Our Trainee Programme

Five rotations

We are the only Irish law firm offering our trainees the opportunity to complete five rotations during their traineeship. The five rotations allow our trainees to experience all of our core practice areas – Corporate and M&A, Finance, Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations, Commercial Real Estate, and different types of legal work – advisory, litigious and transactional. This allows our trainees to identify their strengths and interests before choosing a group to qualify into.

Ability to submit preferences

Arthur Cox trainees can submit preferences for each rotation. This allows our trainees to influence the direction of their traineeship. We try our utmost to match trainees’ preferences with business needs. Our Trainee Programme Manager meets with each trainee before they submit preferences to offer them advice and guidance on their options.

Diverse academic backgrounds

We recognise the strength that comes from having diversity of thought in the teams we build. We have trainees, associates and partners from a variety of academic backgrounds, including music, psychology, maths and science, to name a few. Put simply, you don’t have to study law to pursue a career in law with Arthur Cox. We ensure that our application and interview processes do not disadvantage applicants who have not studied law. You will not be asked any legal questions during our interview process.

Zambia Project

One of the most enjoyable and unique aspects of the Arthur Cox traineeship is the Arthur Cox Zambia Project. Every year our qualifying intake raises money for construction and development projects, working with local communities to raise standards of living in rural areas of Zambia. This project was set up in memory of our founder, Arthur Cox himself, who's final resting place was Zambia.

In the village of Masese, the project has renovated a rural medical clinic which provides services to a population of 5,700 people, installed bore hole water supply and running water, as well as building a seven-bed maternity ward. `The project has also been involved in building six rural radio schools in the Chikuni region.

Since 2008, over 200 volunteer trainee solicitors from Arthur Cox have travelled to Zambia and raised approximately €650,000 to fund the project’s initiatives.