As part of our investment in the future of Lindsays, we’re welcoming new trainees and newly-qualified solicitors to our team.
One of the ways we look after our clients at Lindsays is to invest in our people. Across the firm we develop talented staff who offer not just good legal advice, but practical solutions and a willingness to listen to clients.
As well as investing in training our current team, we’re always looking to develop our future staff and partners. This means our trainee solicitors are an important part of life at Lindsays.
This autumn, seven new trainees have joined us, and we’re also recruiting for eight trainees for September 2020. In addition to our first-year trainees, we currently have a further four who are mid-traineeship and are based in our Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee offices.
During their two-year traineeship, they’ll work in different departments in Lindsays, and their development will include commercial awareness and time management techniques. They’ll also further their ability to work as members of a team, communicate with colleagues and clients, and deal with people who are often going through challenging times.
All these skills will help them deliver positive outcomes for clients and develop their careers. Previous trainees certainly are thriving in their career journeys. This month three Lindsays trainees – Amy Gordon, Caroline Millar and Eilidh Robertson – have just started in permanent positions in the firm, as newly-qualified solicitors.
We also have previous trainees working in the firm from Solicitors, Associates and Senior Associates to Partners. Our Managing Partner, Alasdair Cummings, himself first came to Lindsays as a trainee, fresh out of University.
Alasdair said: “We’re delighted to be able to support Scotland’s lawyers of the future.
“Each time we recruit for trainee positions, we’re impressed by the skills, determination and ‘can do’ approach of young people. There’s a very strong pipeline of legal talent coming through In Scotland, and both our clients and Lindsays will benefit from that in the future.
“The training and support we give to our trainees will maximise the potential of the 15 people who join us this year and in 2020, and we look forward to helping them develop and qualify.”
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