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The Olliers Internship Programme

On Monday, 20th January 2025 Olliers Solicitors hosted a virtual intern evening for A-level students, designed to provide an opportunity to explore criminal defence as a career, gain insight into the realities of life as a criminal solicitor, and learn about the various qualification pathways into the profession.

Every year Olliers holds a paid summer internship programme at our Manchester office.

Applications for 2025 intern scheme are closed and successful applicants have been notified.

Applications for Summer 2026 will open in April 2026.

Our 2024 internship programme has now concluded and our 2024 virtual intern day took place on Friday 6th September 2024.

Read our 2025 intern’s blogs to see what this year’s interns got up to:

The Olliers Academy

Our people are the key to our success. Through the Olliers Academy, we offer a comprehensive, ongoing education and training. Our programme covers technical and skills and includes personal development, marketing and practice management. It is tailored to the needs of every member of the Olliers team. The Academy guarantees that all cases are consistently dealt with to the highest possible standards (‘the Olliers way’).

The Olliers Career Path

We provide a transparent ‘career path’ for all lawyers. We clearly set out the areas we have identified as being crucial for the continuing success of our business. At Olliers any lawyer can move through the ranks of Associate, Senior Associate and then Partner.

Exceptional people

Many of our lawyers are leaders in the field. They all share the same commitment to excellence to client service.

Culture

We all know that ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’! At Olliers culture is at the heart of everything that we do. It permeates through our commitment to excellence, our Service Pledge to our clients and our career path as well as our working environment, and both our wellness and CSR strategies. We often refer to the ‘Olliers family’ and it is the culture within the firm that holds everything together.

Environment

We offer a supportive and collaborative environment for all our team. We offer flexible working conditions. Our lawyers combine a level of home and office working from our Deansgate base.

Corporate Social Responsibility

We regard ourselves as an integral part of the community in which we work and for many years we have taken our responsibility to our community very seriously. All members of the Olliers team participate in our CSR programme, supporting the numerous initiatives we are involved in every year.

Wellbeing

The wellbeing of the Olliers team is at the heart of everything we do. We organise fortnightly wellbeing activities for small groups which allow for relaxation and ‘time out’ from the law. We provide a confidential Employee Assistance programme, which is open to all employees and family members.

Awards and rankings:

We are ranked as a ‘Top Tier’ defence and regulatory firm by the Legal 500 2025 and the Chambers Guide 2025. We are a Times Best Law Firm 2025. We are the 2025 Manchester Legal Awards Crime Team of the Year, an award we have won eight times since 2011. Our Managing Director, Matthew Claughton is the 2023 Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Criminal Lawyer of the Year. He is also the only two-time Partner of the Year at the Manchester Legal Awards. Many of our lawyers are Leaders in their Field.