Alsters Kelley Solicitors

Overview

Alsters Kelley Solicitors Limited is a well-established, forward-thinking, equal opportunities firm that provides practical legal advice, support and representation to individuals and families. The firm is led by a team of specialist lawyers supported by skilled support staff, places significant investment in training and development, and promotes flexible and hybrid working across many departments. It is regionally focused in Coventry, Leamington Spa and Warwickshire towns and positions itself as a community-oriented Legal 500-ranked practice with Lexcel accreditation and sector-specific accreditations in areas such as clinical negligence and criminal litigation.

• Headquarters: Leamington Spa, Hamilton House, Hamilton Terrace

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Public Law
• Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
• Real Estate
• Private Client & Wealth
• Tax

Geographic Focus: Regional focus in Coventry, Leamington Spa and towns across Warwickshire (including Nuneaton, Banbury and Southam). The firm positions itself as a community-facing practice serving individuals and families across Warwickshire with multiple town-centre offices and local legal aid experience.

Training Contract

• Application Deadline: TBC

Apply on the Alsters Kelley Solicitors website →

What Alsters Kelley Solicitors Looks For

Key Competencies

• Hard work
• Commitment
• Client-focused professionalism
• Kindness and helpfulness
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Teamworking

Evidence Signals

• Demonstrable client-facing or community-facing experience
• Previous legal support or paralegal experience
• Commitment to continuous development and training
• Experience working in regionally focused or town-centre legal practices

Benefits & Wellbeing

• A competitive salary with annual reviews
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Holiday buy and sell scheme (on successful completion of probationary period)
• Office closure between Christmas and New Year (1 day of annual leave will be allocated to this)
• 1pm finish on Christmas Eve when it falls on a normal working day
• Health cash plan scheme (on successful completion of probationary period)
• Employee assistance programme for both employees and their families
• Death in service benefit (on successful completion of probationary period)
• Access to online GP support (on successful completion of probationary period)
• Bereavement and probate helpline and counselling service support for employees and their families (on successful completion of probationary period)
• Career development opportunities
• Reputation of a Legal 500 firm, Lexcel accredited, Disability Confident, living wage employer
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Discounted legal fees including free Will
• Long service awards
• Charity and community activities
• Easily commutable town centre office locations

Wellbeing

Employee assistance programme for employees and their families; access to online GP support; bereavement and probate helpline and counselling service (certain benefits available on successful completion of probation).

Awards & Recognition

• The Legal 500 (listed on site footer / presence on Legal500)
• Lexcel accreditation (LS-Accreditation-Lexcel)
• Children Law accreditation (children-law-2023)
• Clinical Negligence Accreditation (The Law Society)
• Criminal Litigation accreditation (criminal-litigation-2023)
• Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS 2023)
• Action against medical accidents - AvMA (Lawyers' Service 2021-2022)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Disability Confident; living wage employer; Lexcel accreditation (quality standard)

• Equality & Diversity (dedicated site page)
• Disability Confident

Innovation

Quick Application Angles

• Reference the firm's community and client-focus (community support pages) and emphasise experience working with individuals or families when applying.
• Highlight willingness to work flexibly and to commit to training and development — the firm explicitly promotes significant investment in training and hybrid working.
• If applying for a role in a departmental area (Conveyancing, Private Client, Crime, Children & Families, Medical Negligence or Personal Injury), describe concrete client-facing experience and examples of casework or coursework that show relevance.
• Contact Emma Orford (named careers contact) to register interest or to ask about future training contract opportunities — the site directs prospective trainees to this contact.
• Mention the firm’s Legal 500 recognition and Lexcel accreditation and explain how you would contribute to maintaining high-quality client service standards.