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Could we be the one for you?
With our progressive culture and supportive teams, Smith Partnership could be exactly the right place for you. As a Legal 500 Leading Firm, Lexcel accredited practice and a proud recipient of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 award, we have the recognition to prove it. We’re a leading full-service law firm dealing with a wide range of diverse, complex and interesting cases.
We pride ourselves on our straightforward, jargon-free approach when dealing with clients and their cases, and this ethos also defines our workplace culture, one that’s welcoming, friendly and committed to excellence.
Why should you work with us?
Our team of over 200 are spread across the East Midlands and Staffordshire, at branches in Leicester, Swadlincote, Burton and Stoke, with the largest staffing based at our head office in Derby city centre.
We’re deeply committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are proud signatories of the Menopause Workplace Pledge and hold the Disability Confident Committed status, reflecting our dedication to supporting all members of our team at every stage of their career and life.
We have long been recognised for our commitment to developing and supporting our staff. From the initial induction into the business, every member of staff embarks on a personal development journey, with the aim of helping them reach their full potential.
OUR BENEFITS
Don't take our word for it
With plenty of opportunity for growth, Smith Partnership is an exciting and dynamic place to work.
The firm is managed in a modern, open and collaborative style, based on teamworking and excellent communications.
- [Extract taken from Smith Partnership's 2025 Lexcel audit]
The founding partners’ ethos was to be rooted in their local communities and help people in need. Provision of legal aid services has been paramount, and although the firm now offers a wide range of services for individuals, litigation, business services and corporate and commercial work, helping people in their communities is their raison d’etre.
- [Extract taken from Smith Partnership's 2025 Lexcel audit]
Smith Partnership rightly takes pride in its collaborative, team working culture that is well established not just within offices but across offices, and the way it develops and looks after its people, resulting not only in excellent knowledge sharing and coaching but in long serving people, and more recently recruited people who were attracted by the firm’s reputation, who enjoy their work and think Smith Partnership is a great place to work.
- [Extract taken from Smith Partnership’s 2024 Lexcel audit]
Work Experience
While we appreciate that workplace experience is the best way to kick-start your career, regrettably due to data protection and client confidentially, something we take very seriously, we are unable to offer any form of work experience, vacation schemes, seasonal or voluntary placements at any of our offices.
