Cambridge 2028 Healthcare Training Contract
Launch your legal career in one of the UK's leading healthcare practices.
Our Healthcare Training Contract offers aspiring solicitors the opportunity to develop specialist expertise while working on complex, high-profile matters for a diverse range of healthcare clients. From day one, you'll gain hands-on experience, meaningful responsibility, and direct client exposure, helping you build the skills and confidence needed to qualify as a successful healthcare lawyer.
Throughout your training, you'll be supported by experienced supervisors, senior associates, partners, and a dedicated Early Careers team, all committed to helping you achieve your full potential.
About the Team
Kennedys' Healthcare team is recognised as one of the leading defendant healthcare practices in the UK, advising NHS Resolution, NHS Trusts, private healthcare providers, insurers, and medical practitioners on a broad range of matters.
Our work includes:
- Clinical negligence claims
- Employers' and public liability claims
- Healthcare regulatory matters
- Medical insurance coverage disputes
- Inquests and judicial reviews
- Health law and governance advice
Working as part of this team, you'll gain exposure to challenging and intellectually stimulating cases while developing a deep understanding of the healthcare sector and the legal issues affecting healthcare providers.
The team is ranked Tier 1 for Defendant Clinical Negligence by both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, making this an outstanding opportunity to begin your legal career within a market-leading practice.
Find out more about our Healthcare team on our Healthcare sector page.
Our Clients
You'll have the opportunity to work with a wide range of healthcare clients, including:
- NHS Resolution and NHS Trusts
- Independent hospital groups
- Medical malpractice insurers
- Private clinics and healthcare organisations
- Medical and healthcare practitioners
Training and Qualifications
Prior to starting your Training Contract, successful candidates will be required to complete the LLM SQE1 & SQE2 and pass the SQE assessments.
Candidates from a non-law background will also be required to complete a law conversion course (GDL/PGDL) before commencing the LLM SQE programme.
We also welcome applications from candidates who have already completed the LPC.
Eligibility Requirements
To apply, you must have:
- A qualifying law degree; or
- A non-law degree and successful completion of the GDL/PGDL.
Closing Date Monday 30 November 2026.
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
Please note that this vacancy is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
About Kennedys
Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 3,000 people in 45 offices across 18 countries around the world we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.
Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.
We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.
What do we have to offer?
We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.
Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive, distinctive and ambitious. Our values are at the core of who we are and what make us a great firm to work with and for.
The Firm recognises the value of investing in our people's development and believes our culture and values contribute to the quality of our work and of our client relationships. With a culture of on-the-job and experiential learning, peer to peer learning, mentoring, resources and tools that enable you to drive your career, we can support your development in your current and future roles. A variety of other opportunities are available including secondments to clients and our global offices.
We strive to celebrate diversity, empower our people and ensure everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. We've created a culture based on client service, professional excellence, hard work and trust, where diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority. We recognise that many of our people want to work for an employer that is aligned to their values, which is why we are building an inclusive culture, decarbonising our operations and supporting our people to thrive at work. Our people are the key to driving this change and helping us to make a difference to our clients, our people and the communities in which we live and work.
Kennedys is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. We expect all employees to be aware of and comply with all relevant policies and procedures within their jurisdiction, including those relating to Information Security, Data Protection and Quality Management, refer any breach promptly to Risk & Compliance and to complete all mandatory training when requested.
