Innovation Apprenticeship 2025

Tussell Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

In 2025 Dentons are excited to launch our first Innovation Apprenticeship Programme! If you’re currently a year 13 student or a school leaver based in Scotland who isn’t going on to study a full-time degree in September 2025, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking an Apprentice to join our Scottish Innovation Team in reshaping the future of law and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

As an Apprentice within Dentons Innovation Team, you will be enrolled in a Data Science and AI Graduate Apprenticeship. Over the four-year programme you will work four days a week in our Scottish offices and study one day per week towards your degree.

By the end of the programme, you will have earned a Data Science BSc (Hons) degree, complemented by four years’ worth of practical, technical, and professional experience.

Key Facts

• Four year programme
• Designed for school leavers
• Four days per week working
• One day per week studying towards your degree
• No university fees

We are eager to retain our Apprentices at the end of the programme into a more senior Innovation role at Dentons to continue shaping the future of law. This could be the start of something big.

Who is eligible?

The apprenticeships have been designed for school leavers with a keen interest in Innovation. Someone who wants to work in a fast-paced and forward-thinking environment. You’ll need to have strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn and grow. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and encourage you to bring your unique experiences and ambitions.

Eligibility requirements

• Higher in Maths or Data Science
• Ready to start in August 2025
• Glasgow or Edinburgh based

Applications

If you’re currently a year 13 student or a school leaver based in Scotland who isn’t going on to study a full-time degree in September 2025, we want to hear from you.

Applications for our 2025 Innovation and Finance Apprenticeships starting in September 2025 open in April 2025.

Additional job details

Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow

Contract, dates and working times: Full-time

How to apply

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 4 May 2025.

We are Dentons. The world’s largest law firm. With more than 12,500 people in 80+ countries around the world, we have unique breadth, depth and diversity. Alongside our award-winning global work, we are committed to a culture of innovation, giving back and inclusion.

Dentons is designed to be different. The landscape we work in is changing at an accelerating pace. We embrace this change and are looking for trainees and apprentices to join us in redefining what is possible and in shaping the future of law.

Your career at Dentons can shape up to be something extraordinary. It’s a place for those who are driven to challenge. To question. To break tradition. To put your career firmly into fast-forward. This could be the start of something big.

Main areas of work

Trainees and apprentices are able to choose from a wealth of seats to work with experts across our practice areas: Banking and Finance, Competition, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Projects, PRM (People, Reward and Mobility), Real Estate, Tax and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications).

Work is also about more than just work here. It's about the environment too, and the feeling you get from your team, office and beyond. Our teams are focused on inclusion, giving back, and on looking forward with innovation.

Who Should Apply?

There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ trainee or apprentice at Dentons and that’s the way we like it. Our expertise within the Firm is as diverse as the needs of our global clients. What we have in common is the ability to contribute to our growing success.

We generally look for a strong academic performance, but consider every application we receive in context and holistically. We also encourage you to include mitigating circumstances if relevant.

We have also implemented the Rare Contextual Recruitment System, to give us additional context to every candidate’s application.