 50 Disciplines recruited: Any Applications will be accepted from 1 November 2007 Deadline for Placement Scheme applications: 31 January 2008 Deadline for Training Contract applications: 31 July 2008 Method of application: Online applications through our website Placements: Addleshaw Goddard offers one or two week Easter or Summer schemes. The schemes provide opportunities to experience work within legal departments and are supplemented by a number of presentations and exercises. The schemes are open to all those who would be in a position to commence a training contract with the firm in September 2010 or March 2011. The scheme is currently remunerated at a rate of £180 per week in the North and £250 per week in London . Placements are located in each of the firm's offices, in London , Manchester and Leeds . Open Days: These take place in our London office. Corporate Social Responsibility The success of our CSR programme is intertwined with the success and enthusiasm of the people we interact with from outside the firm. We encourage our people to get involved. That's why every person who works at Addleshaw Goddard is given at least two days to work on CSR projects each year All new trainees have the option of spending a week, prior to the their formal induction, working on a community project in Romania. The project we are undertaking is to build houses on behalf of a charity called Habitat for Humanity. |
