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Associate opportunities
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We offer an extensive training program for those embarking on a legal career. Our first-year associate training program is designed to ensure that junior attorneys are given all the help and training they need to develop their legal careers, encouraging the potential to become the partners of the future.
As a first year you should expect to be exposed to all aspects of our wealth planning & tax practice. Our intention is to create every opportunity for you to become a cross-trained attorney who understands our business thoroughly.
Our formal orientation program for new associates provides an introduction to the major areas of the firm’s practice. To further enhance and refine their legal skills and knowledge base, our associates attend various training sessions and lunch gatherings frequently throughout the year, as well as training seminars and conferences sponsored by professional bar associations.
Each first-year associate is assigned a mentor. The mentor is on hand to guide the associate through their acclimation to firm life. We encourage associates to assume responsibility of substantial matters at an early stage in their careers. Formal reviews with HR take place regularly and feedback is given on a project-by-project basis.
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Application process
We primarily recruit our first-year associates through our summer associate program and therefore we recommend that you take a look at the summer program and campus visits pages of this site.
We would, however, also like to hear from interested 3L, tax LLM and experienced lateral candidates for direct hire to one of our offices. Please use our online careers portal to send in a direct application, using the link below.
Professional development
We understand that the knowledge, skills and behaviors required of a lawyer change during their career life cycle. Our Associate Development Framework provides a benchmark for the development of lawyers as they progress through their careers here at Withers. There is, for example, a greater emphasis on technical knowledge and skills for more junior lawyers, and on management and business development skills for more senior lawyers.
As part of our training program, associates are invited to attend Development Centers at Junior, Mid, and Senior Associate level. Each Development Center is 2-3 days long and is tailored for the requirements of our associates at these key stages of their careers whilst preparing them for the next step in their career.
The centers are a great opportunity for our lawyers to interact with their colleagues from our international offices and build relationships with their peers. Alongside the Development Centers our training program includes “Professional Skills Away Days” which provide our lawyers with the opportunity to tailor their training experience and select the individual sessions which are most important to them.
Candidate centre
To make an application or to continue an application already in progress, register with or log in to our careers centre here.
