Stowe Family Law

Overview

Stowe Family Law is the UK’s largest specialist family law firm and describes itself as the fastest-growing family law team in the country. The firm focuses exclusively on family law (divorce, financial remedies, child law, fertility and related areas), operating a nationwide network of local offices and a central client services intake to match clients to specialist lawyers. It combines a large pool of specialist family lawyers with in-house forensic accounting and client support teams and positions itself around collaboration, wellbeing and specialist expertise rather than generalist or corporate full-service provision.

• Lawyers: 200+ family lawyers (200 family lawyers; 400+ colleagues across the firm)
• Offices: 90+

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Family Law
• Private Client & Wealth
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Pensions

Geographic Focus: National coverage across England and Wales with a dense network of local offices to provide doorstep access to specialist family lawyers. The firm also pursues strategic international relationships (for example a partnership announced with a leading Australian family law firm) to support cross-border and international family law work.

Training Contract

Mentorship

Buddy system and regional Mental Health & Wellbeing Champions; colleague networks and team-based support; professional development includes seminars and training grants

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Programmes & Schemes

Notable Matters

What Stowe Family Law Looks For

Key Competencies

• Commercial awareness of family law and court processes
• Client empathy and strong communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Resilience and the ability to manage emotionally demanding work
• Commitment to professional development and values-driven behaviour
• Attention to detail and organisational skills
• Interest in alternative dispute resolution and practical outcomes

Evidence Signals

• Previous family law or client-facing experience (work experience, paralegal roles)
• Experience working with vulnerable clients or in wellbeing/mental-health roles
• Engagement in pro bono/volunteering or charity initiatives
• Evidence of teamwork (project work, clinics) and values-driven conduct
• Memberships or training such as Resolution or CILEX backgrounds

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Enhanced maternity pay – 13 weeks full, 13 weeks half, 13 weeks statutory
• Enhanced adoption pay
• Enhanced paternity pay
• Enhanced parental bereavement pay
• Paid emergency dependants leave
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Flexible Bank Holidays (swap bank holidays)
• Paid wellness days (two wellbeing days per year)
• Support from Carers UK
• Paid leave for fertility treatment
• Medicash health plan (worldwide cover, virtual GP, dental and optical support, complementary therapies)
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• Wisdom app (health hub)
• Peppy Health (menopause support)
• Trained Mental Health Champions in every region
• Discounted gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Life assurance
• Pension contributions (enhanced pension)
• Professional fees and subscriptions covered
• Personal growth training grants and training loans
• Transparent bonus scheme and recognition programmes
• 26 days annual leave

Wellbeing

Paid wellbeing leave, Medicash (including virtual GP and counselling), Peppy Health (menopause support), Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom health hub, trained Mental Health Champions, paid volunteering and charity challenge support.

Awards & Recognition

• Legal 500: recognised as a 'Leading Firm' (various regional rankings, referenced 2025/2026 editions)
• Best Companies Two Star accreditation (2022)
• Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 (recognition)
• Trustpilot TrustScore 4.7 (2267 reviews) — client feedback metric

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Ensure everyone feels welcomed and respected for who they are; build diverse teams that reflect clients and communities; ongoing learning to improve awareness and understanding; partnership with Inclusive Employers; Disability Confident Committed status.

• Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging colleague group
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Group with trained Mental Health Champions
• Stowe Giving Back colleague group and Stowe Giving Back Fund
• Partnership with Inclusive Employers
• Blind CV screening introduced in recruitment
• Flexible Bank Holidays initiative
• Membership with LawWorks
• Achieving Disability Confident Committed status
• GoodPAYE partnership for tax-free colleague donations

Pro Bono

Membership with LawWorks to enable volunteering for clients who cannot afford legal representation; Stowe Giving Back has supported more than 300 charities and donated over £80,000; corporate charity partnership with NACCC (National Association of Child Contact Centres) signed in 2025; Stowe Giving Back Fund supports colleague-nominated causes.

Innovation

The firm uses digital tools to improve access and client service (an AI assistant for callbacks and an online client login). Career content highlights that the firm supports its lawyers with technology and continuous upskilling to solve problems and share knowledge across offices, although detailed proprietary platforms are not publicly described.

• AI assistant to guide clients and book callbacks
• Client portal / client login via Eclipse Touchpoint
• Internal investment in legal technology to support remote and hybrid working

Quick Application Angles

• Highlight direct interest in family law and reference the firm’s single-focus model ('Only Family Law. Helping Families. Nothing Else.') — explain why that specialism matters to you.
• Mention the firm’s size and collaborative model (200+ family lawyers and nationwide offices) and give examples of how you’ve worked effectively in teams or across locations.
• Show familiarity with their wellbeing and DEI commitments (e.g. Mental Health Champions, flexible bank holidays, Disability Confident) and explain how you’d contribute to that culture.
• If relevant, reference experience or interest in financial remedy work or working with forensic accounting evidence — Stowe emphasises in-house accountancy support for complex financial cases.
• If applying via careers adverts, note their transparency commitments (a founding member of the 'We Show the Salary' campaign) and ensure your application is clear and concise with salary expectations aligned to advertised ranges.