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A local law firm is inviting applications for its bursary and legal trainee schemes designed to help young Islanders launch their careers in the legal profession.
The two Bedell Cristin schemes have already seen participants qualify as lawyers and join the firm as associates.
The bursary offering scheme is aimed at university students in both Jersey and Guernsey.
The firm offers payments staggered through the academic year, up to eight-weeks' paid legal work experience, Amazon vouchers to all new entrants, and support for students throughout their studies from qualified lawyers.
Meanwhile the trainee scheme is aimed at graduates from across the Channel Islands.
Bedell Cristin offers a two-year fully-paid training programme to qualify as a Solicitor of England & Wales (via the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) route), with rotating placements across legal disciplines and support areas to get a full understanding of how a law firm operates.
The schemes run from September, and applications for both schemes are open until 28 February, with full details on Bedell Cristin's website.
There are currently five lawyers working and progressing through the firm who have graduated through these schemes.
Vicky Ramos, an associate in Bedell Cristin's litigation team who qualified as a Solicitor through the scheme in Jersey, said: "The support from the Bedell Cristin bursary scheme and trainee programme empowered me to seamlessly transition from aspiring legal professional to qualified solicitor."
Steven Zandvliet, who is currently on the firm's trainee scheme in Guernsey, said: "The opportunities provided to me by Bedell Cristin since I joined as a paralegal has made it the ideal place for me to qualify."
Bedell Cristin's Global Managing Partner, Tim Pearce, said: “It is a real pleasure to meet and spend time with the Bursary students and trainees at Bedell Cristin – every year we see more talented young people take the first steps of their legal career with the firm, and supporting them along the way and having them play their part in our future as lawyers is important to us.
"I would encourage anyone considering a legal career – or a career in the wider support services within the legal industry – to get in touch with us and see how our schemes can help. Students benefit from working with some of the most experienced and respected lawyers in our fields, and we benefit from building lasting relationships with the future leaders of the legal industry."
You can find out more about the schemes and apply HERE, and learn more about what it's like to work at Bedell in this month's edition of Connect Magazine...
Pictured top: Vicky Ramos, an associate in Bedell Cristin's litigation team who qualified through the scheme in Jersey, and Steven Zandvliet, who is currently on the firm's trainee scheme in Guernsey.
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