Law Summer Internship

Deliver business solutions to local and global clients whilst developing skills for an exciting career in Law.

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    Law

    With over 4,500 legal professionals and a huge growth ambition in both the UK and globally, our Legal business works both independently, delivering legal advice direct to its clients, and seamlessly with other EY professionals - including Strategy Consultants, Technologists, Tax Advisors and Corporate Financiers. Delivering complete business solutions to clients, helping to build trust and confidence in worldwide economies and industries.

    In our Law team, you'll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals enabling change and helping to shape our legal business. You'll learn new skills and your proactive, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial outlook will be nurtured in our people-focused culture.

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    EY Law is at the forefront of technology and legal innovations, benefiting the business, our clients and our people.

    What will you be doing?

    • Assisting our lawyers with exciting high-profile work
    • Meeting and interacting with clients and other EY service line colleagues
    • Working on business development, marketing and pitches
    • Experiencing a broad range of legal specialisms
    • Are you eligible to apply?

      This programme is open to undergraduate Law students in their penultimate or final year of study. We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone. You will however, need to be working towards an honours degree in Law, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.

      We're also looking for candidates with an understanding of EY Law, in particular our multi-disciplinary approach and the benefits that this brings to our clients.

      We welcome applications from all academic backgrounds and are looking for individuals who will succeed at EY in the desired role and future qualifications, therefore throughout our recruitment process your academic performance will be considered against your online assessment scores to determine your suitability for an EY role. We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.

      Read more about our academic requirements.

    Programme length

    Two week internship - Please note: Due to UK policies, you must be based in the UK for the entire duration of the programme.

    Salary

    Competitive paid work experience

    Start your career journey

    Join a supportive and inclusive culture, build your strengths and develop new business skills. Working on client projects, gain insight into our service offerings and become an integral part of our team. We're proud to have won awards for being one of the best companies to work for.

    How’s it structured?

    After an EY induction, you'll join an inclusive and collaborative team who will support you in your time with us and guide you on client work. We'll also provide you with the experiences, tools and technology to personalise your experience at EY, including:

    • Formal learning for technical skills and knowledge as well as the softer skills that are essential to both an EY and a legal professional
    • A buddy who will support you in your transition from university to a global professional services firm
    • Access to a wider summer internship community for shared learning experiences
    • Opportunities to expand your network and build lasting relationships for the future with internal colleagues and external clients

    If you do a great job, you could be offered a place on the graduate programme to come back to when you finish university.

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    Rewards and benefits

    You want a career that counts. An experience that challenges you. That rewards performance and ultimately defines your future. That's what's on offer at EY. After all, our success is founded on yours.

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    Adjustments

    All candidates should be given the opportunity to be their best selves throughout the process. We have adjustments in place to make all individual applications accessible.

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