Cripps
Firm profile
Main areas of work
Banking and finance; charities and non-profit; commercial contracts; commercial dispute resolution; construction; corporate advisory; creative industries; employment; family; inheritance disputes; intellectual property; investment and funds; leasehold enfranchisement; mergers and acquisitions; planning; private client; professional negligence; property development; property litigation; real estate; real estate finance, investment and asset management; residential property; restructuring and insolvency; retail, leisure and hospitality; shareholder disputes; technology; wealth structuring; wills, trusts and probate.
We offer a comprehensive induction programme and ongoing training throughout the two-year contract. Technical training is delivered by our team of professional support lawyers. Soft skills / business skills are delivered by internal and external speakers through our Future Lawyers Programme. Support is provided regularly through structured reviews and on-the-job coaching. We offer a four-seat training contract providing genuine hands-on experience. Levels of responsibility are high with many trainees managing their own files under supervision.
We offer a 2 week summer vacation scheme in our Tunbridge Wells office during which students can choose to experience two of three different practice areas.
We welcome applications from law and non-law graduates.
To be eligible to apply you must at least be in the penultimate year of a law degree or the final year of a non-law degree. Many vacation scheme students later join us as trainees, but we do not recruit solely from this cohort.
Benefits include pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, group income protection, 25 days annual leave, season ticket loan, charity day, birthday leave, summer ball and Christmas lunches, employee assistance programme with 24-hour counselling service. We also provide an uplift in salary while undertaking a London-based seat as well as the associated travel costs between our Kent, Sussex and London offices.
University of Bristol Law Fair 10th October 2024
University of Surrey Law Fair, 6th November 2024
University of Portsmouth Law Fair, 6th November 2024
University of Kent Law Fair, 7th November 2024
University of Birmingham Law Fair, 13th November 2024
University of Southampton Law Fair, 13th November 2023
Diversity, equality and inclusion are more than simply words. Every person is, by definition, unique; we recognise people’s individual needs and do everything in our power to fulfil their aspirations.
We have active programmes around encouraging and nurturing diversity and inclusion, and have had a longstanding track record on ensuring equality. We have the following EDI strands as part of our overall EDI Committee and each has a board sponsor and leader: Gender, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Faith, Race and Ethnicity, Social Mobility, Parents/Carers and Wellbeing.
We treat everyone we work alongside with dignity and respect and our policies on harassment, maternity and paternity leave, help uphold the importance of equality and inclusion in our culture.
The diversity of our team makes us more capable, responsive and, above all, human. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer – our diversity enables us to better serve our clients and to create better solutions for them.
We are fully committed to fostering a truly diverse business that reflects the community and society we inhabit. To underline this commitment, we have signed the Law Society’s Charter on Diversity, which promotes diversity and equality across the entire legal profession.
You can read our equality, diversity and inclusivity policy here and our anti-slavery policy on our website.