Trainee Solicitors

Partners Kenny Chambers and David Holley pictured with newly qualified solicitors Joel Whitten, Kaitlin Small, Alex Jeffers, Matthew Murray and Robert Reid, and trainees Hugh O’Hare, Katy Reilly, Grace Tweedie and Lara Hatwell. This September, Johnsons Solicitors welcome their largest ever coh

Carson McDowell has welcomed seven trainee solicitors to its training programme, bringing the total number of trainees across the first and second years to eighteen. Five of the trainees, Erin Barnes, James Maguire, Lauren Jones, Matthew Halliday and Seamus Gilsenan, are new to Carson McDowell, whil

John Molyneaux reflects on the arrival of trainee solicitor Gráinne Linnane as a significant milestone for the firm and a wider reminder of the importance of investing in young legal talent in rural Ireland. This week marked an important milestone for our firm with the arrival of Gráin

PG McMahon Solicitors has welcomed Gráinne Linnane to the firm as their first trainee since 1998. John Molyneaux, partner at PG McMahon Solicitors said: “We are delighted to welcome Gráinne Linnane from Tralee as our new trainee solicitor.

New data set out in the Law Society of Ireland’s Snapshot of the Solicitor’s Profession has revealed that out of 581 new training contracts awarded in 2025 479 or 82 per cent were in Dublin. This has prompted concerns from the Society that some areas could become “legal desert