Appleby (Isle of Man) LLC is the largest law firm on the Isle of Man and is ranked in Tier 1 by both leading legal directories for all our practice areas.  The Appleby group’s global offices, located in 10 jurisdictions, provide unique global reach and expertise.

We are now accepting applications for a training contract commencing September 2026 to become an Isle of Man Advocate.

You will be expected to have a strong academic background, good legal research skills with a focus on attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven track record of problem solving and teamwork. You will need to be adaptable, resilient and have a real eagerness to learn.  If you consider that you meet these requirements, we would like to hear from you.

The Appleby Legal Trainee Programme is a 2-year training contract during which you will ordinarily spend at least six months in each of our Corporate and Dispute Resolution Departments. You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the Isle of Man’s leading lawyers on a broad mix of instructions, ranging from high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation to transactional work for local and international corporates, many of which will be household names.

In addition, candidates who have already completed the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (Heads 1 and 2) as part of a post-graduate LLM may be offered the opportunity to also qualify as an English solicitor.

Upon successful completion of the programme and qualification, trainees will be encouraged to apply for a newly-qualified position as a lawyer within our Isle of Man office. Opportunities may also arise for secondment to other offices within the group following qualification.

Complete our application form to apply or get in touch with Julia Featherstone if you have any queries: jfeatherstone@applebyglobal.com 

Closing date for applications 25 April 2025.

Please complete the following form to apply for the Trainee Programme 2026 role in Isle of Man. We appreciate that much of this information will already be in your Resumé / CV, but we are asking you to enter this information again as it will be fed automatically into systems that manage both our recruitment workflows and automated onboarding processes.

We are grateful for your help with this.