Business

Allen & Overy launches training contract in Belfast

The Allen & Overy Belfast office
The Allen & Overy Belfast office The Allen & Overy Belfast office

INTERNATIONAL law firm Allen & Overy has launched a new route to qualification in its Belfast office.

Currently, graduates working in A&O’s Belfast office have the option to apply to qualify as a lawyer through the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

The additional route will give them the opportunity to apply for a training contract, based in Belfast, enabling them to combine studying for the LPC with paid employment as legal professionals.

Jane Townsend, partner and head of the Legal Services Centre (LSC) in Belfast said:

"Combining studying and working during the LPC will continue to expose our lawyers in Belfast to the latest advances in legal tech and reflect the knowledge and skills lawyers of the future will increasingly need. With this new route to qualification our aim is to make a career in the law a compelling prospect for a broader range of graduates.”

The training contract route is open to graduates currently working at A&O Belfast, to begin after their LPC studies in March and September 2021.