Careers
We take two trainee lawyers a year, including UAE national graduates, and real files start from your first month.
Open roles
Send a CV and a short covering letter. No application forms, and a reply within two weeks.
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Trainee lawyer, September 2028 intake
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Employment lawyer, 2–6 years’ qualified
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Private client paralegal
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What you get
- 25 working days’ annual leave plus UAE public holidays and your birthday
- Housing and transport allowances included in your package
- End-of-service gratuity, or DIFC workplace savings, from day one
- Private medical insurance for you and your family from day one
- Your residence visa and Emirates ID arranged and paid for
- Paid study leave and course fees for legal Arabic and DIFC Courts registration
- An annual return flight home
- Shorter working days in Ramadan
Training with us
Our two-year traineeship is open to law graduates from UAE universities and abroad, and we hold places each year for UAE national graduates. You spend six months in each of four teams, sitting with a partner or senior associate, and run your own files under supervision from the start.
We pay for your legal Arabic course and your DIFC Courts registration, give you study leave, and keep you on if we possibly can: eleven of our last twelve trainees stayed on qualification.
Applying for a traineeship
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Apply by 31 January 2027
Your CV and a covering letter of no more than one page, to careers@halemorrow.ae.
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First interview
Thirty minutes by video in February with a senior associate.
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Assessment day
In DIFC in March: a short written exercise, an interview with two partners and lunch with our trainees.
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Offer
Decisions by mid-April for a September 2028 start.
I was running my own files by month four, with a partner one door away whenever I needed one.
Careers questions
Do I need to speak Arabic to apply?
No, but it helps. Every trainee takes our legal Arabic course in their first year, and we pay for it.
Do you offer summer internships?
Yes, two two-week internships each July for law students at UAE universities. Applications open in January alongside traineeships.
Can I apply for a role that isn’t listed?
Yes. Send your CV to careers@halemorrow.ae and tell us which team interests you. We keep speculative applications for six months.