Allen & Overy

What we offer

The financial benefits of working with us begin before you arrive. When you accept our offer of a training contract we will provide financial support for your law school studies. For the Allen & Overy LPC, and if you need to complete the GDL as well, we will pay your course fees and provide a maintenance grant. If you are studying for the GDL this means a maintenance grant of £6,000 in London and £5,000 elsewhere in the UK, and an annual maintenance grant of £7,000 for the A&O LPC in London. 

For students choosing to take the two year LLB course we offer a maximum of £6,000 towards course fees. Future trainees taking this course also receive a one-off maintenance payment of £6,000 for courses in London, Oxford & Guildford and £5,000 for courses elsewhere in the UK.

If you accept your training contract after commencing the GDL, LPC or two year LLB we will pro rata your maintenance award, but your course fees will be refunded in full.
We believe in recognising your achievements - if you achieve a first class degree and/or a distinction in the LPC after accepting our offer, we'll reward you with a prize for each of £500. 

The current salary for first year trainees (as at May 2008) are £37,000 rising to £41,100 in the second year of training.  On qualification, the current salary is £65,000.

As well as financial rewards, working at Allen & Overy offers an exceptional range of benefits including insurance (life, permanent health and private medical), pension scheme, an interest-free season ticket loan, as well as a range of on-site facilities including a gym and sports hall, medical, dental and physiotherapy service, beauty treatment centre, dry cleaners, and two restaurants.

Some of our future trainees decide to take time off before joining us and we fully support this, especially if you plan to extend, develop or gain other skills and experience that you can use when you start work at A&O.  You can apply for an award of £500 to contribute towards purchasing a laptop, completing a language study course, or undertaking a pro bono or community initiative.