Your career should be shaped by your strengths, interests, and the impact you want to make.
Individuality matters here. We look for people with different perspectives, experiences and ambitions. People who are curious, collaborative and ready to contribute.
At Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, our strength is not only our breadth of practice areas, but our market-leading expertise across them. Whether you arrive with a clear picture, or are still shaping your professional direction, you’ll enjoy finding it as part of a law firm with the broadest, most global, and high-quality offering out there.
Corporate, finance, regulation, disputes. We’re home to the world’s leading experts. With high-profile clients across diverse sectors from healthcare to tech, energy and life sciences. World-class development programs, which support our people to develop the skills they need now and at each stage of their career. And you’ll have the platform to make a difference. Valuable pro bono work is part of our DNA, and every one of us is expected to give back.
Delivering on our commitments to diversity and inclusion is one of the five key strategic priorities of the firm, on a par with putting clients at the centre of everything we do and enhancing profitability. We are actively creating an inclusive workplace where each of our people can thrive as their authentic self, by mitigating unconscious bias and actively creating opportunities for and supporting our colleagues. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion makes us a better law firm and helps us to deliver the best experience for our clients, attract the best talent, and drive innovation. Our Global Ability Inclusion Network (GAIN) was launched in December 2021 in recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
What comes next is a huge opportunity, a chance to shape your future, and ours.
We believe that a culture of inclusion which respects and values the diversity of all our people significantly enhances our ability to provide excellent legal services to our clients. Celebrating the strengths of being a diverse and inclusive place to work is at the core of our vision and our values.
Member of the Valuable 500
Achieved Gold Standard Certification at the Women in Law Empowerment Forum for 2 consecutive years
Top 75 in Social Mobility Employer Index since its creation in 2017
Top 75 in Social Mobility Employer Index since its creation in 2017
– REIN (Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion Network) awarded Top 15 Network Group in Ethnicity Awards
FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Award
Silver in Global Stonewall Employer Index
Silver in Global Stonewall Employer Index
Launch Your Legal Career with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader UK
Vacation Schemes
Our vacation schemes are so much more than two or three weeks of work experience in a law firm. They’re a launch pad for your career. Around three quarters of our trainees are recruited through the vacation scheme, so it’s a fantastic opportunity for you to stand out and get started on your journey. Apply today to develop your skills, build your network and experience life at the firm.
With three-week programmes running in the summer and a two-week programme in the winter, our vacation schemes are the perfect way to take the first steps into your journey as a lawyer.
You’ll be treated like one of the team and experience the recognition and support you’ll get as a Hogan Lovells Cadwalader trainee – getting involved in major client projects across a range of practices and jurisdictions. We’ll give you an authentic, challenging and rewarding experience, so you can get a real taste of your career ahead. Whether you find yourself drafting documents, attending client meetings, researching cases or even in court, you’ll be guided by our experts and working alongside similarly talented and ambitious potential lawyers.
First Year Opportunities
If you’re in the first year of your studies but still keen to start your journey into law, we’ve got multiple programmes to help you learn about what we do and start building your network.
We run two insight schemes over the summer, and each is packed with legal case studies, interactive workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities.
You’ll come away with a clear picture of our culture and values, as well as a good understanding of the day-to-day work of a trainee. It is an ideal opportunity to ask us any questions, soak up application advice for a vacation scheme or training contract, get to grips with the assessment day process, and start growing your personal network.
Training Contracts
Your training contract is where your journey to becoming an exceptional lawyer really begins. Over two years you’ll be working at the forefront of the global legal sector.
Every trainee’s journey is different but you can be confident you’ll be playing a meaningful role on some of the most exciting cases in the world as you learn from the top legal minds in every sector. After your training contract, you’ll have the technical skills, industry-recognised qualifications and the experience to become an exceptional Lawyer.
Jen & Jess from our graduate recruitment team have put together their top tips for navigating the application and assessment process.
Commercial Awareness.
Show that you know what is happening in the business world and volunteer views about how business developments may translate into opportunities and risks for law firms.
Research the firm.
You want to display evidence of having researched and having a view on “Why do I want to join Hogan Lovells Cadwalader?”
Make sure that you be yourself.
Be open about your disability or long term health condition, so we can make all the adjustments you need for your assessment day. We would encourage students to contact us as early on in the recruitment process as possible should they wish to discuss any requirements that we can assist with and need to be aware of.
What we look for:
We will make adjustments as appropriate and on a case by case basis, taking into account any recommendations from specialists an applicant may have.
Specialist equipment
We can provide specialist equipment such as a chair, ergonomic mouse or keyboard, computer software.
Extra time
We can provide additional time for our critical reasoning tests and extended preparation time for other parts of the assessment process.
Disclosure policy
There is space provided on our online graduate recruitment application form for students to inform us of any disabilities they have or any mitigating circumstances which may have disrupted their studies or ability to gain work experience for example.
Recruiter contact: Lisa Holmes, Recruitment Manager, lisa.holmes@hoganlovells.com
We will make reasonable adjustments as appropriate and on a case by case basis following discussions with professional health advisers and medical experts. This includes any recommendations from specialists a student may have.
Prior to your start date we will send you a confidential health placement assessment questionnaire. The information you provide is sent directly to our outsourced health provider and our retained Occupational Health Adviser will review the information provided. Depending on the information provided she will then make contact with you to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be required. With your consent this information is then communicated to the HR department so that we can advise the practice areas that you will be sitting in of the reasonable adjustments needed. Once you commence work with us, our retained Occupational Health Adviser will keep in touch with you on a regular basis to ensure that your needs are being met.
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