Work experience at Blake Morgan

Blake Morgan is a UK law firm that provides highly tailored legal solutions to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit and government clients. Many of our lawyers and practice groups are leaders in their field and highly ranked by the legal directories. With over 90 Partners, 500 staff and offices in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Oxford, Reading and Southampton, we act as one firm collaboratively with our clients’ best interests at heart.

At Blake Morgan, we are committed to offering a range of opportunities for students who want an insight into what it’s like working at a leading UK law firm. Our aim is to ensure students develop skills, gain experience and build knowledge about working in the legal sector.

Legal operations insight day

These insight days below are available to students in year 11 or beyond.

Blake Morgan’s legal teams are supported by a range of roles such as Trainee Legal Support Assistant, Legal Support Assistant and Executive Assistant. They also work with Business Service teams which include Risk & Compliance, Business Development & Marketing, Finance, Facilities, Human Resources and IT.

If you are interested in a career within Legal Operations, our Insight Day will enable you to learn about different types of career pathways within legal operations and understand how these teams/roles work with and support the firm, be given helpful application and interview tips and gain hands-on experience of working through an activity.

The dates for 2026 are:

Southampton – Monday 10 August 2026

Thames Valley – Wednesday 12 August 2026

Cardiff – Monday 17 August 2026

London – Wednesday 19 August 2026

How to apply for a legal operations insight day

You will need to complete a short application form which is located on the careers drop down list and clicking on search vacancies. Applications will be reviewed after the application window has closed.

The application window for all locations will open on Wednesday 17 June and close on Friday 26 June 2026.

Legal operations work experience

This programme is open to students in year 11 or beyond.

During the week, you will gain insight into our culture and working practices through spending time in different teams and undertaking a range of roles within legal operations. This could include working with reception to greet clients and prepare meeting rooms, working with IT to see what first and second line support looks like and looking at the people management and learning systems with HR or working within a legal team to see how they support legal professionals. You will work closely with members of the teams at various stages of their careers during your time with each team.

Attending work experience is a full-time commitment and attendees must be able to attend the full duration of the work experience period. Work experience will run from Monday to Thursday from 9.30am to 5pm with an hour for lunch. Please note, we do not offer accommodation or travel reimbursement for attendees.

We offer legal operation work experience opportunities on one week of the year. There are a limited number of placements available for the week, applicants will be selected on the strength of their application and are not guaranteed a placement.

The dates for 2026 are:

Monday 26 October to Thursday 29 October

How to apply for legal operations work experience

You will need to complete a short application form which is located on the careers drop down list and clicking on search vacancies. Applications will be reviewed after the application window has closed.

You will need to complete a short application form which is located on the careers drop down list and clicking on search vacancies. Applications will be reviewed after the application window has closed.

The application window for all locations will open on Wednesday 2 September and close on Friday 11 September 2026.